Rotator Cuff Surgery-4 weeks post-op

Am at week 5 and life is returning to normal. Very similar to my last 3 rotator cuff surgeries. (don't ask, my fault)

Am sleeping with a body pillow and no sling. During the day....no pain! It takes a little bit of time

Hi

It can take 12mths to be back to any semblance of normal and pain is normal. It takes a lot of physio for the return of your range of movement (rom)and it is up to how hard u work at the exercises on how much rom u get back. However, after injury and repair u may never get full rom. The physio exercises will work better for your pain than meds when it comes to chronic pain ie pain that lasts for longer than 6 mths.

It is very early days for u and I know the pain u are going through, I had both shoulders reconstructed. My left is what I consider 100% but my right never got back to "normal" and I suffer from migraines brought on by my shoulder and neck muscles. I got lazy and stopped all exercise but I had my right operated on in 2006.

Yep 11 yrs later and it causes me grief. However, that is due to not seeking immediate treatment and I continued to do heavy lifting at work with a full thickness tear. By the time I did have it operated on my right arm was hanging about 4cm longer than my left.

Just keep doing your exercises and before long your rom will improve

I am 13 weeks post op from a full thickness tear and bone spur removal. Been back swimming since about week nine , very gently at first and have just done half a mile of  steady front crawl. Felt a little tender but ok.

first couple of months after the op were very unpleasant with lots of pain and minimal sleep but gradually it has all come together and I am delighted as I was in pain for a good few months before the surgery. Now have nearly full ROM and am starting to get some strength back in the shoulder.

This feedback is intended for those in a bad place, don't get too despondent, just follow your medical advice and it will come good in the end

I am now one of the veterans who had shoulder

surgery for a full tendon tear after four years of frozen shoulder. They had to manipulate me under anaesthetic. It is now nearly two years gone by and,I am much happier now but still have to not push myself too far. I was off work for 16 months which drove me insane as I have always been a very active person. I am also a single mother so was severely challenged.i never thought I would go through this but I did. 😎

I had the surgery a year ago. Two inch tear with 2 wicked bone spurs on my right shoulder. It took 6 full months to get full range and no pain to happen. Don't give up. It is worth all the pain because now I literally have no pain. 

No im about to have tennis elbow surgery on my left. Major tears away from the bone. I'm hoping this surgery is nowhere near as painful but recovery time looks like the same.

all of you going thru the rotator cuff surgery and recovery, I wish you all the best. Keep the faith that it will get better. It just takes time. 

I am a 61 year old lady. I had the SAD operation together with the Rotator-cuff tear. My tear was double thickness, about 4cm. I had OPEN SURGERY (leaving me with a neat, straight scar on the top of my shoulder). RECOVERY: the pain was intense for the first few weeks bothering me through the night. I slept propped up in bed with four pillows for 12 weeks. The SURGEON told me NOT TO wear the sling. The PHYSIO NURSE told me TO WEAR the sling. • The NURSE advised that wearing the sling helps by giving CONSTANT support whilst HEALING so there is LESS PAIN EXPERIENCED. • The SURGEON was confident with his surgery on my shoulder, fixing with a SCREW into the Humerus and double sutures. USING my arm, I am told - keeping it moving gently, saves it from a build up of SCAR TISSUE and possibly of a FROZEN shoulder, but this does cause MORE PAIN. So, I decided to mix it up by doing a little of both. ALWAYS SLING ON around strangers whilst out and about. Making sure people were aware to be careful around me. Good Pain relief on hand helped too. • PHYSIO : I did this carefully EVERY DAY for 12 weeks, anything from 10 to 45 mins to music. I was advised STRETCHING the arm gently and slowly NOT USING MUSCLES - and PENDULUM excerises were the first ones to do. I used bands, a pully and stick separately to gain movement. I did ALL THE excerises shown to me each day. AFTER 12 WEEKS - I HAVE FULL RANGE 😃 I have been signed off ? further physio appointments. I'm slowly and gently building STRENGTH now. I am NOT in any of pain I experienced - which was intense (8 - 10) in those first weeks. IT DOES GET BETTER. I'm feeling (1-3) at 14/15 WEEKS. So WORK THE PHYSIO it's worth it. I wish you all a good recovery. KIND WISHES ?😊

I'm just at 5weeks after full thickness rotator cuff and torn bicep surgery. UGH!! Starting PT today, should I ask for more Or stronger pain Meds? On Norco 7.5 now, works pretty good for about 4 hours and then I have to take another.