Shoulder Surgery Question

It’s been a little over 7 months and still have a lot of pain..I exercise and stretch everyday and I have 100% range of motion now,but it’s a very very slow process… I wonder sometimes if it will ever be right again.

 

My first rotator took probably over a year before it was pretty much pain free. I had a fracture and knocked a little piece off as well but I didn't take it as easy as I should have during recovery (wheeling/rolling). But when it healed up it was basically 100% and better than my other shoulder which is a little tweaked. It was just perfect. 22 years later I had a complete blowout in June and another rotator cuff surgery... this one hasn't gone so well. With my elbow bent and at my side I can't move my hand at all to the outside and anything else with that piece that isn't connected is compromised. Hopefully this next surgery can at least help some.

Anyway, my point was that you can still have great results, sometimes it just takes longer. Be patient and take good care of it.

 

Thanks for the input, I think!

 

Ohhh

 

Just now saw this thread. You should be feeling a lot better at the 6 month point and most likely back to normal in 10-12 months. Physical therapy is the key to healing. I had the same surgery as you on both shoulders, left one in 2015, right one in 2020.

 

Just checking older threads. How are you doing with the shoulder now?

 

I'm at the 9 month mark and doing pretty well. I still have a little pain when I reach overhead, but day-to-day I'm happy. I do workout and stretch 3-4 times per week.

 

I had shoulder surgery summer 2020 and it was a full year before I could scratch my back, do a push up / pull up, etc without thinking about my shoulder.

Maybe even 15 months.

Take your PT seriously afterward and keep up with it even after the official sessions are over.

I had good luck with rubber bands. Makes stretching under tension easy and is a low impact way of rehabbing.