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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #90 on: March 30, 2017, 12:35:47 AM »
@PonoBill

Well, I'm up early. Just can't get comfortable enough to stay asleep while wearing my sling since I was instructed to do. I'll go back to bed and most likely cat nap the rest of the night away. I get to quit wearing the sling at 9:30 am this morning. That is around 7 hours from now.

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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #91 on: March 30, 2017, 12:42:47 AM »
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My first PT session is schedule for tomorrow (March 31st) at 10:00 am in the morning. The session is going to last 1 hour in length. If things go as planned, I'll probably go to PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for at least a month with the same time slot.

When I had left shoulder surgery to remove just a bone spur in my left AC joint 15 years ago, I had the same schedule and I went to PT for 3 weeks and was released.
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #92 on: March 30, 2017, 02:23:52 AM »
Sounds like you are getting good care (no wonder US healthcare is so expensive - the level of care you are getting is far beyond what you'd get from a (free) European national health service) and that this isn't your first rodeo, so you know how important it is to do everything right. And you've got a great attitude. So there's three really good indicators for a great recovery. Hope the PT goes well.

That first paddle session after you've recovered is going to feel very sweet indeed.

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« Reply #93 on: March 30, 2017, 07:16:42 AM »
Yes A 10, that's the upside that so many of us would fear loosing in a universal health care system for sure.

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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #94 on: March 30, 2017, 08:12:38 AM »
My right arm is out of the sling. And the nerve block has completely worn off which means my right shoulder is extremely SORE! I just took two more hydrocodone tablets and I'll take two more four hours from now.

One nice thing though, I'm now typing on the keyboard using both hands (and all of my ten fingers) and I can move my mouse with my right hand. Even though my shoulder is very sore, life is good again.  :)

For any lurkers on here reading this topic thread, if you ever have to have rotator cuff surgery, take the nerve block when it is offered to you. If I would have declined the nerve block, an hour after surgery, I know I would have been in tears from the pain. The nerve block just isn't the right move, it is the SMART move.
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #95 on: March 31, 2017, 06:53:28 PM »
Today was my first PT session and I did lots of range motion exercises. I was sore when I started, then not as sore at the end of the one hour session. But I'm sore right now. Looking forward to my two hydrocodone tablets tonight at bedtime.

Then on Saturday, I'll have to repeat the exact same range of motion exercises at  my home for one hour.
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #96 on: March 31, 2017, 08:17:58 PM »
Sounds like you're beginning to make headway NW!

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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #97 on: April 01, 2017, 06:05:03 AM »
I'm making headway, but it is coming at a price. Although I've got much better range of motion today, those exercises I did yesterday, my bicep muscle is all black and blue colored this morning. And I'll have to do those same exercises sometime today. Have to build up my courage "first" though.  ;)
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #98 on: April 01, 2017, 07:46:19 AM »
It's surprising how quickly they have you moving. I don't know which muscle you tore. My last surgery was for multiple muscles, two of them completely detached (Supraspinatus, long biceps tendon) and several at 50% (Infraspinatus, Subscapularis) and one minor tear (Teres Minor) as well as some spurs and splinters in the joint capsule. I was in the sling for a week, and only out of it for PT assisted movement for two or three weeks.

Sounds like you'll be back to normal pretty quickly.

Minor tear in a Teres Minor sounds like some sort of palindrome.
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #99 on: April 01, 2017, 09:11:08 AM »
I really liked the cryo cuff they gave me to keep the swelling and pain down, especially at night. Went thru a few bags of ice the first days after surgery, even used it after the first pt sessions. Had the spur/ decompression surgery last July. Getting a ski and adjustable paddle helped the most, as it was easier on the shoulder and allowed me to shorten it on the fly when it became uncomfortable. The shock of the catch of my Konihi 84 was too much. Built strength with the Ski, then used Mana 82 on SUP to get back in groove. Now I'm paddling longer distances than before surgery, but have to rotate between ski and sup. Good luck and stay optimistic, not paddling for a few months was the most depressed I've been since high school!
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #100 on: April 01, 2017, 09:28:35 AM »
I'm only doing 10 exercises right now. There are more planned, but my PT said the first 3 days after shoulder surgery is the worst since the pain level is way up there. Because of the pain, the natural instinct is to avoid doing the exercises, but my PT said he DOESN'T want the muscles and tendons in the shoulder joint to take a permanent set the wrong way. It take me about 45 minutes to all all the 10 exercises along with all the reps for each. I am a little bit more limber after doing the exercises.

Sleeping is the tough part for me. I'm a side sleeper who likes to sleep on my right side. To keep me from doing this, I have two big long pillows which lay right next to the right side of my body from head to toes. If I try to roll on my right side, the pillows prevent that, but this wakes me up at night. So I'm up and down at least 3 times a night.
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #101 on: April 11, 2017, 02:51:16 PM »
WooHoo! Today is a good day.  8)

I just got back from my follow-up surgery appointment. My OS was very happy with the results from the reports he was reading concerning my physical therapy work. The shoulder, 13 days after surgery, has 180 degrees range of motion.

And he took out my seven metal staples. BTW, two staples, the ones on each end of the long cut, they didn't want to come out. Some of my skin started to cover them up. But all is well now. And as an added bonus, I can totally immerse the shoulder under water in a tub full of hot water 48 hours from now.

Tomorrow in PT, my physical therapist will have me start doing strengthening exercises on the right shoulder.
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« Reply #102 on: April 28, 2017, 01:24:14 PM »
Today was my 12th and final session of PT. Even though my sessions were supposed to be 60 minutes long, I always came about a half hour early and the therapists there let me have 90 minute sessions. I have 100% range of motion, but there is pain in my shoulder. Not real bad pain, but enough pain to cause an annoyance. It seems like the pain just lingers on.

My surgeon came by and wanted to see how my shoulder was progressing. He told me there would be pain in that shoulder joint for about 3-4 months and then it should be gone. This is what happens when one has a torn rotator cuff cut 90% through combined with a large bone spur which did the cutting.

I have to practice PT at my home for 6 months (or longer), 3 times a week which will will be in 60 minute sessions. Now the bad news, I asked my surgeon if I could go flat water paddling on June 1st. He told me he'd rather have me wait until Aug 1st or when the pain in my right shoulder joint goes completely away.  :o  I'm hoping the pain in my right shoulder joint goes away sooner rather than later.  ;)

I then asked him about sup surfing and got some more bad news. He'd rather not have me doing any surf surfing until Oct 1st. That completely took the wind out of my sails.  :(

But I have to look on the bright side. There were some people in there with me (with different medical problems in relation to shoulder, knee, hip, etc) who won't be doing any type of strenuous outdoor activities for the rest of 2017 since their recovery time will take a year to heal.
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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #103 on: April 28, 2017, 04:24:54 PM »
100% range of motion at 12 weeks sounds like a huge success to me.  Those time lines are subject to change, just keep at it NW.

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Re: Dealing with Shoulder injury and rotator cuff exercises
« Reply #104 on: April 29, 2017, 10:32:22 AM »
100% range of motion at 12 weeks sounds like a huge success to me.

It hasn't been 12 weeks. It has only been 4 weeks for me to achieve 100% range of motion.

I had 12 sessions of PT and each session was 90 minutes long. Those sessions were 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) for 4 weeks. I was operated on 3-29-17. Today is 4-29-17. Since my surgeon knows I am an avid outdoor person like he is himself (he bowhunts like I do), he double stitched the tear in my rotator back together. Besides, my surgeon is very well known at the Woodlands Sports Medicine Centre, which also includes Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation, as well as Memorial Hermann Hospital at The Woodlands, Texas.

The pain in my right shoulder is really not a constant pain. More like a soreness and if I move my arm in an awkward position or move it real fast, then the shoulder lets me know it is still tender inside the joint. My home PT work will cover the exact the same shoulder exercises. I'll be doing 90 minute sessions, 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) until the soreness in my right shoulder joint is totally gone.
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Sup Sports Hammer: 8'11" x 31" x 4" @ 140 Liters
SUP Sports One World: 11'1" x 30" x 4.5" @ 173 Liters
CJ Nelson Parallax: 9'3" x 23 1/2" x 3 3/16" @ 78.8 Liters (prone surfing longboard; Thunderbolt Technologies build in Red construction)

 


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