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Rotar Cuff: Bad muscular pain 11 months after surgery

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Lucybelle
Lucybelle

Hello.

I had a fairly successful rotor cuff 11 months ago, and after all the physio and hydropool therapy was discharged at the end if September 2018. I have been able to use my right arm again with no problem, and could do everything again. So on Sunday morning I woke up in agony and have been unable to pull my arm towards me, and put clothes on without it hurting. I can raise my arm but only 80 degrees, and have had to sleep on my back. My GP took me off Tramadol in early December as he said I didn't need it anymore. I know it's only been 3 days but I don't know what the best thing to do is. I could ring my consultant or see my GP, but I am not sure that will help. I rested my arm but it hasn't helped, and my husband says I must have slept on it but I have done this any times since I could after the op. Hoping that one of you can suggest something. Many thanks.

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  • richard1972
    richard1972 Lucybelle

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    Sorry to hear that you are in pain again.

    What were you doing before you had the pain on Sunday? It sounds like an impingement of your supraspinatus tendon. Just rest your arm and get to a decent physio.

    I had a massive crash during a motocross race in May 2017. Did a whole stack of injuries including tearing my liver in 2 places and nearly died from the internal bleeding. They told me at the time I had no injury to my right shoulder, turns out I had massive full thickness cuff tears to both infraspinatus and supraspinatus tendons and also a 40% tear to long head biceps. After having to go to private physio who diagnosed the problem I had an operation 7 months later to repair the tendons. The operation was successful but my biceps tendon was subluxed and so the surgeon cut my long head biceps! After 6 months of infrequent physio I went to the gym maybe being over confident but wanting to push things along as I felt I hadn't regained basic function. Tore it again doing in hind sight stupid exercise assisted dips.

    I think I caused the re-tear due to causing impingement of the supraspinatus tendon while performing pressing movements.

    I campaigned for 6 months to get a surgeon to do a revision operation, when starting the SCR he felt I had bone changes and so abandoned the operation. I can't believe that this is it and I have to continue in pain for the rest off my life.

    They say no one in the world can fix me.

    I still would like to investigate having an operation, someone in the world must be prepared to give it a go? I have very good ROM Any advice welcome.

    sorry to bore you with my problem, hope you are better soon

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