Week 11 Rotator Cuff Surgery Recovery - Pain vs. Discomfort
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- This is a series of videos chronicling my journey with rotator cuff surgery and recovery. These videos were created to provide viewers an idea of what to expect from the night before surgery through full recovery. Updated videos are published regularly.
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Simple Concepts for Less Discomfort Week 10: • Week 10 Rotator Cuff S...
Big Changes Week 9: • Week 9 Rotator Cuff Su...
Three Tips for Easier Recovery Week 8: • Week 8 Rotator Cuff Su...
The Night Before Rotator Cuff Surgery: • The Night Before Rotat...
My Rotator Cuff Surgery Explained: • Rotator Cuff Surgery E...
How to Prepare for Rotator Cuff Surgery: • How to Prepare for Sho...
What to Expect After Rotator Cuff Surgery: • What to Expect After R...
How to Put On and Take Off a Shirt After Rotator Cuff Surgery: • How to Put On and Take...
0:00 Intro
0:29 Upgrades This Week
0:46 Biceps Tendon and PT Update
1:10 Two New Movements
1:30 Phase 3 PT Soon
1:53 What is Pain?
2:49 How I was Injured
3:47 Things I Tried Before Surgery
4:09 Surgery!
4:20 Pain Control After Surgery
5:07 What is Discomfort?
5:33 Purposeful Discomfort
7:06 Recovery Gains
7:24 What About Surgery Recovery?
8:02 Cruising Through Recovery
8:23 Pain In Recovery
9:27 A Strategy
10:18 Summary
Great information! I am 52 and also very active. I typically put over 100 days per year on the water fishing and skiing. I thought I was in great shape for my age and was taken down by three shirts... really! I reached in the closet to hang three shirts and thought I'd been stabbed in the shoulder. I was unable to have arthroscopic surgery due to severity of the damage so I'm a little behind where I wanted to be. You gave me a HUGE perspective check. I've only had real pain during this process twice and both times were when I pushed myself past where I needed to be. Thanks for the video and info. You have a great presentation style and definitely deserve to have more than 911 subscribers.
Hi Kevin! It sounds like you are really active also. That will definitely help in your recovery. Sorry to hear about those killer shirts...yikes! I'm glad the information in this video helped you. I've found that many people have an issue distinguishing between pain and discomfort. I'm guilty of that at times as well. It was such an important topic, I needed to share it with others. These videos have been a labor of love to help others. It's really good to hear they are helping people, like yourself. Thank you so much for your kind words, it is really appreciated. Best of wishes to your continued recovery.
Differentiating between pain and discomfort is essential for post surgery patients. At seventy four and always active, the year and one half of pain pre surgery was the most frustrating part of this process. I’ve never been patient so, this has been an eye opener. I cycle now twenty miles most days and can’t wait to get back on the bike. These later years have been rough due to my injuries over the years. As the old saying goes, if I knew I was gonna live this long, I’d have taken better care. Thanks again for the info!
@cliffright1142 totally agree! Knowing the difference is HUGE. I'm glad to hear you know the difference and are "cycling" in the right direction. You're doing better than most 74 year-olds for sure. It may have helped to start earlier, but it's even more important to continue now. Keep up the good work! You are most welcome.
Thank You! I'm in the middle of week 3 post OP. All of your videos have been encouraging but this one especially. While doing PT I do get frustrated to how guarded I can get. Understanding discomfort vs pain helps when pushing through.
Seth, you are most welcome! I'm super glad the videos are helping you. They took a lot of time to put together, but I did it to help others. It's fantastic to know they are helping you! It is definitely a long process with many ups and downs, but keep being consistent and eventually you will have the results you are looking for. Keep up that positive attitude!
I was pushing myself way too hard in a CrossFit gym at 60 years old. Now, I am 11 weeks post op. I have 95% range of motion today. I have started strength training.
Thank you so much. I needed to hear this.
You are so welcome 🙏!
Watching this makes me understand a lot more coming from person who doesn’t know to be patient or know to chill this recovery is hard for me 7 days after surgery I was at the gym pushing leg workouts and cycling I can tell I was in pain but thought nah it’s surgery
But after constant pain I mean pain where my bones were repair I got a lot pain and notice that on week 3 my arm stiff there and it was me ignoring the signs u all said I laid off gym and cleaning and relax and after day 4 I notice no more jabbing pains
Wow right !!! Geez zzz all because I was pushing to much
( snowboarding landed a back flip jump wrong and hyper extended my right arm)
Broke my greater tuberosity bone and humerus bone
Rotates cuff repair and bicep repair
4 weeks in after surgery
Ouch! Your injury sounds awful. I'm sorry you had to go through that, but glad you are on the mend now. I did the same thing and pushed too hard too early. I thought I was taking it easy with light movements, but my healthcare team told me to stop. You can watch that on my Week 1 and 10 Day video updates. I did eventually move back to doing some easy things that were approved by my healthcare team. If you push too hard, it can absolutely be detrimental. I'm very glad to hear this video helped you realize to back off a little and listen to your body. Remember, this is a marathon not a sprint. If you go too hard now, you could run the risk of damaging your repair. It takes a LONG time for tendon healing. I followed my healthcare team very closely on their timeline on what I could and could not do. I did exactly what they told me, even if I felt like I could do more. I was playing the long game to make sure my repair would heal well. My patience paid off and my shoulder is doing fantastic now. I hope the same for you!
@@livelongerlivestronger thank you for taking the time to reach out to me I greatly appreciate it :) and yes ur so right on ur words being patient and taking it slow is the key !!! But yes I’ve watched all ur videos very helpful !!!
You are strong buddy wow.
Thanks! I was before surgery and am now again well after surgery. It just took a while. Look at those SKINNY arms in this video. Shoulder surgery made me atrophy significantly and it took a long time to recover, but now I have full use of my shoulder on all movements with no restrictions. I'm back to being me again. You will too!
I ended up having nerve damage that started around week three, pain went down my arm and into my hand, it swelled and at times it felt like it was getting crushed in a vise, I was able to see a hand specialist around week nine, he gave a shot in the wrist and the swelling went down and the pain reduced which is good because PT sucked when I had all the hand pain. They think the nerve damage is from the nerve block
I'm sorry to hear you had complications. Yes, I bet anything sucked with all that pain. Hopefully it will resolve with time and your shoulder will be better than ever. Stay positive, follow your healthcare team's advice, and I bet you will.
Beautiful progress!!! At 10 weeks post op I’m hitting home PT 5 days per week @ 30 minute sessions along with VISITS to PT 2x per week and a lighter at home session on these 2 days. All passive at this time but just began light dumbbell curls with 4lb x 3 sets of 20 and some band tricep press downs. Dialed in to my macros at 2,300+ a day to maintain 175lbs. Guessing I lost about 2~3lbs muscle according to my fat free muscle and muscle mass reading on my biometric scale. Looking forward to arm presses overhead in near future. Excellent Mark Bell power project podcast with Brad Schoenfeld had a view on training after injury and muscle memory about 75 minutes in was very encouraging. Keep pressing we are working hard to heal and recover!!!
@JMiel Atl thank you. It sounds like you're doing fantastic and have things very dialed in...awesome! I've lost about 6" around my right arm so far, it's crazy! I'm hopeful to start P3 of PT soon. I'll look for that podcast, it sounds interesting, especially with those two. Thanks for the heads up. Keep up the good work!
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Hi. Great videos, very insightful and helpful. Just had surgery almost identical to your own, similarly caused whilst on a ski holiday. Could I ask what if anything you do differently and how soon you expect and feel safe to be back on the slopes.? Many thanks
Thank you! I’m glad the videos have been helpful. Sorry to hear about your injury. I would do everything the same…except getting inured! Haha. I did a ton of research and had an amazing healthcare team. If I had another shoulder surgery, I would follow the same process. I didn’t feel super comfortable my first ski season back, which started 6 months after my surgery. Hope that helps! Best wishes with your recovery.
This is so helpful! Four months ago I fell and really messed up my right shoulder. I'm trying to figure out if having surgery is the best option for me. (TRSR is my only choice.) It is incredibly difficult to weigh the options, even with some information from the surgeon who would do the operation. One must not only look at the immediate aftermath of surgery vs. PT, but one must try to make a comparison between the likely more distant future ramifications of the two options. This video and many others in this series help both to evaluate the options and to understand how to proceed regardless of whichever option I choose. Thank you.
Hi Zeba! I'm so glad to hear the videos have been helpful. You are definitely in a tough situation. I faced the same decision and did all I could to avoid surgery. PT just did not work for me. While it was a long recovery, I have now returned to full function about a year after my surgery and am glad I did it. If you would have asked me during recovery, I may have given a different answer. :) You can always try PT first. If it doesn't work, it will help with your decision.
@@livelongerlivestronger Thanks! I am going to continue with PT until January. Then I'll get some new x-rays and meet with the surgeon to discuss what I will do. If I decide to have surgery, I'll continue with PT and wait until April to have the operation. That way I'll avoid trying to recover in the midst of ice, snow, and the demands of the clothing layers required during winters where I live.
I really appreciate that you shared your story so fully. I know that everyone is different - I will never be in the great condition you are! By writing as you did about your experience, you helped me get a sense of what I might expect if I have TRSR surgery. I also appreciate your advice about how to prepare for surgery, and seeing what PT you did during your recovery. Many thanks!
@@ZebaKnight I love your planning. It’s very well thought-out. Hopefully you find a great PT if you already haven’t and won’t require surgery at all. Even if you do require it, you will be ahead of the curve with your “prehab” and have a better understanding what to expect. I’m glad the videos have helped. Best wishes on your recovery journey!
Thank you for another great video this did help to ease my mind on my pain and discomfort. I have question, are you able to walk on your hands and push ups again and do pull ups like before your surgery? I use to walk on my hands and I want to get back to that. I had my surgery May 31st so I'm entering my 7th week.
You are most welcome. I’m glad it was helpful. I am able to walk on my hands, do, handstand, push-ups, wall, walks, bar muscle ups, ring muscle ups, etc. like I did before surgery. Stay positive, be super consistent with your health care team’s directions, and you will absolutely get there too! Learn to pack your shoulders, and do those mini sessions daily, as I outlined in the week eight video. The movements will change as you progress to recovery, but the concept remains the same. If you follow all the videos from week eight, you will see the expected progress and variations over each week.
@@livelongerlivestronger Thank you so much and it's pretty cool that I'm speaking to you because your first video I found before my surgery which was your 5 week video helped give me such a perspective on what was to come, like having no feeling in my arm after surgery and different level of pain and sleeping patterns. So once again thank you and I'm happy to hear you were able to go back to everything.
@@AndNowYourMommaKnows that’s fantastic to hear! It’s taken a lot of time to make all the videos. Once I had more use of both arms, I upped my production quality on the Weeks 11-17 videos. On the average each video took about 2 hours per each minute of the final product. I have also replied to each viewer comment. I did all that to help others through this process. It’s great to know I have. Thank you for your comments!
My original injury was years ago. I sleep with my arm outstretched actually it's the most comfortable for me to sleep
I had to experiment to find the right position also. Fortunately, I found comfortable positions I could get sleep with. I was eventually able to sleep normally about 18 weeks after shoulder surgery.
Im going for surgery tomorrow..
Best wishes on your recovery!
ITS FREAKING PAIN EXCRICIATING PAIN. EVEN THE SURGICAL NURSE TOLD ME ITS HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PAIN.
I'm sorry to hear you were in pain. Fortunately, it's not that way for everyone. I was lucky to have a great recovery.
My surgeon is a Monday op sort to best of my knowledge, at least for rtsa. He may do other days, for other procedures? Glasses look fine. Have a great day.
Best wishes for your surgery and recovery.
@@livelongerlivestronger i blew surgery off, not in enough pain to justify amputation of body parts.
And if muscle is all that holds it together, might as well start there now.
@@michaelmenard8913 love that attitude. If you can work toward good pain free function without surgery, that’s definitely the best way to go. I hope you are successful.
@@livelongerlivestronger thanks, i can do some pullups but pushups are out of question. I was doing 10 pullups and 25 pushups the day i tore it falling down loading dock stairs...
@@michaelmenard8913 that’s still better than most!
Straight off the bat. Your injured side as I can see has signs of atrophy, so what stage are you at with training and recovery now
AJ. Yes, that's absolutely correct. I lost about 6 inches on my involved arm and probably 3-4 on my good arm. Fortunately, I'm pain free and back to training now. I am back to 100% with no restrictions or shoulder pain. I had a great outcome.
@@livelongerlivestronger that’s fantastic news. I’m needing surgery and the waiting time for the Scottish NHS is ridiculous. Do you have any advice in the mean time that would help me. Many thanks 💪🏼
@@ajjohnstone7063 yes! I have TONS of information here: ua-cam.com/play/PLQSf5JL3jJjSHFX3dxy1_j9Hxyv-jKAoo.html&si=p-TZwmomnnIqx_Ks
Im a housewife so I haven't the time to not push recovery. I have fibromyalgia so the pain is worse and I still feel where they put the needle in for the nerve block. Pain is constant all over my body so this is just another painful area.
The more you can do to follow your healthcare team’s direction, the better the outcome. There were a few times I fell short on time to complete my recovery protocols. It made a huge difference for me. I found being super compliant with everything I was asked to do made all the difference in the world. I hope that will be the case for you as well. Chronic pain is definitely something entirely different. Best wishes with your recovery.