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02-04-2010, 10:20 AM #1
On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
This sucks. I can't hardly type and keep messing things up and having to redo them. Anyone else had this surgery? How did it go for you?
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02-04-2010 10:20 AM # ADS
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02-04-2010, 10:34 AM #2
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by jimflint1Please buy my book - "Paiute ATV Trail Guide" at www.atvutah.com - I need gas money!!!!
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02-04-2010, 01:09 PM #3
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by jimflint1
Did you have serious repairs i.e. supraspinatus, infraspinatus, decompression etc? Cheer up....it does get better after some weeks! Hope you are getting some sleep? I went almost 6 weeks without any real sleep!
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02-04-2010, 01:40 PM #4
I had an R.C. injury back in 2000. I didn't have surgury fortunately but I went through bunch of PT till my insurance wouldn't pay for it anymore then the clinic refused help me anymore. So I lived with some pain until two years ago when I started swimming. That was all I needed to finally make it heal. So, I would recommend swimming once you get to the point where it's possible.
Kevin Kemp, http://TripReportsPlus.com
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02-04-2010, 02:47 PM #5
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by Bo_Beck
I would recommend swimming once you get to the point where it's possible.
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02-04-2010, 03:24 PM #6Originally Posted by kkemp
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02-04-2010, 04:15 PM #7
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by jimflint1
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02-04-2010, 05:09 PM #8
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by Felicia
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02-04-2010, 05:19 PM #9
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by jimflint1
Captain America - meet Bubba! This is what I look like right now:
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02-05-2010, 07:03 AM #10
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by Felicia
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02-05-2010, 08:27 AM #11
I set up a pulley off of my ceiling; run a rope through with a loop in each end of the rope. Make it so that when you are seated that you can, with assistance from your good arm raise your repaired arm up with assistance from your good shoulder (arm slightly bent at the elbow) until you reach a pain index of 2 or 4. Do this to the front initially and then later on start rotating to the side. Best single PT for range of motion you'll do. Also take a tennis ball, stand in front of a wall (about 18 inches away facing the wall), put the ball on the wall in front of you, palm it with your hand and do circular motions, sliding the ball upward until reaching a pain index of 3-4. Great PT as well for range of motion. Remember to not use force or exertion with the repaired shoulder for at least 4 weeks.
My PT doc was Michael Palmeiri. He had spent various years as a personal trainer for the Bears and Bulls. He now resides here in SG and my wife is and has been going for his treatment twice a week for the last month. He's awesome and the main reason that my repaired shoulder is better than my other shoulder. Again I suggest RELIGIOUS adherence to your PT! BTW....Eventually the sleep will come. You will have muscles totally unrelated to the surgery act up...totally weird, but true. The PT will address these issues.
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02-05-2010, 10:01 AM #12Originally Posted by Bo_Beck
Thanks, Bo!
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02-05-2010, 11:17 AM #13
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by jimflint1
What did you do to your shoulder?
My plan is to follow Bo's suggestions: do what you are told and keep working at recovery.
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02-05-2010, 04:03 PM #14
Re: On my 9th day following rotator cuff surgery
Originally Posted by Felicia
So, I switched doctors because I was tired of driving clear across the valley, and this doctor, who isn't a surgeon said, "well, it seems to me that you can keep trying the same stuff, but you'll probably get the same result." He then said that a professional pitcher would opt for surgery at this point to see if he could maybe pitch again, but that he wanted me to make the choice. I saw no alternative. I could get it done now and maybe be good to go for all my summer activities, or I could wait on it to get worse. I decided now would be the better option. I ended up having a torn rotator cuff, some spurs, a bone that needed some trimming, and some bone cysts. They had originally seen a bad biceps long head on the MRI, but when the doc got in there, he decided that that injury wasn't necessary to be repaired. So, longs story over, that's what happened.
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02-12-2010, 06:36 AM #15
Yesterday was a freakin' bear. I don't know why but for periods of the day I was in the worst pain since I had it operated on. Is this normal, or is my healing going badly?
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