Sholder sugery rehab experiences from OT'ers

If they stick with the decompression/resection it won't be too bad, a few weeks and you will still be sore but have significant return of function, if they find a tear, and lots of times they do, even though it was negative on MR, you will be immobilized for 6 weeks followed by months of therapy

Being you are a surgeon , be prepared to be out of commission

Had my 2nd labrum repair 2 years ago. It sucks

All I can say is be totally committed to rehab if you want to have full or nearly full range of motion if a tear is found.

I was able to get back to full range in a few months but strength took another two months or so.

I had a really good friend go through the same thing and wasn't committed to rehab - his shoulder ended up freezing which required another procedure - needless to say he was committed to rehab the second time and was back to "normal" around the 5-6 month mark - (range and strength).

I'm a PT in NOLA. If there is no rotator cuff or labrum repair done it will be pretty easy (relative to the others). Will likely have a sling for a short period of time but be out of it by 2 wks as opposed to 6 wks with cuff or labral repair.

From my experience the procedure you are describing usually gets full ROM within a few weeks and has little pain after a month. Can I ask who is doing the surgery?

Had a labrum and rotator cuff scope repair surgery. 3 MRIs showed nothing. I was still pitching at the time so I was actually upset with the MRI results continuing to come back negative. I decided to have a scope done just to look around. Went into surgery thinking there wouldn't be much to it, then voila, 2 tears. Sling for 6 weeks, pretty sharp pain (mainly at night) for first few days. Zero mobility after the six weeks. The worst part of the whole deal is when the pt starts to stretch your arm out at the beginning of each therapy session. Until the mobility comes back, it can be painful. A few weeks after that, flexibility comes back and it's all downhill just building strength. In my case I never pitched again, but other than some occasional soreness my shoulder is mostly normal.

Here's to hoping they don't find any serious tears.

Got hurt at work in late 2005, Dr. Andrews did a 360 degree labral repair with biodegradable anchors. A change of ZIP Codes later and I'm good now.

Same here I just will never throw anything hard . I can bench press almost as much

Torn labrum. Was in rehab twice a week for 5/6 months. Was at full use at about 6 months, and at no pain/soreness/tightness about 9 months after surgery. And that was my right throwing shoulder, so full use no pain was back to throwing where I was prior to surgery.

ETA: I was young though, 18 at the time, so that definitely helped my recovery process. The older you get, the harder and longer it takes

All surgeons are not the same. One may be awesome at knee arthroscopy but a real butcher at subacromial decompression and Mumford procedures.

Pick your surgeon wisely not just because you know him.