Labral Tear surgery and swimming

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

__steve__ — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 05:31:21 GMT

Have a recliner ready to sleep in. I got one a little late at around 6 weeks

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

Chris Stevenson — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 04:35:56 GMT

holy inept surgeons batman 1st off, shocked the mri showed the labral tear..usually it cannot my 1st mri did not the 2nd arthogram mri (dye injection) did not either Hmmm. My arthogram MRI seemed to find my tear just fine. Unfortunately. Surgery scheduled for March.

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

Former Member — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:10:51 GMT

Cosign everyone that has said find another surgeon, look for one that treats athletes. I had labral in my hip and had surgery to repair. I can no longer run (running doesn't hurt) but the muscles get so tight around the hip that everything else hurts. The recovery is long and slow. Good luck. I'm glad I did the surgery as day to day pain is gone.

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

Former Member — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 17:41:23 GMT

Please get another opinion! Never trust doctors who are quick to jump to surgery and offer terminal advice. Even if you must undergo surgery, there are a myriad of options post-surgery that can help you regain range-of-motion in your shoulder.

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

jroddin — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:10:27 GMT

I agree with sunruh. I had surgery to repair a torn labrum when I was 34. I'm 50 and swimming just fine. It took 1 year to get back to racing, 2 years to get right back to where I was prior to the surgery.

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

__steve__ — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:08:14 GMT

you can start healing the supraspinatus now...look up the 3-4 band exercises and maybe overhead pulleys Yes, good to familiarize yourself with the 4 rotator cuff muscles, function, their attachment points, and how they work with the scapula for stable arm range of motion with swimming or anything else in that matter Also avoid anything that causes pain not related to lactic acid

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

sunruh — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:36:25 GMT

holy inept surgeons batman 1st off, shocked the mri showed the labral tear..usually it cannot my 1st mri did not the 2nd arthogram mri (dye injection) did not either any idea how you tore it? never swim again...what an idiot...avoid like they have the plague limited range of motion? yeah if they use a chainsaw or let a bear naw on you good grief charlie brown you need to find an ortho that works on baseball pitchers you can start healing the supraspinatus now...look up the 3-4 band exercises and maybe overhead pulleys depending on your tear range, mine was 10 - 2, and your young age you may be able to have just anchors but you really need to find a shoulder ortho...not these wannabe hack jobs steve

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

Former Member — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:46:19 GMT

sunruh has it right. That's crazy that you would get that kind of info from your doc. I wasn't swimming prior to my bicep tenodesis and rotator cuff surgery. When I got back into swimming I reached out my doctor to make sure I was clear to do it. Here is his response. There shouldn’t be any limitations from my perspective. You can push your shoulder as you would, such as swimming. I guess it is possible that you are slightly more susceptible to injury than before surgery, but even that’s probably not true. I would just take it easy getting into new activities or old activities that you haven’t done for a while. Common sense stuff; effectively you don’t need to take into consideration that you had surgery. Get another opinion, because it shouldn't be the end of your swimming career.

RE: Labral Tear surgery and swimming

Former Member — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:48:10 GMT

I can't really advise you, but damn, I feel for you. Good luck.