1. Re:slap tear surgery
(Forum/Surgery)

...y good.... Aggravated it at best... Had cortizone shots in both shoulders.. still no relief... Had reg MRI's with no contrast, both showed SLap Tears... The Doc only word of surgery was the chance o...

2. Re:slap tear surgery
(Forum/Surgery)

...y good.... Aggravated it at best... Had cortizone shots in both shoulders.. still no relief... Had reg MRI's with no contrast, both showed SLap Tears... The Doc only word of surgery was the chance o...

3. Re:Any positive experiences out there?
(Forum/General Discussion)

... that I went through with the surgery. I had very little pain before surgery too, and an inconclusive MRI, so I was hesitant about having surgery. But it was the best decision ever. Feel free to re...

4. Re:neck and bicep pain four months post-op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...may be affecting your posture and putting abnormal pressure on your spine causing the irritation. The MRI should provide more information - but... the other posters are right - if you are having inte...

5. Re: Neck and bicep pain - Sounds like a Disk Issue
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...orking with teenagers and not being able to focus just don't go well together. Called my OS today. MRI is scheduled for this Thursday. They will check both my neck and my shoulder. Hopefully I c...

6. Re:neck and bicep pain four months post-op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...n the shoulder, not the neck. Try your best to convey this to your OS and insist on getting a shoulder MRI. Tell him you cannot wait until 12/12 and that you want answers regarding the shoulder. In...

7. Re:neck and bicep pain four months post-op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... it caught and grinded... My PT is baffled by this neck and bicep pain and is anxiously awaiting an MRI, as am I. This grinding is new, but in the same shoulder that was operated on. It is fre...

8. Re:Eek! Retear?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ree, but the weakness from inactivity and the crank may have pushed and tore it further. I suppose an MRI would be the only way to really tell for sure. Just my thoughts at the moment, I hope I am ...

9. 2 days post op
(Forum/Surgery)

... to find out i didnt have any ligaments in the front of my shld and thats why nothing showed up on the mri, then a full posterior tear, and then some over strected muscles. They stiched my substinatus...

10. Gymnast With Slap tear.surgery is next thursday
(Forum/General Discussion)

...orse...and to touch( that what startled me). So my mom schedualed an appt with the doctor and I got an MRI the very same day. It turned out I have a SLAP tear. I have been doing PT three times a wee f...

11. HELP ON DIAGNOSIS AND WHETHER OR NOT I NEED SURGER
(Forum/General Discussion)

...pain wasn't bad at all. The biggest problem I had was weakness in the shoulder. I just recently got an MRI on my shoulder and results were kind of confusing to me. The results are as follows: ROTAT...

12. Re:Any positive experiences out there?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...t normal daily activities. However, then will have a bad day with pain and reconsider. Having had an MRI that tell me I have a substantial tear there keeps me grounded that i need this doing. I am ...

13. Re:neck and bicep pain four months post-op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... possible that something happened since then. My OS wanted to wait three weeks before ordering an MRI because he thinks it is a blown or bulging disc and states that steroids, pain meds, anti-inf...

14. Re:neck and bicep pain four months post-op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... the neck is the culprit that a good traction unit would help tremendously. Get any tests you can C/S MRI EMG ect and try traction as you need to know where it is coming from to do the appropriate tr...

15. My \"SLAP Tear\" repair
(Forum/General Discussion)

Hey everyone, my name is Brett, and im 15 years old,and was diagnosed with a SLAP tear after an MRI i had earlier this month. Yesterday i went in for surgery and the doctor found that not only did i h

16. Re:6 months out and I\'ve had enough
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...he meds in the world. I have been telling both my PT and OS that I am in serious pain even though the MRI did not show anything. I am now awaiting surgery(2nd).I guess the bottom line is trust yourse...

17. 6 months out and I\'ve had enough
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...aching to the back seat will make me scream (yeah I know, so don't do that right?). Just did another MRI and it supposedly showed a perfect labrum repair but there is a small piece of "something" th...

18. Re:neck and bicep pain four months post-op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...how many pain meds I take it cuts right through like I'm taking nothing at all. They just did another MRI and found a piece of debris that they think "may" be an anchor that didn't dissolve floating ...

19. Re:Diagnosed Today with Partial Rotator Cuff Tear
(Forum/General Discussion)

... is in Corte Madera. I am glad you are getting another opinion. I am not sure whether your OS had the MRI results or not and was just testing you in the office. If you in fact do have a RC tear, thi...

20. Re:detached posterior labrum
(Forum/General Discussion)

Hey footballmom, I am also going through a posterior labrum tear. My MRI didnt show a tear but I also didnt use the MRI Arthrogram. I play college tennis at a division 2 school and my season begins in

21. Frustrated
(Member Blogs/Surprise! You have a Labrum Tear)

... I came in with a shoulder pain on July 24, we did the X-Rays as well schedule the MRI (with the dye) for July 27. At the beginning of August, I received a cortisone shot...

22. MRI Upcoming
(Member Blogs/Do I Need Surgery?)

MRI is scheduled for Wednesday, hoping for the best.

23. Surgery is next thursday dec 4th ..urggg.... i have some questions
(Member Blogs/Competitive gymnast with SLAP tear....suregery is )

...iced it hurt significantly worse and to the touch, which concerned me. I went to the doctor and had an MRI the same day. i was then diagnosed with a tear and told to go to physical therapy, which i kn...

24. SLAP tear repare..next thursday...eek!
(Member Blogs/Competitive gymnast with SLAP tear....suregery is )

...orse...and to touch( that what startled me). So my mom schedualed an appt with the doctor and I got an MRI the very same day. It turned out I have a SLAP tear. I have been doing PT three times a wee f...

25. The Beginning
(Member Blogs/Road to Recovery Post Slap Tear Repair)

...elt a clunk and a decrease in pain.  I was referred to an Ortho who diagnosed a Slap Tear after a MRI Arthrogram.  I am scheduled for surgery this week since I have not gotten better after t...

26. shoulder pain
(Member Blogs/mel)

...month's. I just went to a shoulder doc today and he want's me to get a gadolium arthrogram and mri  next week. Is it painful ? will they numb the area first?   Thank's mel...

27. shoulder pain
(Member Blogs/mel)

...month's. I just went to a shoulder doc today and he want's me to get a gadolium arthrogram and mri  next week. Is it painful ? will they numb the area first?   Thank's mel...

28. Background History
(Member Blogs/Do I Need Surgery?)

...tion, he believed i had a SLAP tear and maybe a possible rotator cuff tear.  I am going to get an MRI this week and am hoping for the best, but all signs seem to point in the wrong direction.&nbs...

29. Intro
(Member Blogs/Tom's SLAP Tear)

...it fixed! I suffered for too many years with pain in that shoulder. (Right side).  I have an MRI scheduled for the 10th of Oct. and the surgery date is tentativly scheduled for the 22nd. of ...

30. Waiting for surgery
(Member Blogs/Mike's SLAP Repair)

...sp; My doctor initially felt I had re-separated my shoulder and sent me to my ortho.  They did an MRI with arthrogram and I was diagnosed with a SLAP Tear and Buford Complex.  For two w...