I am a physical therapist and just recently spotted this blog while trying to find a good picture of an exercise for my patient.  I noticed that most of you have some really good questions that I may be able to help answer as you take the path from pre-operative visits to full recovery.  My office specializes in sport and orthopedic injuries and I have had the pleasure of working with many labral repair patients.  I've seen a wide variety of activity levels from a very sedentary homemaker to a 15 year old high school athlete return to lacrosse, hockey and soccer without restrictions.  Hopefully i can offer some professional advice to slap tear sufferers out there.  First off, listen to your doctor and follow protocol.  If you are a unique case and are trying to get back to a more active than usual lifestyle or an athlete, seek out a surgeon that specializes in just shoulder ligamentous/capsular/labral surgeries and follow-up with sport specialized physical therapists.  if your insurance is paying for it why not do the extra research and find out how many repairs the surgeon does each year.  it's worth your time to get the best possible technique and person for the job.

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