I'm getting rotator cuff surgery Tuesday October 7

[Jake LaMotta]

On Tuesday October 7, 2008 I'm getting surgery to repair a 80-90% torn supraspinatus tendon. My doc did an anterior capsular release surgery on August 5 and said when he was in there he saw that 80-90% of my supraspinatus tendon was torn and peeled back from the footprint (medical term). He didn't repair it than because he wanted my range of motion back first (why he did the capsular release). Now my pain and weakness is unbelievable and surgery was scheduled. I'm 28 years old so I figured I might as well get this done now before the pain gets even worse (if that's possible).

He said I will be in a sling for 6 weeks. He really didn't go into much detail on my PT recovery yet but said at 4 months I could go back to restraining people at work (I do security).

Has anyone out there had their supraspinatus repaired? What is the time line of recovery like? How long until I can:

Be pain free?
Get my ROM back?
Do RC strengthening?
Lift weights?
Run?
Box?
Do grappling/wrestling?

My good friend on the board muscle96ss has helped me a lot but I just wanted to see if you guys could help me as well. Thanks in advance fellas.

 

[joedokes]

I had mine done about 5 years ago now. Mine was less severe, closer to 20% That night after the surgery I was able to brush my teeth for the first time in weeks with that arm. After a brief rehab stint, I was doing light weights. Within 6 months i was back to normal, if not slightly better.
The most important thing is to be patient.There's nothing wrong with doing light weights and high reps until the strenght and comfort level comes back.
Good luck!

 

[tjschoenborn]

Had mine done 8 months ago. Just started training 2 weeks ago. Stioll some pain if i go to heavy to fast, so need to make progressions slow as far as increasing weights and sets. Form is also key!

Kineso tape
M.E.N.S. unit
Ice
Heat
PT

all things that help