Anyone have Shoulder Surgery?
Were there any complications from it?
Was it successful and did it solve your problem?
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Background info:
Lacrosse game against Central Michigan during my Junior year of college, I got laid out while catching a high pass. Came down on my hand and snapped the 2nd-5th metacarpals in my left hand. In a cast for 3 months. After getting the cast off and building the strength in my hand up, I hit the gym for the first time since the game and like an idiot tried to lift the same weight I was doing before the injury. On the fly machine, and hear a pop followed by immense pain in my right shoulder.
After a few weeks of painkillers and rest, I go to a specialist. They do x-rays, an MRI, etc. They can't find anything and tell me surgery is just as likely to cause more damage as it is to fix anything. He says to listen to my body (working my shoulders out lightly to keep the muscle loose helps the pain, so he says to do that).
It's been about 5 years and the pain is still here.
Most days it's a dull irritation, but somedays to the point where it limits my mobility with that arm, and the pain is mentally distracting me from anything else. The last few days it's been really bad, with the paint shooting across the top of my shoulder towards my neck. I'm going to see my Dr. tomorrow, so they can refer me to a new specialist. Obviously I'll wait and see what they say/advise. But incase they recommend shoulder surgery, I wanted to see what other's experience has been.
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