Anyone familiar with this procedure??? Had it done on you???
It is used to treat biceps tendonitis of the shoulder whereby, in kinda layman's terms, the tendon is cut where it attaches into the labrum and reattached on the humerus thereby eliminating the tendon's span of the shoulder joint and hopefully, the source of its irritation/inflammation...
Love to hear from anyone who's had this done; particularly from anyone who enjoyed success with it, but I suppose I should listen to the failures too, but jeeze, I hope those are few...
Bruce,
In Jan. 2001 I had my right bicep tendon released and reattached. The recovery period is fairly long. I didn't swim for about 4 months, but within 10 months I was back to where I was post op. (I also had a torn rotator cuff repaired and a "decompression")
Late last Sept. I had my left bicep tendon released but not reattached (along with repair of a torn labrum and another decompression). They did a special post op wrapping process that avoided the potential Popeye bicep and it worked as both sides look pretty much the same. It's a much shorter rehab (8-12 weeks) and I was fully back by this past March.
I hope this helps,
Rich
Bruce,
In Jan. 2001 I had my right bicep tendon released and reattached. The recovery period is fairly long. I didn't swim for about 4 months, but within 10 months I was back to where I was post op. (I also had a torn rotator cuff repaired and a "decompression")
Late last Sept. I had my left bicep tendon released but not reattached (along with repair of a torn labrum and another decompression). They did a special post op wrapping process that avoided the potential Popeye bicep and it worked as both sides look pretty much the same. It's a much shorter rehab (8-12 weeks) and I was fully back by this past March.
I hope this helps,
Rich
