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Rotator Cuff repair X 2 advice needed
baldopepper:
What kind of tear do have? Partial, complete or complete with retraction? I have a complete with retraction and shoulder specialist told me that at my age (did it at 75) surgery was not advisable.Old tendons are like trying to tie into old clothe, just likely to tear again. Did the intensive pt and have kept at it.Now 3 years later arm is about 80% with no pain. Have several friends who've gone ahead with the surgery with mixed results. Good luck with it, but 2nd opinions are not a bad idea. Surgery is a long, intensive recovery.
Encore 280:
Went to my doc a couple months ago and said do PT before xrays or MRI so I did the PT twice a week on and off during deer and elk season. Haven't noticed much improvement. Have an appointment with the doc tomorrow to hopefully get an MRI scheduled. I get a decent night sleep every once in awhile but it's rare. Will be 77 this year.
trophyhunt:
--- Quote from: Encore 280 on January 26, 2025, 08:53:03 PM ---Went to my doc a couple months ago and said do PT before xrays or MRI so I did the PT twice a week on and off during deer and elk season. Haven't noticed much improvement. Have an appointment with the doc tomorrow to hopefully get an MRI scheduled. I get a decent night sleep every once in awhile but it's rare. Will be 77 this year.
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my insurance required PT before they would pay for an MRI, one day at PT and the therapist put in his notes that I needed an MRI. Sounds like your pt place wanted the money. Hope you don’t need surgery but I’m guessing you do. Good luck.
Platensek-po:
--- Quote from: Wood2Sawdust on January 26, 2025, 07:36:26 PM ---Has anyone had them both done in a short time? i am scheduled March 20 for left rotator Cuff tear and 4 tendon tears surgery. Now I found out right shoulder is almost as bad. Is it remotely possible to do second surgery 10 weeks after first shoulder. I'm 69 year old guy in fair physical shape who still wants to shoot a bow again every day and would like to at least rifle hunt this year. Any experiences? recovery times? Thanks to all
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10 weeks is too soon. I wouldn’t do the other one until 6 months. Find a good physical therapy clinic. Anywhere that only offers 30-45min will not be good enough. Do your exercises 3 times a day before the surgery. Then once you start pt do them as often as you can tolerate. It will def be painful but not as bad as some suggest if you get as strong as you can prior to the surgery. If after 6 months you aren’t at least 80% of what your shoulder was prior to injury you may never recover it. Our bodies are built to move and the longer you go with limited movement the harder and worse it will be. The people who can push through the pain and get their motion back as quickly as possible do waaaay better than the complainers who won’t push themselves. I have helped many many people recover from shoulder surgeries and that’s my observation.
trophyhunt:
--- Quote from: Platensek-po on January 26, 2025, 09:07:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: Wood2Sawdust on January 26, 2025, 07:36:26 PM ---Has anyone had them both done in a short time? i am scheduled March 20 for left rotator Cuff tear and 4 tendon tears surgery. Now I found out right shoulder is almost as bad. Is it remotely possible to do second surgery 10 weeks after first shoulder. I'm 69 year old guy in fair physical shape who still wants to shoot a bow again every day and would like to at least rifle hunt this year. Any experiences? recovery times? Thanks to all
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10 weeks is too soon. I wouldn’t do the other one until 6 months. Find a good physical therapy clinic. Anywhere that only offers 30-45min will not be good enough. Do your exercises 3 times a day before the surgery. Then once you start pt do them as often as you can tolerate. It will def be painful but not as bad as some suggest if you get as strong as you can prior to the surgery. If after 6 months you aren’t at least 80% of what your shoulder was prior to injury you may never recover it. Our bodies are built to move and the longer you go with limited movement the harder and worse it will be. The people who can push through the pain and get their motion back as quickly as possible do waaaay better than the complainers who won’t push themselves. I have helped many many people recover from shoulder surgeries and that’s my observation.
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have you had rotator cuff surgery?
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