United States
Hi everyone.....new to the board. It's great to have a place to hear other people's experiences. Going through this stuff can be tough, lonely, isolating, etc....
My story so far....I had 2 full thickness tears in the supraspinatus tendon that happened when I was moving some furniture in November of 2021. I had the rotator cuff repaired on 3/08/22. Recovery was brutal, sleep was infrequent at best but I eventually made some progress. By June, my rehab stalled and I needed to get a manipulation under anesthesia to break up the scar tissue.
After the MUA and a month or so more of therapy, things started feeling pretty good. I would estimate that I was back to about 95%. Things were going along normally until a couple days into the new year when my arm and shoulder kind of locked up while I was bowling. The pain was so bad that I sit the last of my 3 league games. I figured it was just tight or that I didn't warm up enough. Unfortunately, the pain didn't get any better.
I went back to my orthopedic surgeon's PA because the pain wasn't going away. I had an MRI done and did a steroid pack. No improvement after the steroid and the MRI was "inconclusive". At the next follow up, I had a cortisone injection and did some PT. Still no improvement, so at the next follow up, I was given a 2nd cortisone injection. Once again, no improvement. I saw the surgeon on Thursday and after an examination, he determined that I had a tear in the subscapularis tendon, along with a tear at the proximal end of the biceps tendon and likely damage to the labrum, which is all causing the shoulder capsule to be unstable.
I am scheduled for surgery on July 5th. I can't believe I have to do this all again. Thanks so much for listening.
My story so far....I had 2 full thickness tears in the supraspinatus tendon that happened when I was moving some furniture in November of 2021. I had the rotator cuff repaired on 3/08/22. Recovery was brutal, sleep was infrequent at best but I eventually made some progress. By June, my rehab stalled and I needed to get a manipulation under anesthesia to break up the scar tissue.
After the MUA and a month or so more of therapy, things started feeling pretty good. I would estimate that I was back to about 95%. Things were going along normally until a couple days into the new year when my arm and shoulder kind of locked up while I was bowling. The pain was so bad that I sit the last of my 3 league games. I figured it was just tight or that I didn't warm up enough. Unfortunately, the pain didn't get any better.
I went back to my orthopedic surgeon's PA because the pain wasn't going away. I had an MRI done and did a steroid pack. No improvement after the steroid and the MRI was "inconclusive". At the next follow up, I had a cortisone injection and did some PT. Still no improvement, so at the next follow up, I was given a 2nd cortisone injection. Once again, no improvement. I saw the surgeon on Thursday and after an examination, he determined that I had a tear in the subscapularis tendon, along with a tear at the proximal end of the biceps tendon and likely damage to the labrum, which is all causing the shoulder capsule to be unstable.
I am scheduled for surgery on July 5th. I can't believe I have to do this all again. Thanks so much for listening.
