Football Shoulder Surgery

[Guest bluesfan]

My son had surgery for a labrial tear and has not recovered full use of his arm and is still in pain. Have any other athletes had something similar to this after having shoulder surgery?

[gwtwoz]

There is a new arm & shoulder specialist in Danville, Dr. Steve Smith. He did his sports fellowship in Los Angeles and has worked with many pro athletes. Might be worth your trouble to have him look at it.

[Boxer44]

I had reconstructive surgery after tearing my labrum and rotator cuff along with stretching the tendons after my senior year in high school. The surgery could have been routine if I would have had it done when I hurt it the first time as a freshman. After the surgery I continued having pain after I was allowed to fully train again. It was due to an inflamed bicep tendon which I recieved a cortizone shot before reporting to camp in college. I continue to have problems with my shoulder eventually tearing my rotator cuff and labrum again in the during spring practice of my freshman year. This time I damaged my pectoral muscle too. My problem with both was I had major surgery and tried to do too much too soon and hurt myself again.

 

It could be scar tissue that is causing pain for your son.

[The Sooner Surge]

I had this exact surgery for football going into my senior year of high school. A couple weeks after the surgery took place, I was still experiencing alot of discomfort. That was three years ago and now sometimes I forget which shoulder was injured duely because they fixed me up nicely. :thumb:

[number8]

One of my good friends hurt his in the middle of this past season and played the rest of season. He had his surgery in jan. and he was feeling great within a week, but I talked to the doctor personally and he said its different in every case. It could bother him for up to 2 weeks if it is still bothering him after that he should come back and see him.

[Eagle 4 Life]

I hope his shoulder ends up fine.

[stick1]

I have a good friend Dontae Wright who is a G.A. on UK's football team. You might try getting in touch with him to ask him about the surgery. I know he had it on both of his shoulders while he played at Miami of Ohio. I think it was tough on him but I'm pretty sure he is good now. You can probably ask through UK's athletic office what his email is. I don't have it right now or I would give it too you. It was pretty tough on him I think but he came out of it good in the long run.

[minnow]

I agree with the scar tissue comment. I had mine done two years ago June. Depending upon the degree of the tear, it can be a long recovery process. I continue to do my PT long after release. My best words of advice are lots and lots of stretching and continued shoulder strengthening.

 

I was told you could expect consistent pain for up to one year and not return to full strength until at least two years out.

[SomersetFootball]

I had this surgery on my Right shoulder after my senior football campaign. Kentucky Sports Medicine performed the surgery. I had completely torn the labrum in one spot and had slight tears and shaving. The capsule was also torn. I had vey little pain for the first 6 weeks thanks to the brace, and within 4 months I was playing racquetball again. I had completely torn the labrum in one spot and had slight tears and shaving. The capsule was also torn.

[sportsfan41]

Shoulder injuries just plain blow. I seperated mine pretty bad in a car accident about 7 years ago when I was in HS. Never had surgery to get it fixed, it's still a third degree seperation. About 3 or 4 years late I tore my labrum while doing bench press, basically over worked the muscles until it finally tore. The doctors again said surgery could fix it, or it could potentially creat more problems. However I would have to quit working out for an extended amount of time.

 

Needless to say I opted out of having surgery again. Someone mentioned the straining of the bicep tendons above, and I've experienced this as well. I'd say with some time your son should heal up ok. However he's gonna have to keep in mind his shoulder was injured, and should use caution when lifting, especially heavy weights or win the muscles around the shoulder are fatigued, that's when I had the most problems.

 

The body is a funny thing, and like someone else said each case is different, people try to say that if someone has continued problems it's because they're not rehabbing it right or something else is wrong, IMHO that's garbage, you can do everything by the book and still have issues with a shoulder or knee type of injury, mainly because there are so many other joints and tendons in that area that can be effected by one or more injured ligaments or tendonds.

 

Dunno if that helps much but there's my two cents worth.

[oldonetechnique]

I had mine and I feel great, one thing that help is rehabbing very hard, it hurts during rehab but helps in the long run. It will always have a little pain but not as bad as getting it dislocated all the time.

[THUNDERBIRDS]

My nephew dislocated his this past Friday in the Highlands spring game. The crappy thing about it is, it's the second time in 6 months and also is his throwing arm. He hurt it in the Freshman championship game and then the the other day. They are going today to see a specialist and hopefully find out what the heck is going on.

[Boxer44]

Another thing he could do is wear some type of restricter to limit the movement in the direction of the most common dislocation point. I wore a brace called a "sully" during my senior year in basketball to limit my range of motion and it didn't pop out. During football season I wore a shoulder harness during the week to limit the movement and didn't wear it on Friday's to play.

Sully

http://www.supportsusa.com/arm/shoulder2/sully-shoulder.htm

 

Shoulder harness

http://supports4less.com/joint-solutions/shouldersupports/shoulder-stabilizer.htm

[75center]

My nephew dislocated his this past Friday in the Highlands spring game. The crappy thing about it is, it's the second time in 6 months and also is his throwing arm. He hurt it in the Freshman championship game and then the the other day. They are going today to see a specialist and hopefully find out what the heck is going on.

 

Boy, I really hate to hear that! Hope everything turns out for him. Really enjoyed watching him play.

[BLUE BLOOD]

My son had surgery in January to repair torn labrum muscle and to repair a torn ligament that caused his shoulder to go out of socket a great deal. Rather than do an arthroscopic surgery, it was an open surgery. He was in pain for about a week, began physical therapy about 6 weeks later and should be fully released in April. The surgeons at Lexington Clinic sports medicine are amazing. Hope you son recovers soon.