First off, I just want to introduce myself. I'm new to posting here and look forward to learning alot from you guys and girls.
I'm 27 years old. I'm 6' 245 wth alot of body fat. I am a former amateur boxer (not that great, record was 2-2). On May 7, 2007 I had a distal clavicle resection on my right shoulder where my doc removed 12 mm of my AC joint. I also had arthroscopic exploratory surgery on that shoulder where, in addition to doing the distal clavicle resection, they removed a bone spur near the acromion and scar tissue near the AC joint. I had no arthritis of the AC joint but my doc felt it was necessary to do the distal clavicle resection so if scar tissue were to reform or a bone spur were to develop it wouldn't aggravate the AC joint. So that's why he did the procedure.
One week later my doc removed my steristrips and took a post op xray and said the xray looked good. He said the xray looked good because the resection was straight, there was no bone left behind, and he was happy with the amount of resection. He had me start PT last week where they work on my range of motion. He said it will take 3 months after surgery (2 months from now) before I can return to weightlifting and boxing training. He said in that 3 months (2 months from now) scar tissue will form where the excised portion of the AC joint once was, the raw bone where he cut the clavicle will be healed, and the post surgery inflammation will be gone in that time.
I'm 3 weeks post op and it kills whenever I do a front dumbbell raise MOTION (not even the lift, just the MOTION kills). It also hurts to do a pec deck fly MOTION (again, not even the lift, just the MOTION kills). I also couldn't use the shoulder right now to throw a punch if I had to. My PT says my range of motion is great but that I should keep icing and taking Motrin ofr the next 4 weeks to get rid of any inflammation.
I'm very concerned that my doc may have botched the surgery but he swears he didn't and said I could take my post op xray to any doc in the nation and they would agree that the surgery wasn't botched. He said 3 weeks is very early for a distal clavicel resection and he says he has done these in the past and his patients ALL returned to pain free weightlifting and sports.
Is there anybody here who has had this surgery and can tell me what I'm in store for? Will I ever be able to lift weights again? Will I ever be able to box again? I have alot of discomfort since the surgery especially when I use the shoulder to do certain motions. It also hurts to sleep on that side. How long until the discomfort goes away? Will the discomfort EVER go away? Also, can anyone who has had this surgery give me a relative timeline for recovery and rehab? If anyone who has had this surgery or is familiar with this surgery can please help me I would greatly appreciate it. I'm a nervous wreck.
Also, why does it kill if I try to do certain motions with the shoulder? Like a front dumbbell raise MOTION (not even the lift, just the MOTION kills) or a pec deck fly MOTION (again, not even the lift, just the MOTION kills). Why is that? Has anyone here who has had this surgery had discomfort when doing those motions at 3 weeks post surgery?
Thanks fellas. I'm glad to be part of this forum but I'm very nervous about this.
I'm 27 years old. I'm 6' 245 wth alot of body fat. I am a former amateur boxer (not that great, record was 2-2). On May 7, 2007 I had a distal clavicle resection on my right shoulder where my doc removed 12 mm of my AC joint. I also had arthroscopic exploratory surgery on that shoulder where, in addition to doing the distal clavicle resection, they removed a bone spur near the acromion and scar tissue near the AC joint. I had no arthritis of the AC joint but my doc felt it was necessary to do the distal clavicle resection so if scar tissue were to reform or a bone spur were to develop it wouldn't aggravate the AC joint. So that's why he did the procedure.
One week later my doc removed my steristrips and took a post op xray and said the xray looked good. He said the xray looked good because the resection was straight, there was no bone left behind, and he was happy with the amount of resection. He had me start PT last week where they work on my range of motion. He said it will take 3 months after surgery (2 months from now) before I can return to weightlifting and boxing training. He said in that 3 months (2 months from now) scar tissue will form where the excised portion of the AC joint once was, the raw bone where he cut the clavicle will be healed, and the post surgery inflammation will be gone in that time.
I'm 3 weeks post op and it kills whenever I do a front dumbbell raise MOTION (not even the lift, just the MOTION kills). It also hurts to do a pec deck fly MOTION (again, not even the lift, just the MOTION kills). I also couldn't use the shoulder right now to throw a punch if I had to. My PT says my range of motion is great but that I should keep icing and taking Motrin ofr the next 4 weeks to get rid of any inflammation.
I'm very concerned that my doc may have botched the surgery but he swears he didn't and said I could take my post op xray to any doc in the nation and they would agree that the surgery wasn't botched. He said 3 weeks is very early for a distal clavicel resection and he says he has done these in the past and his patients ALL returned to pain free weightlifting and sports.
Is there anybody here who has had this surgery and can tell me what I'm in store for? Will I ever be able to lift weights again? Will I ever be able to box again? I have alot of discomfort since the surgery especially when I use the shoulder to do certain motions. It also hurts to sleep on that side. How long until the discomfort goes away? Will the discomfort EVER go away? Also, can anyone who has had this surgery give me a relative timeline for recovery and rehab? If anyone who has had this surgery or is familiar with this surgery can please help me I would greatly appreciate it. I'm a nervous wreck.
Also, why does it kill if I try to do certain motions with the shoulder? Like a front dumbbell raise MOTION (not even the lift, just the MOTION kills) or a pec deck fly MOTION (again, not even the lift, just the MOTION kills). Why is that? Has anyone here who has had this surgery had discomfort when doing those motions at 3 weeks post surgery?
Thanks fellas. I'm glad to be part of this forum but I'm very nervous about this.