[Captain Stubing]

Lucky it wasn't worse, Prydey, though it's bad enough for it to have happened to start with.

I came off a few years ago now, onto my left shoulder, and damaged the bursa in the shoulder socket. Coincidentally, a mate of mine came off his mountain bike, and did similar damage at the same time.

After getting checked at the doctors, I went to a physio once a week afterwards, while my mate did nothing. The physio gave me exercises to do with therabands (long elastic bands you can tie to door knobs and such) in the following weeks.

I have no problems now with my shoulder, whereas my mate still has pain years later.

The moral being, keep the joint moving, gradually increasing the range of movement.

Hope you're not too long off the bike!