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Re-tear of bicep 11 weeks post-op

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Sassy1387
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6/1/21 I had arthroscopic left shoulder repair to fix my labrum and also had my rotator cuff debrided as it was a partial tear. As my surgeon was in there, he found my bicep tendon was torn and reattached that. Close to 6 weeks post-op I woke up in the middle of the night to a "pop" and coukd no longer move my arm. Doctors kept telling me it was scar tissue breaking off. Now we are 11 weeks post-op and cannot barely stand any kind of stretching in PT and I had an MRI on Friday stating that my bicep is torn again. This is a workers comp case and I had to wait 30 weeks for this repair and I feel like that set me up for failure to begin with. I have no ROM and I'm worried I am going to have another surgery. Is there anything else I can have done? I see my doctor on Monday and he said I cannot continue to live in pain since I am only 33. I am just bummed out and has anyone else went through this?

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