1. Re:Slap and volleyball
(Forum/General Discussion)

...at playing again for 2,5 months (3 sessions per week). The last session was end of april. Then it was off season so I did some swimming and home excercises with weights. At 8 months do you have ful...

2. Re:Operation: back to waterpolo!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...g polo. the swim sets/times am doing in he last weeks show am better conditioned than at the end of last season, my chiropractor who have not seen in a while was like - WOW you've muscled up so assum...

3. Re:Slap and volleyball
(Forum/General Discussion)

...artroscopic). Everything went quite smoothly and I felt I was progressing nicely. Now the new volleyball season has started and I had my third practice today. Everything went very well, except my spi...

4. Re:Operation: back to waterpolo!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...ing and swimming properly but could still do a lot of what was required (i delayed surgery and played the season) now six months on still can't shoot overhead properly but can i guess now throw(ish) a...

5. Long time reader...first time poster.
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...ess it was a weakness. Over the next few years it would pop out and straight back in a few times every season to the point where last season it happened a dozen times. I realised I needed to get it...

6. Re:16 year old baseball player - surgery scheduled
(Forum/General Discussion)

...rms of postiion players BJ Upton of the Rays played thru a SLAP tear on the non-dominant shoulder for one season and it did affect him at the plate pre surgery, not sure what his numbers are now. On t...

7. 16 year old baseball player - surgery scheduled
(Forum/General Discussion)

... 3B. He started having a problem with his shoulder his Freshman year (though he didn't tell me until mid-season this year that it hurt when he threw the ball overhand). He tried pitching sidearm ear...

8. Re:playing with SLAP tear
(Forum/General Discussion)

...r body and communicate with your coach. IF things go downhill you can always schedule surgery before the season is thru. Good luck. Let us know how you do after a month into the season. I would be ...

9. playing with SLAP tear
(Forum/General Discussion)

... 10 weeks and hasn't helped much so surgery is the only option, but there is no way I'm going to miss the season and aau ball. I'm going to be playing through a lot of pain so im thinking about a shou...

10. 11 months post-operation - SLAP tear
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...amage to the labrum, bone spur, inflammation and irritation of the joint and general flaking. Cricket season started in April and I have in the past month started doing cricket training at the clu...

11. Re:Operation: back to waterpolo!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...t I have never dislocated my shoulder my shoulder mechanics had been fine pre injury and I had played the season out then, with due respect to the mechanics of tissue healing etc, 6 months was too lon...

12. Re:Shoulder Pain When Raising Arm
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...ing someone else has had this kind of repair and there's some input. Guess that's another golf & garding season gone......:(...

13. 16 months post op and having problems....
(Forum/General Discussion)

...to playing full time (with a shoulder brace) by mid-September. My shoulder held up fairly well during the season, but as of late I've been having some problems with pain and popping. At the start of...

14. Re:Operation: back to waterpolo!
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...ner of the pool by myself but it was good to be back. The annoying thing is that as it is the end of the season next week our pool time has been cancelled for a few weeks - so just when I can come ba...

15. Basic slap tear exercises
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... until i had it diagnosed (found out today). i don't want to have the surgery as it will screw up my golf season. I can play; it just is sore the next day. thanks...

16. Re:What harm delaying surgery?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...prehensive at what the OS will find :( Maybe it depends on what activities you do during your outdoor season? Swimming is overhead so obviously not very good, but say you were biking and hiking an...

17. What harm delaying surgery?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...on't have serious pain. If I go ahead with the surgery I will miss out on most of the upcoming summer season and as an avid outdoors person this is a major loss to me. I am definitely able to live...

18. Re:Have any swimmers had Slap repair?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... has been very depresssing. I had wanted to join masters swimming, and that may still be a goal for next season if things go well....

19. Re:Can\'t afford SLAP tear surgery...PT suggestions???
(Forum/General Discussion)

...small business owner who pays high rates and has no leverage in terms of pre-exisiting conditions or open seasons and such. And in our system even rich people can lose their insurance once they get...

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

...put off surgery just because I wasn't ready to go through the rehab process and wanted to get skiing this season because i didn't last year. I needed to give myself some time to be active but now it's...

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

...n that information, I scheduled the surgery for October 16, the perfect time to finish up my cycling season, have the surgery, recover, and get back to work before a sudden decrease in incom...

22. The change
(Member Blogs/Change of planss)

So i was going to play through my pain so i wouldnt have to lose my sophmore basketball season as a starting guard. Turns out that there is a change in plans. My parents finally let me have the surger

23. softball players please read! :] thanks.
(Member Blogs/First Few weeks post op)

...tially dislocated my arm and was never aware,and went a whole year without saying anything about it. Next season rolls around and the excessive throwing quickly became very painfull.To all softball pl...

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

... this point in time I knew nothing of the shoulder ligament and it's importance with throwing. The season was tough and I was skeptical to play the next summer. During this state of my injury I...

25. My Experience
(Member Blogs/Competitive Swimmers torn labrums)

...pool. I would do 3 hours of practice at least a day, and I did develop tendonitis that went away with the seasons ending. This summer i was just goofing around and tore my left labrum, with a sudden d...

26. My Injuries
(Member Blogs/Competitive Swimmers torn labrums)

...pool. I would do 3 hours of practice at least a day, and I did develop tendonitis that went away with the seasons ending. This summer i was just goofing around and tore my left labrum, with a sudden d...

27. My injuries
(Member Blogs/Competitive Swimmers torn labrums)

...pool. I would do 3 hours of practice at least a day, and I did develop tendonitis that went away with the seasons ending. This summer i was just goofing around and tore my left labrum, with a sudden d...

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

...rom the bench when my team lost in the state finals and had nothing to say about it, this being my senior season.  After the cortisone did not help, i decided to completely rest my shoulder from...

29. Our 'final' entry...??
(Member Blogs/JB, a teen swimmer)

...ut one other patient told us to think of this as the summer/fall that will let you really live your other seasons in a more normal fashion.  This will be our building year. Thanks everyone for yo...

30. Evan's SLAP Tear
(Member Blogs/Evan's SLAP Tear)

...ausing the shoulder to come out again. So, I got a shoulder brace so I could keep playing the rest of the season. I went several months until it came out again in February, playing basketball. Then, i...