I'm with JDEM. 3 yrs ago, I strained my shoulder (rotator cuff?). When I saw the doc, the pain was getting better so he said to see how it goes. Well, saw him every 3 mos for almost a year and it did get better to where there was no major pain. However, my range of motion became limited and the arm was weak and I had some achiness when I used it a lot. So 2 yrs ago, he had an MRI done, said there was probably surgery in my future. He sent me to an orthopedic surgeon who said I had arthritis in the joint and "goats beard" growths on the joint that limited my range of motion.
He gave me 4 options:
1) do nothing, take advil when it gets too sore, call him if it gets worse
2) Do a joint replacement where only 1 half(ball) is replaced
3) Do a reverse replacement where the ball is on your shoulder, socket on your arm.
4) fly in some "special tools" (remember the Seinfeld squirrel episode?) to scrape the joint (no replacement) to make it a more precise, smoother fit. Don't recall how this affects the arthritis issue. Much longer recovery time for this option.
I opted for Door 1. Major reason is that he said shoulders don't come out nearly as well as knee replacements, healing time was lengthy, (could be a year after surgery before I had full use of it depending upon which option I chose) and it would not be 100% to what I had before. Yup, Option 1 for me, no surgery.
Nowadays, I can't raise my arm much above my head (limited range of motion) without using my other arm for help, it "clicks" a lot, don't have much strength when it's close to horizontal, can't lay on it to sleep. But... it's a soreness kind of discomfort, not painful. Considering I'm in my mid 60s, I didn't want to waste up to a year in recuperation.
I haven't lost much if I'm using it below my waist, like lifting things, wrenching on stuff lower to the ground. I've gone downhill skiing with it in Colorado and it didn't prevent me from doing anything I'd normally do.
So, your results may vary, but I'm happy with my decision to just let it be and forego the knife.
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