lifting after shoulder surgery

[210toosmall]

ive been having problems with my shoulder recently
went to pt doc said tendonitis w/laxity got started on stabalizing exercises
one month passes not better doc (gp) suggests cortisone
i disagree so he orders mri they find nothing apreciable to report doc sends me to specialist (oster-ish?) and he asks what the hell has doc and pt been doing? you probly have labral tear so im scheduled to have another mri on friday this time using contrast dye to better see problem.

my question is depending on severity of poss. tear it may require surgery
if so doc said recovery could take a year to two years
if i have surgery do i have a future lifting?
would concurrent use of aas speed up recovery?
or am i fucked?
please any bros w/knowledge advise and help a brutha out im pretty bummed looking at bleak future w/out iron to relocate!

 

[lil ricky]

Find a good surgeon and you will be fine. My rotator cuff tore last april along with a large bone spur, AC joint arthritis, and a Labral(SLAP) tear. Surgery in August and able to start light lifting in December. Now I am about 75% back in strength with some minor pain. The Doc said it will take one full year to 100% recover and heavy lift again, I have no doubt I will be better than before.

 

[big4life]

I had two surgeries on my left shoulder. The first to repair the tears in the labrum, and a surprise to the doctor, a torn bicep tendon. The second surgery was ac joint surgery, where they grind away part of the joint so that it moves better. The only complication that I have had is my range of motion in my left shoulder is not as good as my right. That only affects me in that I can't really do db shoulder presses, because I can't get the left db back far enough. That might have more to do with my age (44), and lack of flexibility before the surgery.

Good luck.

 

[210toosmall]

I had two surgeries on my left shoulder. The first to repair the tears in the labrum, and a surprise to the doctor, a torn bicep tendon. The second surgery was ac joint surgery, where they grind away part of the joint so that it moves better. The only complication that I have had is my range of motion in my left shoulder is not as good as my right. That only affects me in that I can't really do db shoulder presses, because I can't get the left db back far enough. That might have more to do with my age (44), and lack of flexibility before the surgery.

Good luck.

how did your injury occur? was it directly form lifting or multiple causes?

 

[big4life]

how did your injury occur? was it directly form lifting or multiple causes?

My torn bicep was from work, pulling on a heavy steel cart, and the labrum and ac joint were just from repetitive overhead motion, mostly from work also. Workers comp paid for both, even though they tried to blame weight lifting.

 

[210toosmall]

My torn bicep was from work, pulling on a heavy steel cart, and the labrum and ac joint were just from repetitive overhead motion, mostly from work also. Workers comp paid for both, even though they tried to blame weight lifting.

my workmans comp is trying same shit!
what did they tell you?
did they give you alot of trouble?
man i was lookin for some one with info on this!

 

[big4life]

my workmans comp is trying same shit!
what did they tell you?
did they give you alot of trouble?
man i was lookin for some one with info on this!

They tried everything in the book. The one thing that I had in my favor was I reported it on the day I tore my bicep. I knew that I had torn something because it was sudden and sharp. They kept trying to treat it as a case of tendonitis, and it wasn't getting any better. Finally I demanded a second opinion, and this doctor gave me one cortisone shot, and 30 days to see if it would improve. After the 30 days he scheduled surgery and that's when he found that my bicep tendon was completely torn away from the shoulder, along with the torn labrum.

The main thing about worker's comp. is to stay after them. They are going to try to get out of paying any claim if they can. My best advice is to document everything. If you filed an accident report at work when the injury happened that will help. Don't forget, you have a right to get a second opinion.

 

[H_T_]

they blame everything on weight training.

 

[210toosmall]

the fucking best thing is that i move furniture for a living!
household,residentail heavy as hell furniture!
been with same company for five years but,my shoulder injury is most likely from weightlifting outside of work! lol!
whats the difference?
its all weight!
at least at the gym im lifting properly!