Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below I got the news back from my MRI this morning. I have a full tissue tear in my rotator cuff, but it is small. The ortho doc I am seeing wants to do surgery even though there is a chance it could heal on its own with therapy. He explained the surgery he wanted to do, and that it would put me down for six months. I questioned him about maybe trying a noninvasive therapy first such as Prolotherapy. He got rude and said it was useless then acted like an ass so I just got up told him he was a jackass and walked out. I am now looking for a doctor who will consider Prolotherapy. It amazes me that docotrs think they can bully you into doing what they want. I have had several knee surgeries and ortho docs seem to be the most arrogant jackasses.
Rotator cuff tear
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Delinquent
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Agreed. My ortho doc was the same way when I hurt my knee. The man had no compassion for my situation or even cared what I had to say. The the ortho I went to when I hurt my shoulder said it was just a minor sprain when I knew it was something worse. It's funny, I never though a sprain would last 6 months and that's even after a 4 week break
Fast Twitch Fiber
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what's prolotherapy?
DangerousGrounds
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Bull69 said:
damn bro I'm in same boat as you MRI results showed one of of the 4 rotator cuff muscles was frayed like a rope, no pain meds.
I got to see him Mon on what to do. I am going to ask about prolo and gh therapy to strengthen it.
good luck!
Prolotherapy is a therapy which can treat a wide range of problems used most frequently to ease chronic severe back pain. It can also be used to help focus the bodies natural healing to specific areas. They inject a foreign substance in the injury which cause specific inflamation in that area, and promotes healing to the injured area.
DangerousGrounds
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Whatever you do don't let the Dr. keep MRI photos as you paid for them.
They always try to keep em but not their rights they say to keep in your record when you change Dr's they will be missing and will have to have another MRI done $$.
They always try to keep em but not their rights they say to keep in your record when you change Dr's they will be missing and will have to have another MRI done $$.
Fleshcrawl
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I'm sorry
gotmilk
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The problem with letting it heal on it's own is that tissue often heals as a "scar"....your tissue will begin to mesh and you need to make sure it meshes properly.
Depending on your insurance situation, I would take a ride to Vail and see Doc Steadman for an opinion. He's the best Orthopaedic in the West.
If you let this heal on it's own, you risk having your tissue scar to the point where you will lose range of motion and joint stability.
It's like having a really bad cut and not getting stitches. With stitches, the wound closes quicker and has a better chance of remaining closed permanently.
Depending on how badly you frayed your tissue, you might be able to have a simple arthroscopic procedure where a surgeon cuts and vaccums the frayed tissue, makes a few internal stitches to give the new closure additional stability, and you will be unable to lift for 3 to 4 months. The whole key is closing the fray and giving it as much stability as possible.
If you let this heal on it's own, you risk having to seek corrective surgery later to correct the problem.
Do it right the first time.
Oh..and surgeons pocket about $1000 minimum per procedure, so sometimes they want to recommend surgery simply for the money.
Doc Steadman will be straight up with you and he is very cautious about doing excessive surgery if not warranted.
Depending on your insurance situation, I would take a ride to Vail and see Doc Steadman for an opinion. He's the best Orthopaedic in the West.
If you let this heal on it's own, you risk having your tissue scar to the point where you will lose range of motion and joint stability.
It's like having a really bad cut and not getting stitches. With stitches, the wound closes quicker and has a better chance of remaining closed permanently.
Depending on how badly you frayed your tissue, you might be able to have a simple arthroscopic procedure where a surgeon cuts and vaccums the frayed tissue, makes a few internal stitches to give the new closure additional stability, and you will be unable to lift for 3 to 4 months. The whole key is closing the fray and giving it as much stability as possible.
If you let this heal on it's own, you risk having to seek corrective surgery later to correct the problem.
Do it right the first time.
Oh..and surgeons pocket about $1000 minimum per procedure, so sometimes they want to recommend surgery simply for the money.
Doc Steadman will be straight up with you and he is very cautious about doing excessive surgery if not warranted.
every injury to tissue will give u scar tissue, its just a process of healing. to minimize scar tissue you have to do active ROM exercises , massage therapy, heat therapy. the thing with scar tissue is to minimize adhesion , as the scar tissue develops it tightens around the joint or injured sight and this is what causes the lack or decrease in range of motion. if you can minimize adhesions you can minmize the loss in ROM. I had a simliar injury and just used rehab. bascially you know your body better than anyone else, and the decision for surgery is yours alone. there is always danger with surgerys and if you feel lettin it heal on its own is better than do that. you just have to weight all the factors.
