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After Rotator Cuff Surgery How Long Before You Can Use Your Arm? 1 Week Later & It Sure Hurts!?

I had micro/surgery that included an incision to place 2 screws in my shoulder to reattach the tendion. This was all from falling on ice.

Nobody Can Tell Me About Rotator Cuff Tear Surgery.how Long It Takes To Get Better?

I can tell you a little bit about it because my boyfriend just had it done Aug.30. Boy, what a difference 3 wks makes. He was full tear so he was not a candidate for the laperscopy operation, but his doctor did a tremendous job with him. He was in surgery for about 2hrs (he had to have a metal tie) .
Now I can’t lie to you, when he woke up from surgery he was in excruciating pain. There is no way to avoid it, although they gave him sufficient medication he was very uncomfortable.
He only stayed in the hospital over night. And the pain was still pretty awful for the next 5 days. Now that it has been 3 wks, of course he is still in a sling and will be for a total of 6wks He feels much better and he doesn’t so much have pain, just a really bad ache. He is still on pain medication, but he is taking less and less every day. Now after the 6wks in a sling he will have to start physical therapy and we are told that the bad pain starts all over again when that happens so, right now I guess is the calm before the storm.
His biggest complaint is that he cannot get comfortable. When he is the bed i use like 7 pillows to prop him up and prop his arm up. He usually sleeps in his LazyBoy though, it feels better sitting up a bit.
His doctor told us that when its all said and done it should be about 3 months total that is invested into it. That is if you do all of the physical therapy the way you should.
(Bad news for my b/f, When he heals from this one he gets to have the other shoulder done ;-( !!!!)
Good Luck, hope everything goes well for you.l

How Long Does A Rotator Cuff Injury Take To Heal?

The problem is that if you keep using it, which is too easy to do, it won’t heal. Go to a sports physician whose goal is to get you back to competiton versus a surgeon who just wants to get you back to normal function.

Shoulder Rotator Cuff Operation, How Long To Recover And Normal Use?

I have worked for an orthopedic sergeon for the past 3 years and we do alot of rotator cuff surgeries and the recovery is normally like 6 weeks, but for NORMAL use I like to tell my patients that they are looking at at least 10 to 12 weeks, even then you may have some weakness. Just be sure and do what the doc tells you and do you physical therapy! Good luck!!

How Long Do You Suffer After Rotator Cuff Surgery?

It depends. if you have the right medication it should not be that painful.
I had the Magnusen procedure 27 years ago, for a recurrent shoulder dislocation. They just attached a back muscle on my arm with a pin on the bone, passing it in front of the articulation so I would not dislocate it again.
It was quite painful, they gave me Codeine, which did not work for me at all. Aspirin did a good job and it controlled the pain very well. I would say, I was in pain the first week until I found Aspirin.
The doctor told me to take my arm off the sling arm and move the articulation of the elbow daily but he did not say why so I did not do it too much, until I realized my articulation was beginning to be really stiff.
Now, 27 years later, I have no problem; I can dance, swim and do whatever I want despite having a small limited external rotation.
I did physiotherapy, meaning extensive stretching, and I still do it everyday.
Good luck