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
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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?
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?
