1. (Un)Comfortably Numb - 10 Months Post-Op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...mal. My therapist just says we'll keep watching the numbness, but I am starting to think that I should see a specialist about it. The main concern I have is that the branchial plexus has become impi...

2. Re:Rotator cuff MRI help
(Forum/General Discussion)

...rotocol and PT protocol would likely be given the surgery he thinks he will do. Finding a top notch shoulder specialist is important so don't just go with who is convenient. Sharon...

3. Rotator cuff MRI help
(Forum/General Discussion)

...d rotator cuff surgery seems scary. Below is my mri report. any thoughts and recommendations? I am going to a specialist Monday. Has anyone been thru something similar? Thanks!!! FINDINGS: MARR...

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

How long ago was your surgery? Did they use anchors for labrum or just clean it up? If you had a shoulder specialist that is good, and you were in pain before surgery, then you made the right decisi

5. Pulled trapezius on surgery side?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

... you recommend another visit to my shoulder repair surgeon? Or would this kind of injury require a different specialist? I just don't want this to sideline me from volunteering, but also don't wan...

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

...r surgeon because that's not a good sign. So, I too agree that you need a second opinion from a shoulder specialist sports doctor if the advice your getting now is "this is normal" Let us know...

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

...r was so bad on re-op that he suggested I may have a soft tissue disorder, which I do not (saw a geneticist & specialist in tissue disorders). I did return to sports briefly after the 1st round of ...

8. Re:question regarding MRI with contrast 6mo post-op
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...ept the initial repair. I had a slightly positive O'Briens test. Now after seeing several pain, spine & nerve specialists to rule out the neck I am scheduled for another shoulder surgery. Difference t...

9. Re:Tests for slap tear
(Forum/General Discussion)

...phone call saying he had checked with his collegue and it was a MRI/anthro i needed. point is this is pretty specialist surgery so get yourself another view if only for peace of mind. the second doc ...

10. Re:Tests for slap tear
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... he would do a thorough job during the operation, then I didn't want him touching me! I found an OS shoulder specialist who did all the physical exams and spent about a half hour with me explaining. ...

11. Re:Tests for slap tear
(Forum/General Discussion)

...ting better diagnostics here than by your OS. An OS that remotely thinks you had a RC tear is not a shoulder specialist or not one I would want to operate on me. Very likely you have a biceps tear, ...

12. Re:Tests for slap tear
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I would recommend looking around for a shoulder specialist, maybe someone that works with college/ professional baseball players. I tore my labrum back in november. The first guy i saw didnt even co

13. Re:11 months post op slap repair - need advice!!
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I went to the spine specialist yesterday and he said I didn't have the cleanest Cervical MRI, ordered another one and found a slight bulge in the C5 C6 area. They are doing a Transformial Root Block t

14. Re:2 days post op for bicep tenodesis
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...s time frame does not make any sense. You will go crazy wearing the sling this long. Is your OS a shoulder specialist and how often has he done this extensive of a surgery?...

15. 11 months post op slap repair - need advice!!
(Forum/General Discussion)

...etter for that short period of time. I went back to see the same doctor today and he asked that I see a spine specialist to make sure it's nothing in my neck (which I've already done once and the spec...

16. Has anyone had a similar experience?
(Forum/General Discussion)

...PT. After about a week or two with very little change, he then referred me to a very highly regarded shoulder specialist at my university's med center. It took about 2 or 3 more weeks to see him. B...

17. Re:Pre-surgery Questions
(Forum/Surgery)

I do love my PT. He's the shoulder specialist for my practice and has been great so far with adapting to the problems I've had with certain exercises. Becuase i waited so long to get my shoulder che

18. Re:Pre-surgery Questions
(Forum/Surgery)

Thanks for the advice! I'm meeting with my primary care OS tomorrow, she'll recommend a shoulder specialist for me, but we're going to talk about timelines and other options in the meantime. A

19. Surgery scheduled for 4/28 - postponed to June :(
(Forum/General Discussion)

...anning based on my OS protocol. I'm at least lucky that being at the national centre I have access to all the specialists. And even though it sucks that I feel like I've been training for nothing, it'...

20. Re:Surgery the 25th, have question
(Forum/General Discussion)

...tear or not, I think from a mental standpoint you are better off being prepared for the full repair. I saw 2 specialist and both told me I had a slap tear without an MRI by going over my history, sym...

21. 11 months post op with continued pain - exploratory surgery - ADVICE NEEDED
(Member Blogs/post op)

...etter for that short period of time. I went back to see the same doctor today and he asked that I see a spine specialist to make sure it's nothing in my neck (which I've already done once and ...

22. Here we go
(Member Blogs/Caleb's story)

...I could tell right away something was wrong.  Had to wait about a month before I could get home to see a specialist. I was diagnosed with either bad biceps tendonitis or a slap tear. We went cons...

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

... left hand.  Other angles of movement also became painful.  I gave up and went to a sports medicine specialist.   The first visit I had the routine tests with thumbs down, arm in front,...

24. The surgery and recovery - 7/30/09 - 1/19/2010
(Member Blogs/Ben's Shoulder)

... doc that I was still in pain, but he said no worries, just dont overdo it. I felt pretty good. Met with a PT specialist who gave me a slew of gym exercises. I wrote them down, then continued that PT ...

25. Pre-surgery assessment (written July 7, 2009)
(Member Blogs/Ben's Shoulder)

I had my shoulder specialist appt today. He did some range of motion tests and they confirmed the diagnosis that it the motion and pain is "consistant with SLAP tear". He said that the optio

26. jobless
(Member Blogs/Taylor)

...s hurting more and more as time went on.   Finally i go back to my physician and she refers me to a specialist.  They take x-rays.  Poke around on it a little.  Then after 2 v...

27. Lady Die
(Member Blogs/Diane's Shoulder Story...)

...ople 10 feet away from me could hear the popping noise my joint made.  My doctor sent me to a orthopedic specialist.  He of course then sent me for an MRI, it showed a tear in my labrum. I h...

28. slap tear/ CTS
(Member Blogs/terry)

...bsp; I never  had any hand, wrist, on arm problems prior to the slap tear surgery. I was sent to a nerve specialist who suggested radial nerve entrapment release surgery which I did not do. ...

29. The start
(Member Blogs/Shoulder tear. How-unknown.)

...nbsp; they said i was not dying and i had a rotator tear or pinched nerve.  The next day i went to see a specialist had a MRI and was told i had a labrum tear in my left shoulder.  now im se...

30. 13 years is a long time......
(Member Blogs/13 years is a long time......)

...etion of the crucible. I went on to my school afterward to receive training as a small systems (computers) specialist. Things seemed to go well as I was able to get back on the bands to keep my arm...