1. 4th SLAP Repair attempt on Friday Sept. 10th
(Forum/General Discussion)

...w terrible the sleeping was. I highly reccomend to everyone to rent a hospital bed. My first surgery I tried to sleep in recliners and my bed. Both were terrible!!!!!!!! My last 2 surgeries I rent...

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

Thanks for the insight GG and Sharon. I tried to induce the scapular numbness by squeezing together my shoulder blades for an extended period, but that didn't seem to trigger it. One thing I have

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

.... I had something similar happen to me about a month and a half ago. I was having chest pains when i tried to take deep breaths, was sent to emerge and ECG and d-dimer and other tests ruled out po...

4. Re:OK IM BACK AND IN NEED OF GOOD EARS
(Forum/General Discussion)

...miliar to what i had when i first injured my shoulder. The PT is doing ultrasound and massage thrapy we tried the electrodes things but that caused too much pain. What do you mean by traction????...

5. Re:trigger points are back
(Forum/General Discussion)

...freely, I'm mostly stuck with the small muscles in my shoulder spasming for random reasons. Have you tried maybe applying some heat to the muscles to help them relax? I'm guessing you're talking a...

6. trigger points are back
(Forum/General Discussion)

...y old muscle spasming friends! Under my arm, behind top of shoulder blade and even a little neck:( My pt tried to massage some of it out but it is not relaxing! Anybody else deal with this? I come fro...

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

...believe in my case I had a biceps tendonitis caused by slight mislocation of the tendon post-surgery. I tried taping and PRP which did give me relief in all of my tendons injected. I would tape my b...

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

...should. I have access to many pub med journals because I am getting a masters degree currently. I have tried to look for the various reasons that random cartilage defects occur in an otherwise healt...

9. Posterior tear/Impaction Fracture
(Forum/General Discussion)

...PCP and received a cortisone shot (she thought I strained my rotator cuff). After resting for a month I tried playing again and on the 4th swing I did it again, except the pain was even worse, it was...

10. Re:multidirectional instability?
(Forum/General Discussion)

..., Aystim or ART would be a much better first alernative. Ultrasound by your PT if you contunue should be tried also. Even if your MRI is negative you also want to be negative for the various office ...

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

Day 141 Post op SLAP repair...Last week I was feeling great and when I laid in tanning bed I tried to lay with arm over my head in an external rotation. That flared up bicep tendon for a day or two.

12. my neck is killing me!
(Forum/General Discussion)

... doing great For 1 week (tomorrow) post op exceptfor my neck! This sling is driving me crazy! Has anyone tried the sling that wraps around the waist and doesn't strap to the shoulder? I am feeling gre...

13. Re:External movement of the arm
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...only functionally limiting thing I have found is when I went in for my right shoulder surgery, the nurse tried to turn my left arm toward her to get my IV in and it didn't work like she thought it sho...

14. Tenodesis Surgery in June
(Forum/Surgery)

Hi Everyone! I'm hoping someone can chime in and help me :) I've tried other forums, with no luck.... I had pretty extensive surgery on June 15th. I had a bursectomy, Debridement, a bone

15. Discharged from PT...Now What?
(Forum/Physical Therapy and Recovery)

...o so I don't do them same day in a row). I would like to get back to doing tri's next spring. I have tried swiming. Although pt says I have range of motion, I am sore after one lap and my arm is ...

16. Ready for surgery?
(Forum/General Discussion)

Hi Everyone! I have been following everyones progress and have decided to tackle surgery... I tried PT for the last 4 mos. and am about 75% but not able to resume martial arts or teaching my aerobic c

17. 16 year old baseball player - surgery scheduled
(Forum/General Discussion)

... (though he didn't tell me until mid-season this year that it hurt when he threw the ball overhand). He tried pitching sidearm early this year (I have no idea why he didn't tell me about the shoulder...

18. Re:MRI Report Question
(Forum/General Discussion)

...lt bad which was unexpected, then back to its usual bothersome state after doing just about anything. I tried PT soon for two weeks afterward, but no help at all. THe shot did not work for my case. I...

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

...ence the date of the injury. The movement seems it will not move past a certain point. i have not really tried to push past it. Question what is complex regional pain syndrome? Shrtct...

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

... HEP. Abduction of arm started to feel strange, and worst was raising arm with elbow bent in abduction. Tried resting it for a week (motion only) and didn't help. PT looked at it 2x and felt ROM & st...

21. 13 years is a long time......
(Member Blogs/13 years is a long time......)

...and try to figure out where the tear was, but reading an MRI isn't the easiest thing in the world. I tried and tried but could not figure out where tear began or ended. After two weeks of antic...

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

... a cannon for a right arm and was out throwing everyone.  Me, being me, would not be out done, so I tried to throw as far as he did.  The result was a loud popping noise and severe pain.&nbs...

23. One week before labrum repair
(Member Blogs/Shoulder Dislocation = Labrum Repair)

Well I had a rather lengthy entry the last time I tried this but it didn't save.  So I'll give this another go.  I dislocated my shoulder on 2/5/10.  Long story short.  I h

24. 6 months post-op
(Member Blogs/6 months post -op)

...stretching in the morning the pain seems to be less noticeable, I still get aches every once in while. I tried throwing a football recently and that doesn't seem to happening for sometime. Th...

25. About my injury
(Member Blogs/ithurts)

...and had a sharp pain in my shoulder. I immediately dropped out of the pose, and had the same pain when I tried a second time, so I quit for the evening and began icing it. Not knowing what was going o...

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

...t so good. Doctor had said at 4 months I could shoot around, playing basketball, but not full contact. I tried before the visit and NO WAY. Hurts way to bad. Pain hasnt stopped. It hurts when I move o...

27. My Pain (this was written almost a year ago)
(Member Blogs/Ben's Shoulder)

...ts. A 1.5 mile walk will aggravate it (more than running, oddly enough). Swimming tightens it up bad. I tried it today, for the first time, thinking it might be a good exercise to loosen things up an...

28. My Story So Far
(Member Blogs/Type II SLAP in the Face)

...p using a towel and assistance from my good arm.  It was tight and sore, but bearable.  When I tried to do the pulleys, my ROM was horrible and there was too much pain in the front of my sho...

29. My recovery @ 8 months
(Member Blogs/Swimmer slap repair)

...hs post op for slap repair in feb. 2009. I had the injury since about 2006 before I pursued treatment. I tried the pt route which only worked for a short while...and got the surgery as above... I won&...

30. From the Beginning
(Member Blogs/Dustin's Slap Tear Adventure)

...sounds manly. I tell most people though that I was wrestling a tiger. So when it happened I stood up and tried to shake it off but my arm went numb. I'm not one to skip out on sports so I got back...