Low Grade Shoulder Tear

[Cito33189]

I was recently prepping for the Cutler Classic and started developing severe shoulder pain, I went to my doctor and he insisted on telling me I had tendinitous and prescribed me a medication similar to ibuprophen. The pain never subsided and I continuded to work out dumb on my part. I made another appointment I said I really think I need an MRI I got a call saying come in to see the orthipedict doctor because I have a low grade tear behind my shoulder and they did not specify just told me I need to come in.

Any info on this and what is low grade I searched online but I'd like to see if any one else had this problem and what was done...

Any info would help thanks

 

[muscle_n_blood]

See an orthopedic doc. He/She may indeed Rx an MRI, which will tell the whole story. They also could call for a cortisone injection or something similar... if you are lucky, that may help a lot. If you actually have a rotator cuff or labrum tear, I suggest getting it repaired ASAP. If they can fix it with an arthroscopic procedure, the recovery and rehab period will be much shorter and easier. I worked around both mine until they came completely unwound and had to be basically rebuilt. 4 years apart, took a full year to recover from each. I'm very lucky to still be able to do as much as I do, which ain't all that much compared to back in the day.