Possible surgery #3

I’m never going to have shoulder surgery again. I’ll live with this. It sucks. Wish I never went. My pain before was bad but I had movement. I now have excruciating pain, spasms and only 50% use of my arm. Cutting cut isn’t always an answer. Sometimes I think it’s a doctors way of making $$. Sorry. I work in the Healthcare field. I see and hear a lot. I went thru 4 doctors till a doctor finally believed my pain issue. MRI finally showed the issue. I should have done my homework before diving into the surgery. Please do the same. Google your question. It sounds like you’re on a downward spiral with surgeries. Be careful.

I completely feel your frustration. August of 2015 I has a slap repair. Then may of 2016 I had a bicep tenodesis cuz the labrum retore. Then the end of July 2016 I had adhesive capulitis release. It's over a yr later and I'm worse off then I was before the first surgery. My Dr has me on modified restrictions indefinitely. I'm not allowed to use my left arm over head at all at work so I'm doing all of that with my right arm which is now getting sore from over use. It's soon honing to be 3 yrs since my injury and I'm so frustrated.

Hi! Im sorry to hear about your more recent injuries and troubles with dislocation. Are you still being seen for PT? If so, kindly ask them if your cervical spine could be contributing to some of the problems you are having. The nerves that "feed" the muscles in your arm, they originate from your neck as C1-C8 nerve roots. Though it would not be the main problem of your recent pain and shoulder dislocations, if the nerve roots of the neck are being affected in anyway, this can cause a muscle imbalance in the muscles they feed and can affect the mechanics of your shoulder and shoulder blade. I think of the relationship between the nerves coming from the spinal cord in the neck region and the path they take to the rest of the body, in this way: If you are watering your garden with a house and someone steps on the house from behind, this action diminishes the flow of water from that point they stepped on it, to the end of the house were the water was coming out...in the same way, if you happen to have any sort of nerve root involvement in the neck(pinching due to poor posture, arthritis, bulging disc, etc) , this may (or may not) affect the muscles that those nerves feed...in this case, your shoulder girdle muscles. 

You might also kindly ask your PT if they think Kinesiotape will help provide the extra support your shoulder needs during this time. 

I realize this idea I'm presenting is most likely not the main cause of why you are having continuing shoulder dislocations, but I can bet it is playing a big part since you have had multiple surgeries and Im guessing your posture(specifically your neck) has been affected by them, thus causing some nerve root problems and having some affects on the shoulder.

Hope this is helpful in some way! Best of luck!  

Physical Therapist Assistant from Arizona