My shoulders seem to be "wearing out." This first became
apparent in the early 1990's, when I had to have surgery done
on both rotaters, left and right.
Now, my left Labrum has a tear, which becomes increasingly painful
when I do more yardage.
In my case, the biceps tendon( well, one of them) is attached to
the labrum in my shoulder. When I "pull" hard, the tendon pulls
on the labrum, agravating the existing tear, creating discomfort.
Several folks have told me they have had a modern surgery that
relieves the problem by severing the bicepy tendon at the labrum.
The tendon then "migrates" down the Humerous
(the upper-barm bone), and eventually adhears
to the humerous, somewhere.....
These folks say that there is some "appearance" questions,
but generally there is no more pain, and swimming is enhenced.
Anybody care to comment ?
Had the operation and it worked ?
Had the operation and it did not work ?
Reccomendations either way ?
I was told that Rich Abrahams had this opperation,
and if so, it sure seems to have been successful for him....
Thanks
Former Member
Comfort! No experience though.
I have labral tear in my right hip, but not from swimming. I can understand how it feels. I would say give conservative treatment a try before going into surgery. Surgery will be considered only when it become necessary. The recovering process is long and not always successful. Don't know if the technology today has caught up already or will soon do.
What kind of "appearance" problem after severing the bicepy tendon at the labrum? Any pictures?
Scott,
In mid-summer 2005 I subluxed (partially dislocated) my left shoulder doing something totally stupid 12 days before LC nationals. Talk about blowing your taper. An MRI showed my labrum semi-exploded. Doc said it looked like crab salad. This is much more common as you age. Younger people tend to tear the labrum. My biceps tendon was also frayed and just hanging on by a thread. About 10 days after nationals I was operated on and among other things had my biceps tendon released. They wrapped it in such a way for about 10 days afterward that I never developed that “Popeye” biceps. You can’t tell the difference between the two. I consider this a fairly minor operation with a really quick recovery of about 6 weeks. Rotator cuff surgery (which I had on my right shoulder in Jan., 2001) is a much bigger deal with a 6 month recovery. At that time I also had my biceps tendon reattached (not released) because the rehab time was similar to that for the rotator cuff. Both shoulders have held up very well since then with the exception of two bouts of tendonitis in my right shoulder which I was finally able to calm down with cortisone shots, one in Nov. 2008 and another about 4 weeks ago.
We’re old battered warriors. Get patched up and get back in the game.
Rich
