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[Elektrishun]

Just added to my own to-do-list:

Time permitting, finish reading ChazzC's list.

 

[Elektrishun]

Hi, Craig, thanks for asking!

The shoulder is much improved, but I still have six more therapy sessions after tomorrow morning's. Even then, it will probably be close to the end of this year before I am back to my "new normal:" due to the type of replacement (reverse), I will probably not regain my original range of motion, and I'll be happy when I can safely pick up a case of water (~20kgs).

I do need to publish my "Things to Do After Shoulder is Fixed, Healed & Back to "New Normal" list: I'll have it documented (it continues to grow), just need to format it so I can cut & paste in a thread).


Charlie

Had my own shoulder issues, first the right, then the left. Went to the doctor and it was described as an "impingement" and chances are I would need surgery.

With my right arm out stretched in front of me I couldn't raise it above shoulder height. After several weeks of discomfort and no improvement I found a video online that claimed to help a condition such as mine. Millions of views and testimonies, blah, blah, blah... Decided to try it.

(1) Find something to grab onto with both hands outstretched as high as you can reach and lean forward (at first, had to lift my right arm with my left to get it into position). Hold for several minutes and repeat.

(2) Complete a series of exercises using resistance bands.

Got my shoulder back to "full range" and strength for a 54 year-old. Then I injured my left just before retirement. Suffered for several weeks thinking it was a different injury than my right. Eventually decided to try the same routine that worked for my right. Left side is roughly 90% back to "normal". I feel fortunate that I have avoided surgery.

There was an electrician co-worker who had both of his shoulders fail dramatically a few years apart and required surgery to repair both. Sidelined him for 6 months both times.

 

[ChazzC]

Had my own shoulder issues, first the right, then the left. Went to the doctor and it was described as an "impingement" and chances are I would need surgery.

With my right arm out stretched in front of me I couldn't raise it above shoulder height. After several weeks of discomfort and no improvement I found a video online that claimed to help a condition such as mine. Millions of views and testimonies, blah, blah, blah... Decided to try it.

(1) Find something to grab onto with both hands outstretched as high as you can reach and lean forward (at first, had to lift my right arm with my left to get it into position). Hold for several minutes and repeat.

(2) Complete a series of exercises using resistance bands.

Got my shoulder back to "full range" and strength for a 54 year-old. Then I injured my left just before retirement. Suffered for several weeks thinking it was a different injury than my right. Eventually decided to try the same routine that worked for my right. Left side is roughly 90% back to "normal". I feel fortunate that I have avoided surgery.

There was an electrician co-worker who had both of his shoulders fail dramatically a few years apart and required surgery to repair both. Sidelined him for 6 months both times.

No surgery was offered as an option, but seeing as how the ball half of the joint was completely broken off I didn’t see it as practical (the Surgeon was required to list all options; fortunately he didn’t include amputation).

 

[Susquatch]

Got my shoulder back to "full range" and strength for a 54 year-old.

I had a similar experience about 30 years ago. Raising my arms shoulder height felt like someone plunged a dagger into my shoulder socket. An athletic surgeon recommended using surgical tubing for resistance exercises similar to what you describe. One week later my shoulder was fine. It still acts up every so often even today. I exercise with the tubing and its gone a week later.

Like you, I had no bone loss. He said that my problem was a weak rotator cup.

 

[ChazzC]

I had a similar experience about 30 years ago. Raising my arms shoulder height felt like someone plunged a dagger into my shoulder socket. An athletic surgeon recommended using surgical tubing for resistance exercises similar to what you describe. One week later my shoulder was fine. It still acts up every so often even today. I exercise with the tubing and its gone a week later.

Like you, I had no bone loss. He said that my problem was a weak rotator cup.

Almost 25 years ago I slipped on ice and went down spread-eagled. The next day it hurt to raise my right arm above my shoulder. When I went to my PCP he actually said, “Then don’t raise your arm!” I rested for a week and gave the rotator cuff muscles a chance to heal.

 

[Susquatch]

“Then don’t raise your arm!” I rested for a week and gave the rotator cuff muscles a chance to heal.

That's, funny! I've heard people tell of similar advice from their doctors. Makes sense sometimes. Your situation - the guy is just stupid....

When I read your rotator "cuff", I thought you were just confused but decided to look it up. You are correct! It actually is "Rotator Cuff"!

Apparently, my "Rotator Cup" is a common error because people like me confuse the joint with a ball and socket (cup). I stand corrected and I thank you for the learning opportunity!

 

[ChazzC]

That's, funny! I've heard people tell of similar advice from their doctors. Makes sense sometimes. Your situation - the guy is just stupid....

Actually, he just had an “unusual” sense of humor (droll, as I think our friends in the UK would say); some examples:

After I was broadsided in my S10 Blazer, ending upside down in a ditch with a cracked rib resulting in a slight deformation of the sternum I asked would that interfere with CPR if I ever had a heart attack: “No, you’ll probably end up like most people that get CPR from a non-medical professional - dead.”

After examining and identifying a rash he started leafing through a booklet; I asked if he was looking for a diagnosis and he replied, “No, I’m just trying to figure out which medication you’re damned insurance company will pay for.”

And the best one: when I showed up (after calling ahead) in a lot of pain, sweating and pale (finally diagnosed as a grain of sand kidney stone), BP around 200 he walks into the exam room and says, “You don’t look good.”

When I read your rotator "cuff", I thought you were just confused but decided to look it up. You are correct! It actually is "Rotator Cuff"!

Apparently, my "Rotator Cup" is a common error because people like me confuse the joint with a ball and socket (cup). I stand corrected and I thank you for the learning opportunity!

Before I had first hand knowledge, I thought the Rotator Cuff was some kind of sleeve around the shoulder joint; then I found out it was the terminology for the collection of muscles & tendons that holds the ball & socket together and makes everything move the way it should.

 

[mmcmdl]

My right rotator cuff put me out for 8 months when at the Sunpapers , Doc said it looked like a grenade went off in my shoulder . Anyways , while off of work , I joined the H-M site out of shear boredom . Now , I have no time due to these sites and am still bored !

 

[ChazzC]

My right rotator cuff put me out for 8 months when at the Sunpapers , Doc said it looked like a grenade went off in my shoulder . Anyways , while off of work , I joined the H-M site out of shear boredom . Now , I have no time due to these sites and am still bored !

Then get your butt up here and give me a hand putting 8 months worth of accumulated purchases away so I can start working on my list! I'll even treat you to the Chocolate World Ride.

 

[mmcmdl]

Then get your butt up here and give me a hand putting 8 months worth of accumulated purchases away so I can start working on my list! I'll even treat you to the Chocolate World Ride.

LOL . The son and daughter have the yearly passes for Hershey Park . As far as the shoulder , I'm throwing horseshoes in a league now and thought they might give me a " Senior's Discount " on the 40 foot distance . NOT ! My shoulder has never been what it once was .