Shoulder Poll

Ortho Dudes know nothing about stroke modification. The only solution they have is stay out of the water. Right in some cases for sure. However that is not what we want to hear. I did PT for 9months with no significant improvements, found myself a better ortho and had both of my shoulders cleaned, gutted, shaved and reconstructed at the age of 18. My orthopedic surgeon was phenomenal! She was a competitive swimmer all her life, and her son swims very competitively as well. She was also a world-class rower. She was the ortho/ physician in Athens (2004 Olympics) for the crew teams but also ended up working on some swimmers as well while she was there. She specialized in joint problems in female athletes (shoulders, knees, elbows) and sports medicine in general. The day after each surgery she had me test my range of motion VERY VERY slowly while laying on the floor by raising my arm from by my side to over my head as far as I could. I expected you know to get to like maybe 110degrees the first day, but when I got passed 90 I was in shock, and that very first day after surgery I got my shoulder all the way over my head into streamline position--for the first time in probably 2years. I was swimming competitively within 2months of my second (right shoulder) surgery at the college level and was named rookie of the ECAC swim league that December (had the surgeries Sept6th and Oct 6th). I would recommend shoulder surgery any day if the person had the same opportunity to be worked on by Dr. Hannafin, I never regretted having the surgeries. But obviously, not everyone will be as lucky and there are complications to keep in mind, but two shoulders, two surgeries and the same results both times...and I had a friend get his knee done by her and he went on to play DI soccer that very next fall...:bow:

Ortho Dudes know nothing about stroke modification. The only solution they have is stay out of the water. Right in some cases for sure. However that is not what we want to hear. I did PT for 9months with no significant improvements, found myself a better ortho and had both of my shoulders cleaned, gutted, shaved and reconstructed at the age of 18. My orthopedic surgeon was phenomenal! She was a competitive swimmer all her life, and her son swims very competitively as well. She was also a world-class rower. She was the ortho/ physician in Athens (2004 Olympics) for the crew teams but also ended up working on some swimmers as well while she was there. She specialized in joint problems in female athletes (shoulders, knees, elbows) and sports medicine in general. The day after each surgery she had me test my range of motion VERY VERY slowly while laying on the floor by raising my arm from by my side to over my head as far as I could. I expected you know to get to like maybe 110degrees the first day, but when I got passed 90 I was in shock, and that very first day after surgery I got my shoulder all the way over my head into streamline position--for the first time in probably 2years. I was swimming competitively within 2months of my second (right shoulder) surgery at the college level and was named rookie of the ECAC swim league that December (had the surgeries Sept6th and Oct 6th). I would recommend shoulder surgery any day if the person had the same opportunity to be worked on by Dr. Hannafin, I never regretted having the surgeries. But obviously, not everyone will be as lucky and there are complications to keep in mind, but two shoulders, two surgeries and the same results both times...and I had a friend get his knee done by her and he went on to play DI soccer that very next fall...:bow: