Posts Tagged ‘Micro Surgery’

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.

Rotator Cuff Rehab: How a Rotator Cuff Rehab Program Can Prevent Surgery

Help for shoulder pain

The rotator cuff is a collective name for a group of 4 small muscles attached to the head of the arm and the shoulder bones. Due to the vast range of motion allowed to the arm, the shoulder socket is very shallow, so evolution has developed this system of 4 muscles around the shoulder joint to keep it in place while performing movements. While the rotator cuff keeps the arm safely into place, the deltoid provides the force of movement. Given the complex structure of the rotator cuff it is no coincidence that when something goes wrong it is more difficult to fix than other joints. I had temporary problems before with my knee, but nothing prepared me for the hassle of a frozen shoulder that left me incapacitated in most daily tasks for more than 1 year.Mundane activities such as shampooing my air or reaching for the cupboard or steering the wheel in the car became a pain. Typically the pain grew worse at night and it started with a little niggle on the side that gradually spread to the front of the shoulder.I tried everything to no avail, cold packs, ultrasound, aspirin, ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatories and was ready to consider micro surgery until it quickly and mysteriously went away just as fast as it came. So I started weight training again with extremely light weights at first and very high repetition range to run in the shoulder joint and gradually recover the range of motion. I eventually recovered nearly all of my 180 degrees for the over head extensions (military presses),but not completely, though I am fully functional today. I’ll never forget the crackling noise coming from my left shoulder as I put it through rehabilitation paces, but this was after my rotator cuff inflammation subsided naturally, which is after more than a year.It does not have to be like this though, with the right exercises and progression even severe shoulder problems can be overcome in a short time.Whether you experience tendonitis, impingement or bursitis you can now recover in as little as 6 weeks with the right exercises. Sometimes medical attention is unavoidable but in most cases people can manage their shoulder without seeing a doctor, if they know what they are doing.Today I am happy to say that this exercise technique information is available to whoever doesn’t want to put up with pain for longer than it is necessary and without surgery.

Use ice to decrease pain