Rotator cuff stuff

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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:16:34 -0700, JR wrote:

I was interested more in folks' experience with this particular problem
rather than with PT experiences in general (not that folks' thoughts on
those aren't also welcome....)

Fair enough, but other folks' experiences aren't, IMO, going to be of
any help unless they were in about the same generally physical
condition/shape, age, and have about the same level of injury, past and
present, and perhaps most importantly, had a PT regimen very similar to
what you will have and took it about as seriously as you intend.

Yes, that makes sense. No doubt you're right.

I don't mind spending even money I don't have, but I hate wasting money
of any sort. In this case, though, I guess I'll have to bite the
metaphorical bullet and take the chance.....

JR

On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:18:56 -0700, JR wrote:

A while ago I was diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis in my left
shoulder.

You could try:

http://www.amazon.com/7-Minute-Rotat...e=UTF8&s=books

I understand, from friends, that it's good and that it's mind
numbingly boring to follow I find reading Proust . At least one was
getting better with it and decided to go for surgery instead because
he was so mind rotted by the routine. But it's way cheaper than
surgery.
--

r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. Really.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

Cyli wrote:

You could try:

http://www.amazon.com/7-Minute-Rotat...e=UTF8&s=books

Turns out there's a copy in a near-by public library. I'll look at it.
Thanks for the tip.

- JR

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:07:16 -0500, Cyli
wrote:

I understand, from friends, that it's good and that it's mind
numbingly boring to follow I find reading Proust

Insert 'as' between 'it's' and 'mind', please.

Thank you.
--

r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. Really.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

"JR" wrote in message ...
A while ago I was diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis in my left
shoulder.

This is actually somewhat on-topic. Although it doesn't affect my trout
fishing, because I cast with my right arm, it's put a real crimp in my
steelheading. Hauling hurts and I'm not sure it's good for the healing
process. Haven't been out for steelhead for almost a month now.

It was suggested that I do physical therapy, that it would help speed
healing, but I have had unsatisfactory experiences with PT (for other
problems). Lots of money spent with little apparent benefit. I have even
been known to refer to the "physical therapy racket..."

Now, I've got health insurance, but with a large deductible and large
co-pays, I could conceivably spend a bundle out of pocket, and I'm leery
of the whole thing. At first, I was going to just try to let it heal on
its own, although I know that can take some time, but even after giving up
on steelheading the pain is getting worse, especially at night.

So, my question is, has anyone here done PT for rotator cuff tendinitis?
Did it do any good, or should I just tough it out until it heals on its
own?

Alternatively, if I go steelheading in BC next week, and, uh, injure my
shoulder, could I get some of that National Health Care PT up there do you
think....?

- JR


I went through twelve weeks of PT two times a week after left rotator cuff
repair....it was tore all to hell and gone. I followed directions, they
told me what to do at home and what not to do. I like to think I am
flexible for my age (55 and call still put my hands flat on the ground
without bending my knees) and I worked hard at the therapy and found it
worthwhile. You need to stick with the same therapist 'cause he knows your
progress and is taking you through things step by step.

Most surgeons have a clinic they recommend and it is a good topic for
discussion with your doctor prior to surgery.

I'll be following the same procedure when I get the right shoulder done next
year.

john

"asadi" wrote in message
om...
I like to think I am flexible for my age (55 and call still put my hands
flat on the ground without bending my knees)

Me too! But I have to be lying on my face to do it.

--riverman

"riverman" wrote in message ...

"asadi" wrote in message
om...
I like to think I am flexible for my age (55 and call still put my hands
flat on the ground without bending my knees)

Me too! But I have to be lying on my face to do it.

--riverman

Chalk me up too, but I have to be sitting down in front of the TV.
fwiw,
-tom

JR wrote in :

A while ago I was diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis in my left
shoulder.

.....recently I was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff and a buildup of
calcium on the clavicle (hell, I thought that was a musical instrument) been
causing me untold pain in my casting arm. Day after tomorrow I go in for
surgery and I'm sure there will be PT in my future as well as lotsa pain
pills (I hope) Doc sez he will also have to clean out all that cortisone he's
been shooting in there. I didn't know that stuff hung around that long.
Now I'm thinking about all the stuff I have to do with only one arm...taking
a crap leads the list with "how do I do that?"

Frank Sr.
....who can take the jokes, fire away..

On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:36:27 GMT, Frank Church
wrote:

JR wrote in :

A while ago I was diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis in my left
shoulder.

....recently I was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff and a buildup of
calcium on the clavicle (hell, I thought that was a musical instrument) been
causing me untold pain in my casting arm. Day after tomorrow I go in for
surgery and I'm sure there will be PT in my future as well as lotsa pain
pills (I hope) Doc sez he will also have to clean out all that cortisone he's
been shooting in there. I didn't know that stuff hung around that long.
Now I'm thinking about all the stuff I have to do with only one arm...taking
a crap leads the list with "how do I do that?"

Frank Sr.
...who can take the jokes, fire away..

No jokes, but a personal observation - IMO, "cortisone" and lidocaine
shots are bad juju unless they are for short-term, onesy-twosy-type
relief until a real fix, either through surgery or rehab, can be done.
The good thing is that they kill the pain...and that's among the very
bad things, too...

....well, OK, one sorta-joke:

Um, Frank, "take a crap" doesn't mean to actually _take_ a crap....what
the hell are you doing using ANY hands to _take_ a crap? Heck, why do
you need two hands for the, er, paperwork? Just hold the catalog in
your teeth and rip out the pages...


TC,
R

"Frank Church" wrote in message
4.196...
JR wrote in :

A while ago I was diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis in my left
shoulder.

....recently I was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff and a buildup of
calcium on the clavicle (hell, I thought that was a musical instrument)
been
causing me untold pain in my casting arm. Day after tomorrow I go in for
surgery and I'm sure there will be PT in my future as well as lotsa pain
pills (I hope) Doc sez he will also have to clean out all that cortisone
he's
been shooting in there. I didn't know that stuff hung around that long.
Now I'm thinking about all the stuff I have to do with only one
arm...taking
a crap leads the list with "how do I do that?"

Frank Sr.
...who can take the jokes, fire away..

Not sure if ROFF is a jinx for the OR...
I go in for a hernia operation on the 30th...(not from fly-casting thank
God).
fwiw,
-tom