Hey all,
I did a quick search but couldn't find a thread on this. I had shoulder surgery in december to repair a slap tear of the biceps tendon. Due to this injury I have been out of the water for nearly a year. The surgery went well and rehab is going OK. BUT...
...when the surgeon was poking around in my shoulder he saw that there was massive wear and tear of the cartiledge (is that the stuff on the joint surface? sorry, not an english speaker), with a few large areas missing it completely! There was also major inflamation of the whole shoulder going on. His verdict was that surgery might solve the pain in my shoulder but it could also well be that the shoulder is too effed up. He mentioned that in the (maybe not too distant) future shoulder replacement, where they replace the joint surface, might well be needed (fook).
I haven't been able to find much info on how this might effect surfing (or other activities for that matter). Anyone here with (first hand) experience?
PS obviously my shoulder is achy due to the rehab. But still I find myself over analyzing the status of the shoulder (does it hurt now? No? maybe now? How about if I do this? etc) and I am currently not convinced that December's procedure will be sufficient.
I did a quick search but couldn't find a thread on this. I had shoulder surgery in december to repair a slap tear of the biceps tendon. Due to this injury I have been out of the water for nearly a year. The surgery went well and rehab is going OK. BUT...
...when the surgeon was poking around in my shoulder he saw that there was massive wear and tear of the cartiledge (is that the stuff on the joint surface? sorry, not an english speaker), with a few large areas missing it completely! There was also major inflamation of the whole shoulder going on. His verdict was that surgery might solve the pain in my shoulder but it could also well be that the shoulder is too effed up. He mentioned that in the (maybe not too distant) future shoulder replacement, where they replace the joint surface, might well be needed (fook).
I haven't been able to find much info on how this might effect surfing (or other activities for that matter). Anyone here with (first hand) experience?
PS obviously my shoulder is achy due to the rehab. But still I find myself over analyzing the status of the shoulder (does it hurt now? No? maybe now? How about if I do this? etc) and I am currently not convinced that December's procedure will be sufficient.