I went for a follow-up with my ortho today and he thought my decision to seek PT was a good one since my shoulder was not recovering on it's own. He also said that the popping and clicking in my impingement could be taken care of by a sub-acromial decompression if PT was not succesful. From what I hear, PT is typically succesful at correcting these problems. I would tend to think that since it was caused by a traumatic incident and not a chronic overuse situation that time and PT will correct it. Apparently the strengthening of the cuff muscles should create more space between the tendons and the acromion. Now, in the event that PT does not help me has anybody here had this procedure on their shoulder? How long was the recovery? I would suspect it would be somewhat quick since no muscle is being tampered with. Thanks for the advice. Matt
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Originally posted by Fritz
I had it done in around Thanksgiving of 2003 and started swimming right at the 1st of January 2004. I swam in a meet in late January 2004. So within a month or two is reasonable. That is good to hear. How long did you do PT to correct the problem? Was it a chronic problem?
Originally posted by Fritz
I had it done in around Thanksgiving of 2003 and started swimming right at the 1st of January 2004. I swam in a meet in late January 2004. So within a month or two is reasonable. That is good to hear. How long did you do PT to correct the problem? Was it a chronic problem?
