I know there have been lots of threads about shoulders, but not this problem specifically. I have a large bone spur in my shoulder, but there is no rotator cuff tear. The doctor recommends removal and says the surgery is about 30 minutes long and I could be back in the water in 3 weeks, since it "just" a matter of shaving off the spur arthroscopically.
Have any of you had this procedure done and what was the recuperation like? I am a 50 year old woman if that matters in the recup time.
The doctor is an orthopod and I have no reason to doubt his diagnosis (I saw the spur on the x-ray), but I wanted to hear from swimmers who might have had the same surgery and what they went through in the recuperation period. I have talked with serveral perople who have had a rotator cuff tear repaired and I know that rehab is more extensive. I also know that swimmers are a little different from the general population (in better shape and more driven) and I wanted a swimmer's perspective on the whole procedure. Since there haven't been any responses from people who have had the surgery, I guess most swimmers end up with the tear from the spur before they get it fixed.
Thanks to those of you who did respond.
The doctor is an orthopod and I have no reason to doubt his diagnosis (I saw the spur on the x-ray), but I wanted to hear from swimmers who might have had the same surgery and what they went through in the recuperation period. I have talked with serveral perople who have had a rotator cuff tear repaired and I know that rehab is more extensive. I also know that swimmers are a little different from the general population (in better shape and more driven) and I wanted a swimmer's perspective on the whole procedure. Since there haven't been any responses from people who have had the surgery, I guess most swimmers end up with the tear from the spur before they get it fixed.
Thanks to those of you who did respond.
