most helpful answer although i cannot offer medical advice and am not in a position to examine your shoulder i can say with confidence if you had a dislocated or separated shoulder you'd know it. when your shoulder becomes dislocated it means the entire head of your upper arm bone has popped out of its socket. not only is this incredibly painful but you would not be able to use your arm. you certainly would not be down at the gym throwing weights around. a separated shoulder has nothing to do with the bone being out of the socket. rather this term refers to a tearing of one of the ligaments that holds the shoulder blade to the collarbone. as you might imagine tearing a ligament requires a considerable amount of force. it is not something that can happen while you're sleeping. it also would be a very painful condition though you would still be able to use your arm. many things could have caused the initial soreness and redness you saw in your shoulder. sleeping on it "wrong" comes to mind. this could also irritate the skin and cause it to temporarily turn red. since you have no insurance i'd suggest taking a wait-and-see approach to your shoulder situation. as long as you have no severe pain and no loss of function in your arm you're probably fine. wishing you well!
shoulder problem-dislocated or separated? . saturday woke up around 5am with severe pain in left shoulder and skin was recurrent i finally got up st 8am iced it for 15-20 min. it still felt sore that night. sunday laid around watching tv & sleeping skin still red. went to gym today last time was thursday. no soreness since mon. and skin is no longer red. problem i have is the shoulder looks out of place bump on top of shoulder. compared to right shoulder the bones? looks higher. . what should i do? pcp or orthopedic doctor? have no insurance.