Anyone here have a rotator Cuff Surgery

My shoulder took 2 more hits this last weekend ( Snowmobile accident X2 ) I originally hurt it last winter when I fell on a driveway. It took about 2 months to feel healed up. Then Mid summer I hurt it again. This time it took even longer to feel better. Now this last weekend I fell on it not once but twice. The 2nd time rather hard. I could hardly move it Sat. evening. It felt slightly better on Sunday but really hurts this morning. I’m going to give it a few days to see how it feels but am fairly sure I will need to go into the Dr. to get a MRI done on it. If I had to guess I’d have to think it is a rotator cuff tear but who knows. I’ve heard that the surgery can be a bad one and the recovery a long one. If I have to have surgery done I want to get it taken care of as soon as possible to hopefully be recovered by time for the Canadian trip in June.

Had both shoulders done….it’s a tough recovery. Depends on a full or partial tear, too.

You should see if there are physical therapy options. Many times a tear can be minimized by getting muscle strength in your upper body and surrounding areas.

Yeah, but I was also a college athlete then so had a few different rehab goals and access to different types of rehab (equipment and trainers) than you’d have. I am also going to throw out a (uneducated) guess that you did not tear your rotator cuff by simply falling on it a few times, but anything is possible, especially if the fall resulted in some sort of odd angle or something.

6 months rehab. I think it was maybe 4 weeks in a sling and really no movement at all. First few days and weeks were pretty rough to move around a lot. I’d say by 5 months I was nearly back to normal (competing in sport), by 7-8 months I was far stronger than pre-injury. 10 years later and it’s good as new still.

Getting into an orthopedic surgeon always takes longer than it should, then schedule an MRI, then follow back up with surgeon, then schedule surgery – could take anywhere from weeks to months. I don’t think your fishing would be impacted 2-3 months post surgery. 1-2 months, for sure. Depending on the type of Canadian trip you are taking, you may have to take it easy with a few things (lifting a cooler, chainsaw on remote backroad, lifting boat onto trailer, alter your casting motion, etc.)

I have a partial tear in each shoulder, avoided surgery and recovered with PT. I strongly suggest getting it examined. Falls typically don’t cause rotator cuff injuries, more commonly due to repetitive motion overuse. I pitched in baseball, played o-line in football and played hockey in high school. The orthopedist laughed when I gave him that history, told me I had the trifecta for rotator cuff injuries. That said, I recovered without surgery although I still do daily stretches 15 years later.

I’m most likely going to need to get to a Dr. to determine what is injured. Maybe its something less severe that a Rotator cuff Tear ( I hope so anyway ) I just hate needing to go to the Dr. It just makes me mad having to go to this Dr. and then that Dr. only to get to the correct Dr. who truly can tell you what is wrong. Its like everyone needs to get a piece of the Pie no matter what it is that you go to the Dr’s for.

First time did rotator and Labrum, was back in about 5 months but wasn’t quite right. Two years later did Rotator, Labrum and Biceps tendon in same shoulder that was previously repaired. Rehabbed for about 6 months but was back to almost normal.

Hope that its just the labrum and not rotator. If they just have to repair labrum you’ll be moving and able to complete household chores a lot quicker than if rotator is also gone.

Shoulders absolutely suck, having had surgery to repair ligaments in my knee as well I’d choose knee over shoulder anyday.

x2 on greig john’s statements about being diligent with PT. It does suck (and not just for shoulders) but makes a huge difference in the time to recover and the outcome.

Fishthumper, My buddy had one done last year and it was a 6-7 month recovery. He just had his other shoulder done right after Christmas and he is still saying 6-7 months with PT.

Unfortunately, when it comes to injuries and recovery, everybody is different. So using with someone else says as a guide is not likely a good decision.

I had a rotator cuff tear in my right shoulder, and an impingement issue in my left shoulder that I happened to get repaired before it causes a cuff tear. Both did require lots of PT. But as stated, the best shape you can get your shoulder in before surgery, and then following your PT and you will be back to close to normal sooner than later.

My cuff tear, surgery was in February, and I played baseball and softball that same year starting in late April. But I am fanatical about PT, since I had a lot of sports injuries.

If you Google shoulder pain, there are easy movements you can do to pinpoint what the injury might be. I will say, the tear, it was a instant twinge pain, not a lingering pain.

I’ve had rotator injuries on both shoulders and got away with just doing physical therapy. The therapy was still a couple months long.

I fell on my shoulder last September and the pain never went away so I had a MRI that found a partial rotator cuff tear in December. They also noticed something else on the MRI besides the rotator cuff tear. It turns out that I had a large tumor embedded in the teres minor muscle in my shoulder. The MRI got sent to Mayo and they took a look at it and suggested that I go to Rochester.
Less than two weeks ago, I was at Mayo and had it surgically removed. The tumor turned out to be the size of a baseball but honestly, other than feeling something like a knot in my back, I never knew there was anything wrong. How long it had been there they couldn’t wager to guess. I got lucky and dodged a bullet because the tumor turned out to be noncancerous.
I’m home again now and went back to work the following Monday but other than a foot long scar from my spine to the edge of my shoulder and swelling from my elbow up, I’m healing just fine.
It’s funny how the partial rotator cuff tear seems immaterial to me now.
Having a place like Mayo relatively close is really something that I am very thankful for.

I had a SLAP repair on my right shoulder a couple years back–tried to relive the glory days and dunk a ball–i got up, grabbed the rim and bang…Wife wasnt impressed–which i felt she should be, thats no easy feat for an older guy. Anyway had the surgery in Dec…I also coach hs FB…by following sept i was able to throw again–no real velocity though. the following season its been good to go.

Shoulder surgery sucks–gotta take the rehab pretty seriously

I have not, but my buddy had it somewhere around age 35. His only regret was that he didn’t do it almost a decade earlier. Now he bow hunts and lifts again.

Had right shoulder done twice and left done once. Now they say I need a new left shoulder,63 now and gonna try and wait till on medicare

I had a small tear in my rotator cuff in college playing baseball. Luckily I was able to do PT and avoid surgery. However I know a lot of people that have had it done (ballplayers). The one thing they all have said is to be extremely consistent with the post surgery PT. That is what will get you back to a normal range of motion and usage. So if you do have to have surgery, do your PT exactly how they tell you to do it.

I tore both shoulders. One in 2009, one in 2011 if i recall.
One shoulder dislocated playing softball, buddies GF pullet it out. Played next day.
Other shoulder i apparently had too much fun at Boch Fest and my buddy chicken winged me to the point of ripping my shoulder.

I never got either repaired.
You’ll have sleepless nights for the better part of 12-18 months per shoulder.
All these years later i have restricted motion in my shoulders. Sort of have the reach of a T-Rex in some ways.
Probably 80% capable of what i once was, just lack strength in a few motions.
Was able to get a crossbow permit this year due to the restricted motion. I just never wanted to take the $$ or downtime to get repaired. Never slowed down after the injuries but they sure did burden my sleep and daily life the first 12-18 months after injury.

Lift your arm and it just falls after a certain point. I remember the pain. Yours doesn’t sound so bad if you’ve felt some relief at all.