Shoulder Poll

Not me. I was told my problem was non-surgical at the moment. But surgery sounds awful. Intense pain, long rehab, possible re-tears, possible reduced ROM. I have to think the older you are, the harder the recovery and the less chance of returning to your prior competitive speed. This recent WSJ article didn't make it sound any fun. online.wsj.com/.../SB120104648002708127.html True and not true. Intense Pain? The pain on the last surgery really wasn't there. Yipee!! They put a pain pump in the incision that delivered a really good anesthetic right into the joint whenever you need it and it lasts for the first three days!!! Possible re-tears. Sure you can reinjure your shoulder. I did. But the surgeons told me that once the wound is fully healed, any new tear would be at a new spot... In other words, you won't tear the scar tissue. Reduced ROM. Before each surgery, they told me my ROM could decrease to about 70% of what it was before each injury. If that were true and acutally happened, my ROM would be at about 24% of what it was before my first injury... But as it stands, my ROM is 100% I'm 45, and my strength is higher than it was before my first shoulder surgery, because all I did was swim with no weight training before my injuries. But I've lifted religiously 3x per week for 12 years since the first rehab. Slowing down. Not true either. It took a lot of time and effort, but the speed comes back! Yipee!!! I just drink more whey protein than I did 10 years ago. (-:

Not me. I was told my problem was non-surgical at the moment. But surgery sounds awful. Intense pain, long rehab, possible re-tears, possible reduced ROM. I have to think the older you are, the harder the recovery and the less chance of returning to your prior competitive speed. This recent WSJ article didn't make it sound any fun. online.wsj.com/.../SB120104648002708127.html True and not true. Intense Pain? The pain on the last surgery really wasn't there. Yipee!! They put a pain pump in the incision that delivered a really good anesthetic right into the joint whenever you need it and it lasts for the first three days!!! Possible re-tears. Sure you can reinjure your shoulder. I did. But the surgeons told me that once the wound is fully healed, any new tear would be at a new spot... In other words, you won't tear the scar tissue. Reduced ROM. Before each surgery, they told me my ROM could decrease to about 70% of what it was before each injury. If that were true and acutally happened, my ROM would be at about 24% of what it was before my first injury... But as it stands, my ROM is 100% I'm 45, and my strength is higher than it was before my first shoulder surgery, because all I did was swim with no weight training before my injuries. But I've lifted religiously 3x per week for 12 years since the first rehab. Slowing down. Not true either. It took a lot of time and effort, but the speed comes back! Yipee!!! I just drink more whey protein than I did 10 years ago. (-: