1. Questions, Questions, Questions
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ndon directly with something that will numb it, then trying to recreate the symptoms. I have seen a lot of doctors over the years, but never anyone who recommended anything like this. Has anyone ever ...

2. posterior labral tear
(Forum/General Discussion)

...neck...steroid shot in shoulder and trigger point near neack...pain increased...in my travels to different doctors i was in a horrible car accident...long story shorrt shoulder pain became much much w...

3. Re:Bicep tenodesis - did I over do PT?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...ut usually not shoulder cartilage stuff unless there has been trauma or systemic illness. 2) Plural "doctors" because, yes I did have my surgery at Stanford - so teaching hospital. There was th...

4. Re:Bicep tenodesis - did I over do PT?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...out why the extensive defects(usually caused by impact loading/twisting shearing forces). You refer to the doctors, is there more than one? Is it a teaching institution?...

5. Re:Posterior tear/Impaction Fracture
(Forum/General Discussion)

...urgery for a full thickness rotator cuff tear. I had to get my own MRI from a chiropractor after seeing 4 doctors. Once the surgeon saw that, he immediately scheduled surgery, but it was really too ...

6. Re:Bicep tenodesis - did I over do PT?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...he reply. The tenodesis was by interferential screw. I had very "aggressive" early protocols because the doctors were so worried that my arm move due to circulation for the microfracture to heal. I...

7. Debating Surgery
(Forum/General Discussion)

... An MR Arthrogram shows that I have a small SLAP lesion and partial infraspinatus tear. Two conservative doctors recommended surgery, but I have been able to lift weights and function reasonably wel...

8. Re:SLAP surgery. Help me decide
(Forum/Surgery)

... my MRI gave me some options to help fix the problem. He was very caring and respectful, unlike many other doctors i've been to in the past. Im scheduled for my 3rd shoulder surgery with him next mont...

9. Re:SLAP surgery. Help me decide
(Forum/Surgery)

There are other doctors at the Andrews Clinic that are great and don't have the celebrity douchbag attitude Andrews has. They also work on top athletes. But talk about arrogant, it still burns my ass

10. Re:pain after biceps tenodesis
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

Some doctors allow strengthening after six weeks. I had scapular pain also. The first couple weeks even 1 pound will feel like a lot. Can you explain why you needed a revision surgery? Did you not

11. Re:SLAP success story
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...on the positive stuff of being normal again (this is my hopes anyway) I also had a massage today at my ART doctors office. It wasn't a "feel good" massage by any means. She concentrated on my bicep te...

12. Re:Leanne\'s Shoulder Saga
(Forum/Surgery)

I hope you get finally better. My prayers goes out. If you dont mind, can you provide the doctors name.. Do you trust him or do you think you should seek more reputable doctors?

13. Re:Aching - when does it stop!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...nd talking to others, there seems to be a lot of varying opinions on cortisone shots, both in patients and doctors. Some seems to think it simply masks the pain and is not a good thing to do while oth...

14. Re:post op protocol
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...es you a headstart when you start therapy and my therapist is very pleased with my ROM. I don't think all doctors use it. Some rely on Physical Therapists to move the shoulder. Sitting in the chair...

15. Re:6 mos Post Slap Repair - Second Opinion Time?
(Forum/General Discussion)

... much on labrums, but maybe you need a tenodesis, everytime I see my OS he keeps saying that more and more doctors are doing it standard now because the success rate jumps 15% on repairs....

16. Re:SLAP success story
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... add that today he loosened me up to where I put my arm straight out to side to 90degrees and rested it on doctors knee, then I was so loose that I was actually able to drop my shoulder down for a bun...

17. Re:ART Active Release Technique
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... add that today he loosened me up to where I put my arm straight out to side to 90degrees and rested it on doctors knee, then I was so loose that I was actually able to drop my shoulder down for a bun...

18. Re:4 Months Post Op Reinjury
(Forum/General Discussion)

I agree that you should demand surgery if you are happy with your surgeon or see someone else. Doctors that don't listen will usually listen if you explain certain things to them like..."this isn't f

19. Re:9 days post op - am I doing /expecting to much?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...es and many many injuries and I've never heard to keep off the anti inflammatories initially. I guess all doctors have different theories on this, so I guess we don't know who's actually right. We j...

20. Re:9 days post op - am I doing /expecting to much?
(Forum/General Discussion)

I have had two different doctors, both considered very good shoulder surgeons, tell me not to take ibuprofin for the first couple of weeks. The reasoning is that inflammation is part of the initial he

21. SIZING TEARS ON SHOULDER TENDONS
(Member Blogs/VICTOR)

...e severe pain at night and important limitation in ROM because of pain and also weakness. I have asked two doctors.  One told me to leave it as it is an cope with the limitations.  The other...

22. Microfracture of Humeral Head and Bicep Tenodesis
(Member Blogs/Microfracture of Humeral Head, Bicep Tenodesis, SL)

... PT I went to prescribed some pretty aggressive active ROM exercise (without weight of course). One of my doctors kept encouraging me to stretch out my bicep tendon also. I did all my exercises ever...

23. SIZING SUPRASPINATUS TEAR
(Member Blogs/VICTOR)

...stance.  Does that mean that the tear is 4 mm wide? How wide is the whole tendon?  I have seen 2 doctors: one says I shouldn't operate and the other says I should get the operation done ...

24. 13 years is a long time......
(Member Blogs/13 years is a long time......)

...I raised that arm up to make the attempt. Returning it quickly to the side I began to worry and called the doctors office thinking that I may have done something. The women at the doctors office was v...

25. Day 1 or Year 2: Fixing A Labrum After The Fact
(Member Blogs/Project Climb On: Labrum Sugery and the Dream to C)

...pt...period.  After climbing for 2 or so weeks the pain came back instantly. I knew it was time for a doctors visit... 2 weeks later and a MRI...  Glenoid Labral Tear from the 2-5o'clock...

26. Slap Type I Shoulder Injury
(Member Blogs/Rehabilitation for Slapt Type I Shoulder Injury)

...with swiming have helped me in the last 4 months to give a turn over on the recuperation. One of the first doctors which I went to wanted to inmediately operate and I personally asked for Rehab first ...

27. Beginning to End (Problem to solution hopefully)
(Member Blogs/DJ's SLAP chronicles)

...connect electrical current to make sure they have the nerve.  Then I remember all sorts of nurses and doctors walking around doing checks and things.  I commented that they may have forgotte...

28. Can't Pinpoint Problem
(Member Blogs/What's with doctors)

...re than 16 years now and i feel I am getting no satisfaction mainly because I don't know how to answer doctors questions. I originally hurt it playing football couldn't move it out front of my...

29. Pre-Surgery: Different Diagnoses
(Member Blogs/JVG's SLAP/HAGL Mystery)

...ogs on this site; they have helped to understand that MRI's sometimes don't catch everything, that doctors can read the same MRI very differently, what surgery day is like and what I can expec...

30. surgery #2 two years in
(Member Blogs/Patrick\'s Workers Comp Story)

...ear, I have had an extremely weak and painful shoulder. After fighting with workers comp, I finally got a doctors appointment to get another contrast MRI, and it showed that my SLAP 2 tear never heal...