Possible torn labrum in shoulder

27 never had a serious injury before. Just strained muscles and an impingement on the opposite side that I was able to self rehab (thanks YouTube) didn’t take long to get back to 100%

It is on my dominant side and pain has taken some major steps over this past week. No more wincing from pain when reaching behind my back. Was able to do some girl push-ups slow and controlled to test stability. Wasn’t painless but stability and strength felt good

No previous dislocations and shoulder flexibility has never been an issue

I do really enjoy lifting heavy and would like to get back to pre injury strength numbers

Interesting

Was this just for the initial inflammation? Have you needed it since?

Gonna ask for this. I swim and have had a catch in my left shoulder about 8 weeks. About 20 degrees. Before and after no pain. Hoping it's just tendonosis. Haven't gone to my doc yet but have a visit scheduled anyway. Thanks.

I tore the labrum in both of my shoulders in high school and got surgery to repair both of them. I played football with them torn my junior year with the help of two braces but they would still pop out of socket (and immediately go back in) often. After the season I surgically repaired my first one (right shoulder; end of December) and then 8 weeks later, once the first one was able to be out of the sling, I did the second one (left shoulder; end of February). I returned to full contact practice in August. The right one held up perfectly but the left one was a little unstable. No more dislocations though. Flash forward 10 years and my right is still fine but my left gives me pain when I bench, do pushups, or other workouts that put pressure on it.

As for the surgery, I remember it being super simple and he rehab wasn't bad. You'll get a sling to wear for a few weeks which makes using the bathroom or taking a shower a little annoying, but the sling will be off in no time. After that, I was able to aggressively rehab it. Of course, that was my 17 year old self... Either way, best of luck!

Torn labrum from catching myself while being tackled playing football. Dr told me with surgery I would have limitations with overhead exercises, but proper rehab I may be able to avoid those limitations. I went rehab route and while I don’t have any limitations most of the time, I do have the occasional dislocation that causes restrictions for about 1-2 weeks (duration depends on how long it takes for me to reset my shoulder). It has been about 20 years since the injury, and still no regrets going rehab route

I should note that I do not do heavy lifts, so that was not a factor in my decision making.

Just seeing your post.

Dr Chip Bankston did labrum surgery on me 7 weeks ago. Mine was a "SLAP", but the "anterior" was frayed, rather than torn. My tear was in the back, where he put 3 or 4 pins or staples. He also shaved the top of my clavicle. Dr. Chip was awesome.

Recovery has been tough, but not as bad as I expected. Sleeping in a sling blows. Wiping your arse left handed also sucks.

At 7 weeks, my recovery is going great. I've exceeded what my PT expected. Im doing PT 2x a week and improvement has been crazy fast. I ditched the sling at 4 weeks.

I recognize this is a long recovery, but I was tired of fighting with it, so Im glad I pulled the trigger and got it fixed.

*Do it and get a good doc.

Im 38 and in good shape.

Tore my left shoulder in 2008 on incline dumbbells. I felt the pop and wasn't able to do a pushup until I had the surgery, which I had a year later when I could afford it. Had an arthroscopic Bankart repair in 2009 and been good ever since. I'd recommend the surgery, but my tear was too bad to try and mitigate in other ways.