What up everyone. I've been battling shoulder pain for what seems like years now. The pain radiates from the anterior of the shoulder joint mainly when flat pressing or any kind of external rotation movement. I've simply trained around the discomfort for too long now. Physical manipulation diagnosis tests always showed a strong and healthy shoulder but I pushed my doc for an MRI. It of course was inconclusive, but did indicate impingement syndrome or a tear of some sort. I declined the cortisone shot and will be scheduling an arthroscope ASAP. I know if impingement is the issue they can do an acromioplasty during the scope.
I haven't had the chance yet to speak to the doc about the scope. I was wondering what recovery from a simple shoulder scope is like in terms of time off work and healing and also the length of recovery for an acromioplasty? How about for a surgery to repair a serious tear? How bout recovery/rehab time for a minor tear that doesn't get surgery?
I also would like any input or experiences you guys may have with the recovery process. Were there any exercises anyone was able to do to prevent chest atrophy? Did you lose large amounts of muscle in the shoulder and chest or is it different than the atrophy from an immobile leg like during my ACL recovery. My leg was less than half its original size when that was done. Any insight at all is appreciated. I'm excited to get this fixed but apprehensive about the surgical/recovery process. Thanks.
I haven't had the chance yet to speak to the doc about the scope. I was wondering what recovery from a simple shoulder scope is like in terms of time off work and healing and also the length of recovery for an acromioplasty? How about for a surgery to repair a serious tear? How bout recovery/rehab time for a minor tear that doesn't get surgery?
I also would like any input or experiences you guys may have with the recovery process. Were there any exercises anyone was able to do to prevent chest atrophy? Did you lose large amounts of muscle in the shoulder and chest or is it different than the atrophy from an immobile leg like during my ACL recovery. My leg was less than half its original size when that was done. Any insight at all is appreciated. I'm excited to get this fixed but apprehensive about the surgical/recovery process. Thanks.