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Only the fastest of us tear our labrums. Any of you guys fast enough to tear your labrum too? If so, WTF does it take to heal one? An act of God? Congress to vote on it?
It's been almost a year for me and I can still barely use it. Strange thing is, the shoulder works pretty well for most movements. I can lift weights pretty well for some lifts but there are a couple of movements that are terribly painful. I can barely do any sort of bench press / push up movement without feeling like I want to die. Also, I can barely curl 10 pounds without it feeling like 10,000. Is the bicep connected to the labrum (serious question). When I do any lifts that use my bicep, it hurts my bicep AND my shoulder socket. VERY painful and uncomfortable.
The good news is that I can ride again. I'm still super duper slow but I can go about as fast (ahem, slow) as before, so that is good. However, if I get out of shape AT ALL, the shoulder becomes an issue immediately and I'm skeered that it's gonna cause me to crash if I keep riding. Should I just get my arm removed?
Sincerely,
The Six-Time National Practice Vet Novice World Three-Wheeler Motocross Champion
It's been almost a year for me and I can still barely use it. Strange thing is, the shoulder works pretty well for most movements. I can lift weights pretty well for some lifts but there are a couple of movements that are terribly painful. I can barely do any sort of bench press / push up movement without feeling like I want to die. Also, I can barely curl 10 pounds without it feeling like 10,000. Is the bicep connected to the labrum (serious question). When I do any lifts that use my bicep, it hurts my bicep AND my shoulder socket. VERY painful and uncomfortable.
The good news is that I can ride again. I'm still super duper slow but I can go about as fast (ahem, slow) as before, so that is good. However, if I get out of shape AT ALL, the shoulder becomes an issue immediately and I'm skeered that it's gonna cause me to crash if I keep riding. Should I just get my arm removed?
Sincerely,
The Six-Time National Practice Vet Novice World Three-Wheeler Motocross Champion
NO WAY could I put a bike on a stand with that arm. I can barely scoot one around using that method.
What are the treatment options?
Dr. Eakin: Your labrum won't heal completely on its own and when it repairs itself, it doesn't always heal evenly. This leaves it more susceptible to future damage. Imagine the golf ball in the tee, again; if the golf tee is uneven, it's far easier for the golf ball to roll off.
Labral tears do not always need to be repaired. If someone does not want to return to their sport and doesn't mind difficulty with other overhead activities, it is possible to modify activity and leave it alone.
If you want to return to your sport or resume normal activity, surgery is the only way to repair a torn labrum. Luckily, the procedure is now done orthoscopically so the incisions are very tiny. If the labral tear is small and does not destabilize the joint, the surgeons will just "clean it up" and make it less irritating and more comfortable for the patient. In cases where the labrum is pulled off the rim, it must be re-anchored, which is a more major surgery.
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Finally had an MRI and ended up with 4 anchors and 5 months off of work. Been 13 months and I'm 90%. Took a good crash, onto my shoulder, on my mountain bike last week. Thought I ruined my shoulder again, but its starting to feel normal again.
Now the opposite shoulder needs the same surgery, but its not a bad, YET....
** DO ALL THE PHYSICAL THERAPY ** it's a MUST !!!!
Get off the pain pills as soon a you can, hopefully within a month or so. Those things are EVIL. ! I had some weird dreams on those percocets. NORCO wasn't so bad, but those percocets were making me depressed.
Good luck, it's a long recovery. It'll feel like a million bucks, if you DO THE THERAPY
I hope you (and me) heal up to closer to 100% soon. This is a pretty bad injury. I've had so many AC-Separations that I don't even count that as an "injury" anymore but this thing is a LOT worse.
Oh and my left hip feels better than original and is awesome. Bone heals in 9-12 months, non weight bearing for 5 weeks.
This one, not so much. Didnt have to do said ^ procedurally the same. I'm three weeks in and I'm where I was at 8 weeks last year. Heck, I'm gonna be able to use my boat a lot coming up here and I'm on short term leave at work. Just hitting rehab harder bc I know how to rehab it better.
I should be back riding as soon as September, but I'm gonna give it til February. Bench racing and boating for me only this summer.
Shoulder went for 6 years at 100 percent, racing, fighting mma, lifting, basketball, etc. . . Then it happened, popped out playing basketball in the spring of 12', NOOOOOOO!!! Rehabbed on my own and got it back to where i could do everything but it just never felt as good as it did after that second surgery.
Popped it out playing basketball again this spring. It is not right and i need to have something done, just working too much right now. I can function fine for everyday life but when i play right now the shoulder feels super sketchy.
Bottom line is, after you get it fixed always, always, ALWAYS!!! Keep that shoulder fit and strong, you have an injury and it will always need special care. I feel like that is where i went wrong, as i got older and more busy with wife, kids, work, etc, I became too much of a weekend warrior.
Good Luck!!!
Next surgery(less than a year from the previous one), he re-attached it and in the process, one of the 2 bicep tendons had some damage, so he cut it to re-attach it, but it wouldn't re-attach. Basically, My shoulder will never be 100% again, and I only have one bicep tendon to use. My muscle looks like a baseball on my arm and my kids laugh at me all the time. Recovery was a bitch and a LONG process. I'm way over the year mark and it still hurts every day and I am limited in what I can do.
IF you have surgery, only take the pain pills if you absolutely HAVE to. They are very addicting. Also, during the rehab, go slow and don't push it. If it doesn't feel right, speak up.
Thats some funny shit!!!!
Pit Row
http://www.hopkinsortho.org/labrum_tear.html
Sorry about being so long winded, I just wanted to give my background before I recommend having the surgery. It is a pain in the ass, but you will be glad you did it. Also, I would recommend doing a little research, and choose a doctor that is known for working on athletes shoulders. I am fortunate to live close to the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, FL, they have worked with a lot of high profile athletes (RG3, Brett Favre, etc.). Dealing with people that work with athletes and understand and support you in getting back to where you were before your injury is a breath of fresh air, compared to the standard quit living your life schpiel you get from a lot of doctors. Good luck with it whatever you decide.
His labia is all sorts of fucked up lmao
The torn labia story was hilarious. Lol
I wish someone made a "shoulder guard" to protect them somehow.. (Maybe similar to that big T / back brace thing Roczen wore in the gp's?)
I was wearing an a-stars brace that was 1 size to large and landed on my head, the transfer of energy pushed the brace to the side pushing my shoulder down through the socket tearing the coraco acromial ligament and the ac joint..
I had surgery at the end of Jan and its probably 60% at the moment with daily rehab exercises.
Cant wait to get back on my bike!!
Still inflamed and bicep tendon is being a bitch but range of motion is getting better every day.
It was a bony bankart lesion tear.
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