I've got massive rotator cuff tear. DR. suggests a reverse shoulder replacement. Will I still be able to swim afterward? If anyone out there has been through this surgery I'd like to know how it impacted your swimming. I'm a 66 year old male who has been competing for 12 years.
i think you not only need more details but you need a 2nd opinion! or 3rd.
the 3rd doc finally fixed mine correctly. the 1st one really got me upset...said i was getting old get over it. the 2nd one gave me a numbing shot that lasted all of 2 days but i had to wait 5 weeks to get back in and he said i just needed rehab. um, i had done 5 months of rehab (like what he was going to prescribe) already! heck to the no with him too. finally 3rd doc (that was not part of some big fancy clinc with a "name"). told me in great detail what he was going to try, what results he expected and when, what that plan was if things didnt go that way...i was shocked such a doc existed...
imho, i dont like this docs answer to you in the least little bit
why cant the muscles be repaired?
is the bicep tendon beyond repair as well? why?
how much less range of motion and why?
how long for the rehab? what are the 1week,2week,3week,4week,8week,12week post op goals?
all of this should be spelled out in great detail...not let me chop you and you'll be ok.
find a doc that knows/played/workson baseball players....swimming is all overhead motion just like throwing a baseball.
steve
i think you not only need more details but you need a 2nd opinion! or 3rd.
the 3rd doc finally fixed mine correctly. the 1st one really got me upset...said i was getting old get over it. the 2nd one gave me a numbing shot that lasted all of 2 days but i had to wait 5 weeks to get back in and he said i just needed rehab. um, i had done 5 months of rehab (like what he was going to prescribe) already! heck to the no with him too. finally 3rd doc (that was not part of some big fancy clinc with a "name"). told me in great detail what he was going to try, what results he expected and when, what that plan was if things didnt go that way...i was shocked such a doc existed...
imho, i dont like this docs answer to you in the least little bit
why cant the muscles be repaired?
is the bicep tendon beyond repair as well? why?
how much less range of motion and why?
how long for the rehab? what are the 1week,2week,3week,4week,8week,12week post op goals?
all of this should be spelled out in great detail...not let me chop you and you'll be ok.
find a doc that knows/played/workson baseball players....swimming is all overhead motion just like throwing a baseball.
steve
