I read several e-mails hear about repairing Labrum tears in shoulders. I have a labrum tear and am considering acupuncture instead of orthroscopic surgery. Has anyone heard whether or not acupuncture can repair a labrum tear?
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I had a glenoid labrum tear in the late 80's. There was a long loose flap that would get caught in the joint when I moved my arm. My shoulder also subluxed and it was very painful to swim as each freestyle stroke entry my arm would start slipping out of the socket. Had reconstructive surgery. It took a while to recover even with extensive physical therapy and I had to have a followup procedure to remove a loose screw a year later. Had dramatic improvement from the surgery especially after the screw was removed.
With the original injury, I could not raise my arm more than a foot away from my side. A couple of days on some anti-inflammatories and I regained full range of motion, but still had pain due to the derangement.
Not all tears are the same.
I would think acupuncture's effects would be limited to pain relief and perhaps reducing inflammation.
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I had a glenoid labrum tear in the late 80's. There was a long loose flap that would get caught in the joint when I moved my arm. My shoulder also subluxed and it was very painful to swim as each freestyle stroke entry my arm would start slipping out of the socket. Had reconstructive surgery. It took a while to recover even with extensive physical therapy and I had to have a followup procedure to remove a loose screw a year later. Had dramatic improvement from the surgery especially after the screw was removed.
With the original injury, I could not raise my arm more than a foot away from my side. A couple of days on some anti-inflammatories and I regained full range of motion, but still had pain due to the derangement.
Not all tears are the same.
I would think acupuncture's effects would be limited to pain relief and perhaps reducing inflammation.
