Do you find there is less pain if you were to do push-ups on your knuckles/fist? I don't know if it would be a problem or not as it depends on your instructor. All martial arts make use of the wrist in various ways but generally an instructor would, or should, tailor to your injuries. Since you mentioned you had surgery on your shoulder, did you have only a Hills-Sachs lesion or a Bankart lesion accompanying the Hills-Sachs lesion? The reason I ask is both have a similar shoulder dislocation, only there will be a greater restriction on the range of motion for the latter. As this is all online, I'd trust your doctor and physical therapist. You may want to ask them about starting martial arts, especially if you have a particular type in mind (i.e. grappling, striking and so forth) or even a style. Probably after a few classes, you could tell your physical therapist how basic moves are performed and if it'll impact you. Likewise, tell the instructor as well as other students. I'm not sure, it's been a couple years since the surgery so I can't remember the exact problem any more. The biggest thing I'm afraid of is being thrown with my left arm, because I'm pretty sure that would dislocate it again. I'm probably going to stop by my physical therapist's office and talk to her about it next week. Get some more answers. As to the wrist, the pain comes when I bend my hand and then put pressure on it. It's from a cyst that I have/had in my wrist, makes certain things painful, but I dunno the exact extent. According to my doctor all I need to take is Ibuprofen, but I was just curious on if the pain in that area would cause too many problems.
