1. Re:Upcoming surgery.
(Forum/General Discussion)

...rs a week (now around 30) for like 20 years so that's definitely worn on my shoulders. And my dad has RC tears (and possibly more) in both shoulders, had a meniscus tear in his knee, my sister had a m...

2. Re:Upcoming surgery.
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psychoswim, any idea what caused both your slap tears?

3. Re:Rotator cuff MRI help
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...verything was compensating for my bad shoulder and extremely weak lower trap so it's most likely your RC tears are the underlying cause....

4. Re:Rotator cuff MRI help
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...ave surgery set for 4 weeks from now but I need a 2nd opinion first. I had a full tare and 2 partial tears in my RC and my bicep tendon has a full tear....

5. Re:Rotator cuff MRI help
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...t to be on the safe side. Has anyone had pain in their shoulder blades middle back and neck with RC tears? Mine has become so bad its hard to manage the pain. I do have pain in the arm and should...

6. Re:Rotator cuff MRI help
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...pe and only resorting to an open repair if unable to do it all through the scope. Even most massive cuff tears are done through a mini open approach if it can't all be done through the scope. Also...

7. Re:Rotator cuff MRI help
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...ent to the OS and he wants to due a full open. He said he needs to see what is going on with the partial tears and be able to fix them depending on how the tissue looks. He also does not want to repai...

8. Re:posterior labral tear
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... postition would be the first and most important issue and then see what the shoulder feels like. Labral tears at 50 will not heal and the demands of 5x a week overhead motions in tennis may be too mu...

9. Re:PT for SLAP II & BUFORD COMPLEX without surgery?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...l be up to the surgeon to say whether or not you need the surgery but I know of some guys that have slap tears that are lifting competitively without surgical intervention. If you want to contact them...

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

... insertion of the biceps tendon. You can find some nice pictorals and animation of surgeries like SLAP tears and tenodesis at www.shoulderdoc.co.uk. The biceps tendon inserts directly into the labr...

11. Re:Rotator cuff MRI help
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...The biceps tear and subsequent labral tear is understandable given the motion and anatomy, but the other tears are a bit more stange. One explanation, (if of course the MRI is correct) is that the fi...

12. Re:Posterior tear/Impaction Fracture
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...the first 6 weeks of conservative treatment, it typically will not work and surgery is indicated. Labrum tears do not heal on their own because of poor blood supply. Because of it's location, I would ...

13. Re:MRI Report Question
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... scar tissue. It’s amazing on how much trouble that bone spurs and scar tissue can cause. There were no tears. Read my history, as I started this thread. The tear on the MRI report was not there, b...

14. Re:Recurring SLAP Tears
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Please read the post on tenodesis. Failed or recurrent SLAP tears should consider a tenodesis, but you should understand whether the second tear was in the same or new area. I suppose some peop

15. Re:To Tenodesis or not to Tenodesis
(Forum/Surgery)

...that will not resolve with injections or concervative options. MRI's are not absolute in detecting re-tears, but I would trust what your OS saw as indicative of a failed repair. So yes you are abs...

16. Re:Recurring SLAP Tears
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The doctor hasn't given me a good answer on that. From what he has explained, they are new tears, and there was no hardware failure involved.

17. Re:Recurring SLAP Tears
(Forum/Surgery)

Do you have the answer to the why yet? I'd start there. Are these new tears or is it hardware failure?

18. Recurring SLAP Tears
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Question: I have been trying to find out what the rate of recurrence is for SLAP tears. I am a 35 y/o male who has had 2 repairs to the R shoulder since 2002. The first 2 repairs were within abou

19. Re:Debating Surgery
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SLAP tears will go up and down in terms of pain and limitations. If you listen to your body, do not push the shoulder into or thru pain and fatigue and can modify lifting and activities, you can avoi

20. Re:16 year old baseball player - surgery scheduled
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...young population, if the tear is small and they take significant time off throwing like 4-6 months these tears can heal themselves as I have rehabed a 16 year old myself,however with contunued throwin...

21. Bi-lateral Slap Tears
(Member Blogs/Questions regarding second slap tear surgery??)

...nough to fix it. Every post I read here, there was some type of repair with anchors used fix labral tears. Does anyone have an opinion as to what is causing me the most pain and catching sensatio...

22. 11 months post op with continued pain - exploratory surgery - ADVICE NEEDED
(Member Blogs/post op)

...excruciating amount of pain. I'd almost say it's worse than before surgery and has brought me to tears a few times in the last week. I'm just trying to get an idea of what other people hav...

23. volleyball college player 13 months out, reinjury
(Member Blogs/re-injury after surgery 1 year ago VB)

... aurthogram. which was very painfull and even now after 1 day it is still painful and sore. but i had no tears in the shoulder which was a good sign. But I need an opinion, because the pain is so larg...

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

Hello, I am trying to decide about surgery in my right supraspinatus tendon. I torn it 3 weeks ago playing volleyball in the beach.  I have read lots of information about this on the web and appa

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

...concerned enough to do another MRI to check for rotator cuff damage.  The MRI was negative, no new tears and the anchor was healing well, albeit with lots of swelling.  My surgeon then deci...

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

...ing my forefinger and thumb together to save my life. My forarm ached constantly, overhead movement made tears come to my eyes, and forget me bringing in grocerys with that arm. I bitched constantly, ...

27. Getting a grip on surgery
(Member Blogs/Surgery on both shoulders)

...gery on my left shoulder and it feels really great to know I don't have any more shoulders with slap tears.  My left shoulder was driving me crazy with both a slap tear and a rotator cuff fra...

28. part 2: ten days post labrum surgery (bankart)
(Member Blogs/Bankart Surgery (Labral Tear))

...od, etc if you must do activities that stress the shoulder you likely will need the surgery since labral tears do NOT heal without surgery recovery is different for everyone but I'm less than...

29. any suggestions
(Member Blogs/Lt. Dan)

just had slap tear surgery (2 tears) this morning, any suggestions on making recovery a little easier?  sorry learning to type with one hand. thanks

30. Not so sure about it all- today
(Member Blogs/HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SOON BE OVER)

...But that isn't exactly what we discussed. I'm a bit confused because my mri said I have 2 labral tears. My surgeon told me last month that he wasn't planning on addressing those, that he p...