1. Re:Regressing in PT :(
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...be PT won't be as bad on Friday. Your comment about your one girl cracked me up! I have been wearing a front closure sports bra. The straps are wide and I have found it to be very comfortable. Of ...

2. Re:Regressing in PT :(
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... ant shoulder area. I also massage with my hand or use a hand held massager on all tight muscles in the front side and back of my shoulder frequently.in the early days massaging towards the incision ...

3. Regressing in PT :(
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...sually repostion and fall back to sleep until around 4 or 5am when I get the sharp stabbing pains in top/front of shoulder and down into bicep. From then I sort of just doze and try to prop up the ar...

4. Re:New and surgery on 11/14
(Forum/General Discussion)

...i had my surgery a week ago, and everything went really good. Turns out i dont have any ligaments in the front of my shoulder, so they took 2 of my RC muscles and sewed them together! ah it wasthe fir...

5. Re:Sleeping without sling - Pain!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...entually I was able to tolerate stretching the biceps standing about 6" facing the wall, arm straight in front, palm side of hand on wall, turning my body away from the wall and holding this 2-3 times...

6. Eek! Retear?
(Forum/General Discussion)

... the next 3 months. About 2 weeks ago it began popping and cracking and I got that familiar pain in the front part of the shoulder and a deep ache. I can't point to any specific action that set it o...

7. Re:New to site, surgery help!?!
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...s anywhere(not even in redneck kentucky!) and managed ok in a tank top. a lot of people recommended zip front sports bras too..but i didn't bother. hope this helps! cheers, sherri...

8. Re:1 year post op from 2nd surgey
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...summer and I think I reinjured it. I do notice a difference though. before, my shoulder hurt more in the front, now it's more towards the back, so it could be a different injury altogether. Either way...

9. Re:Sleeping without sling - Pain!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...entually I was able to tolerate stretching the biceps standing about 6" facing the wall, arm straight in front, palm side of hand on wall, turning my body away from the wall and holding this 2-3 times...

10. Sleeping without sling - Pain!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...ward to losing the sling for sleeping but I am finding that I am waking up with excrutiating pain in top front of shoulder and down into top of my arm/bicep area. I use a pillow to prop up the op arm...

11. 2 days post op
(Forum/Surgery)

...did! Basically my dr had never seen a shld like mine. come 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 th...

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

...ot consistantly brought on by one particular position, it could be me reaching backwards or just into my front pocket for my keys or up to scratch my head....

13. Re:Hopefully I can finally get an answer
(Forum/General Discussion)

...s giggling like a school girl over my PT having my arm straight up over my head and rotating my arm bent front and back without me wanting to jump off the table in pain....enjoy the little things and ...

14. Re:PT Question - is this typical?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...is what I found out for myself. Because I know about the body, I could tell that it was the biceps and front of the shoulder and not the capsule that was tight. By doing some biceps stretching I wa...

15. Re:PT Question - is this typical?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...is what I found out for myself. Because I know about the body, I could tell that it was the biceps and front of the shoulder and not the capsule that was tight. By doing some biceps stretching I wa...

16. detached posterior labrum
(Forum/General Discussion)

...a qb - age 18. Two years ago had dislocation his right shoulder. Recently dove with arms outstretched in front and got hurt again. He had an arthrogram this week and we haven't been able to see our d...

17. Re:Trying to get back to normal??
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...can start anytime morning or night. I have a deep ache still on top of my shoulder that radiates to the front then into the bicep. My muscles in the top of my arm are still very tight that causes pr...

18. Diagnosed Today with Partial Rotator Cuff Tear
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ow. The Teres Minor muscle behind the shoulder is inflamed and very painful. The pain is more toward the front of the shoulder and it pops and catches when I reach across my body or do certain other m...

19. Re:7 days pre-op!!!!
(Forum/Surgery)

... etc. I went to Walmart and got large size (I wear mediums) shirts that button about halfway down the front. They were only $5 for the walmart brand which were 3/4 sleeves. I also got some Haines...

20. starting post SLAP surgery PT questions
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...to do today still. Does it always go backwards when you start PT but eventually get better? Why no frontal nor sideways shoulder passive ROM? when I was doing rotator cuff rehab that was the fir...

21. Four week post-op update
(Member Blogs/Becky's SLAP tear)

...oesn't have to stretch me at all. My only complaint at this point is a little bit of catching in the front of my shoulder I've had for the past couple of weeks caused by scar tissue.  It&...

22. torn supraspinatus tendon
(Member Blogs/kens recovery aid)

... body very soft, nice for first weeks! Also 2nd step for training reflexes. limits abduction to side and front while allowing great freedom of hand motion, natural arm swing,.and shoulder flow. The fe...

23. cuff recovery aid
(Member Blogs/kens recovery aid)

...make it simple. Here it is.........the Reflex Point post op recovery device limits abduction to side and front while allowing great freedom of hand motion, natural arm swing,.and shoulder flow. The fe...

24. Must be the prayer.
(Member Blogs/Mike's SLAP Repair)

...be 1-2/day.  I took one yesterday before my first PT appt.  I am to begin ROM exercises to the front and the side.  I can get my arm almost shoulder height at the side and above my shou...

25. 12+ weeks post-op
(Member Blogs/Becky's SLAP tear)

...chool which is good.  My shoulder feels great for the most part.  I get a little twinge in the front every now and then, but no big deal.  Probably from doing more than I am supposed to...

26. A 3rd or 4th Possible Tear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Member Blogs/A 3rd Possible tear!!!!!!!!!!)

...I was lifting and starting to put on some size.  WELL SURE enough during a set of Lat Pulldowns (in front of my head) I heard and  felt a clicking popping on my left shoulder.  I freake...

27. Chapter One
(Member Blogs/happyannie's slap tear from heck)

My intial injury happened in fall of 2007. My cat Willie likes to go out in front of the house on a leash. She'd become tangled up so to get her out of it, I threw her leash over an 8 foot tall ob

28. I stopped my PT
(Member Blogs/The Long Road to Recovery of a SLAP tear)

... sensation.  I believe there's a nerve that's being pinched whenever I go to the side or in front. ...

29. JB, a teen swimmer
(Member Blogs/JB, a teen swimmer)

...  We've got the bed wedge, elastic shorts (thank goodness it will be summer!) and a recliner in front of the Xbox!  I know we have a great surgeon and PT guy who knows his goals lon...

30. A six month delay... heavy sigh of relief
(Member Blogs/II the Max - Repair and Recovery)

...letting it scar over or trying to pull it back in place (I can raise my arm pretty much all the way front to back - slowly, but from the side the max is about 10 O'clock). Ortho one who ...