|
Written by Joe Choe
|
|
Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
|
I was 8 1/2 weeks post-op when I may have re-torn my laburm. I was doing an exercise which I had been doing for a few weeks prescribed by my physical therapist. It involves reaching behind your back with your bad arm/shoulder, and pulling up with a towel using your good arm. I had done this exercise before with some pain, but it was expected since this involves stretching your interior rotation. Well I was on my 3rd set of 5 seconds when I felt this sharp pain in my shoulder. In all my time since I started therapy, I had never felt this kind of a sharp pain. About 3 days later, I had my physical therapy session and I couldn't do some of the exercises due to the return of the sharp pain. I saw my orthopedist the next day and he said that there was a 20% chance that I may have re-torn my labrum. Since I am a little more than 2 months removed from my surgery, he said my chances of re-tearing it are much lower. He believes that it is simply scar tissue being broken up. I am currently on anti-inflammatories for a week, and if the pain hasn't decreased significantly by then, then I will have to get another MRI arthrogram to detect if it has re-torn. My shoulder is definitely still sore and aches and there are times when I do feel the pinge of the sharp pain here and there.
|
|
Last Updated ( Friday, 30 November 2007 )
|
