SLAP Tear Surgery and Recovery

This is a blog documenting my surgery and rehabilitation from a SLAP tear suffered in my left shoulder. The surgery took place on Thursday December 16th 2010 and the physical therapy appointments are expected to last 3-6 months and then another 6-9 months of home physical therapy. Total time from surgery to full recovery is about 1 year.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Last Night's Session / New Exercises / Sleep

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Last night's session was the toughest by far. Besides my shoulder being sore I walked out of there sore in my back, hips, thighs and ab...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Tonight's Home Therapy Session

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Things were going fine tonight until I came to the external rotation in abduction exercise . I gave the shoulder a really good tweak in my ...

Nothing To Do With A SLAP Tear

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Just wanted to take a moment to say this blog has been international for a few weeks now. Below is a list of all countries viewing my blog:...

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Range Of Motion Measurements

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Tonight was the 3rd time I had my Range Of Motion measurements taken since my surgery and by all accounts things are going great. The measu...

Monday, January 24, 2011

New Exercies Added Tonight - By Far The Most Painful

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Now that surgery is done and I have almost 4 weeks of physical therapy under my belt I can pretty much move my arm with some mobility to the...

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Trying To Get Motivated

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I am sitting here trying to get motivated to do my PT. I didn't do it yesterday because I was very sore and it was hurting pretty good ...

Back To The Recliner

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Well, it is 1am of night 4 of no immobilizer and I have decided to move back to the recliner. I think I will be more inclined to get some s...

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Steve M: Frankfort, IL; I am a 36 year old married father of 2 young boys (ages 1 and 2) from the Chicago area who has experienced a SLAP tear of my labrum and the fraying of my bicep muscle. This blog takes place from the first day of the confirmation of the tear hopefully through the end of rehab. The goal is to let other people with the same kind of injury know exactly what to expect of the surgery and recovery.

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