WRTC928 Posted 6 hours ago Report Posted 6 hours ago 11 hours ago, Lscott said: Been there about 12 to 15 years back. Had a minor rotor cuff tear in the tendon. Got surgery to stitch up the tear, doc put in an anchor to reattach the torn section to the bone and clean off some bone spurs. I wrecked the shoulder at the gym while using the upright seated bench press machine. Yeah, it hurt like an SOB when it happened too. Then the shoulder “popped” just a fraction of a second after I felt the stretching sensation. When home offer that. Basically couldn’t lift my right arm. It took about 6 months of PT just to get back normal range of motion. Then another 6 months to a year building the strength back up. Yeah, I'd like to get back to lifting weights, but I don't want anything like that to happen. I'm going to be careful with it for quite some time. WRUU653, Lscott, RoadApple and 1 other 4 Quote
WRUU653 Posted 4 hours ago Report Posted 4 hours ago 35 minutes ago, WRTC928 said: Yeah, I'd like to get back to lifting weights, but I don't want anything like that to happen. I'm going to be careful with it for quite some time. I'll chime in on this too (thus turning it into an official ham rag chew, lol). I also went through this about seven years ago, full tear of the shoulder and a full and a partial for the wrist. The wrist still gives me the most grief. Physical therapy is key. It can be difficult but stick with it. Being carefull with it is a good call, I have found there are limits to what I can put the shoulder through and pushed it hard once last year and was sure I had F'd it up again, though it went back to it's new normal after a couple of weeks. I guess I'm not in my 20's anymore. Wishing you a good recovery. 73's Lscott, RoadApple, SteveShannon and 2 others 3 2 Quote
Lscott Posted 3 hours ago Report Posted 3 hours ago 3 hours ago, WRTC928 said: Yeah, I'd like to get back to lifting weights, but I don't want anything like that to happen. I'm going to be careful with it for quite some time. Yeah, wait until your knee gives out and have it replaced. It makes the shoulder work look like a walk in the park. Quote
WRTC928 Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Lscott said: Yeah, wait until your knee gives out and have it replaced. It makes the shoulder work look like a walk in the park. I've had a hip joint replaced, but recovery from that wasn't actually too bad. Hopefully, I'll never need a knee replacement. Quote
Lscott Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago 4 minutes ago, WRTC928 said: I've had a hip joint replaced, but recovery from that wasn't actually too bad. Hopefully, I'll never need a knee replacement. One of the guys I talk to at the gym had his done I think at the beginning of July. I'm waiting to see if he starts back at the gym. I expected he would be out for at least 2 months for rehab. My knee rehab sucked until I got back to a regular gym work out. The exorcise bike and working on leg strength worked wonders. I think I made more progress in a few weeks than a few months at PT. Quote
marcspaz Posted 11 minutes ago Author Report Posted 11 minutes ago We should schedule a 0700 breakfast meet up at the County Hospital cafeteria! We need to wear hats with our call signs and or favorite PT t-shirt. LoL Quote
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