Shoulder Impingement Surgery

[RETOKSQUID]

Who has had this surgery and how was your recovery? I had it on September 5, 2024 and it marked my 10th orthopedic surgery. It is by far the most painful.

Was the second most painful for me so far, rebuilding fingers was the worst. Did they do a Mumford, or orthoscopically?

 

[TedKennedy]

I've had both shoulders done. torn tendons, reattached to titanium pin. Both surgeries were long recovery time. Do your PT religiously or you will lose range of motion. Do your PT religiously or you will lose range of motion.
Do your PT religiously or you will lose range of motion. Do your PT religiously or you will lose range of motion.

Seriously - I had been warned about this prior to surgery. A few days after surgery I ran into a guy (about 30 years old) that had had the same procedure. He was bitching because he had no range of motion, couldn't raise his arm over his head. He said "well, I didn't really do my exercises like I was supposed to..."

I laid in the floor with a broom stick forcing my elbow "under the gun" to make sure I didn't lose the ability to get proper prone position. Yeah, I may go overboard a little, but I'm 15 years on from the first shoulder, 11 on the second and can do just about anything I want.

 

[Droff]

Rolling this around now as I need this type of surgery.

Seems it's either I'll be fine or I'll be f*cked.

 

[THAT Gurl]

Rolling this around now as I need this type of surgery.

Seems it's either I'll be fine or I'll be f*cked.

That is true of ANY surgery. I tore my right ankle up doing a RNG. Climbing a cargo net, of all.things. Anyway, doc said it was an easy fix. It' been a minute now and I still have trouble with that ankle -- pain when walking, you want me to run??, neuropathy, swelling, weakness, stiffness, man I'm telling you the whole nine yards.

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

It looks a lot worse than it was but this is my R shoulder/arm about 3 or 4 days post op...