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Post by govolley20 on Oct 31, 2004 16:26:47 GMT -5
Looking for any info/personal experiences with a TORN LABRUM...surgery, rehab, recoup time till able to play vball again, etc. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by halesvb11 on Oct 31, 2004 22:35:05 GMT -5
im your guy with a torn labrum....... ask away
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Post by govolley20 on Oct 31, 2004 23:12:13 GMT -5
di u have surgery? was it arthroscopic? how long before u were able to play? how long has it been since surgery, and are u back at 100%? Thanks!
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Post by My2Sense on Nov 1, 2004 1:09:19 GMT -5
Looking for any info/personal experiences with a TORN LABRUM...surgery, rehab, recoup time till able to play vball again, etc. Any info will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Suggest you do a Google search on "torn labrum" There's a ton of good reading on the net, and you can find it quickly.
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Post by halesvb11 on Nov 1, 2004 19:09:26 GMT -5
di u have surgery? was it arthroscopic? how long before u were able to play? how long has it been since surgery, and are u back at 100%? Thanks! injury first occured in january of '01. had surgery in april '01. at that point i seemed to be dead to every coach that i had ever made contact with, which sucked, but i love my situation now so im not complaining. my surgery was arthroscopic. the MRI hurt like a mofo because before i was put into the tube, they had to inject some dye into my shoulder capsule. a bit of numbing on the outside didnt really help much, because when the tube taht they were feeding the dye through hit bone, the whole right side of my body seemed to catch fire, and i screamed a scream that im sure everyone in the whole hospital heard, and i wouldnt pray that upon anyones ears. i was in decent shape before surgery, still exercising and stuff like that, just no swinging, and i was back fully playing at 100% about 5.5-6months out. rehab is a lady, but put all the effort you can into it, because it helps out. 3 years post-op my shoulder doesnt bother me as bad as my right knee does (two scopes freshman year of HS for meniscus). i ice lots, even when i dont play, and always pop about 800mg of motrin before i play to ease the pain after practice/playing. i also tore of my biceps tendons heads off, and i think that i've had more problems with that than the actual labrum. if you wanna read up more on the internet, look up SLAP tear. its the most common labrum injury (what i had, and the labrum injury thats very common amogst baseball pitchers). good luck with it if thats what you do have, and if you have any more questions let me know.
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Post by govolley20 on Nov 2, 2004 0:56:09 GMT -5
injury first occured in january of '01. had surgery in april '01. at that point i seemed to be dead to every coach that i had ever made contact with, which sucked, but i love my situation now so im not complaining. my surgery was arthroscopic. the MRI hurt like a mofo because before i was put into the tube, they had to inject some dye into my shoulder capsule. a bit of numbing on the outside didnt really help much, because when the tube taht they were feeding the dye through hit bone, the whole right side of my body seemed to catch fire, and i screamed a scream that im sure everyone in the whole hospital heard, and i wouldnt pray that upon anyones ears. i was in decent shape before surgery, still exercising and stuff like that, just no swinging, and i was back fully playing at 100% about 5.5-6months out. rehab is a lady, but put all the effort you can into it, because it helps out. 3 years post-op my shoulder doesnt bother me as bad as my right knee does (two scopes freshman year of HS for meniscus). i ice lots, even when i dont play, and always pop about 800mg of motrin before i play to ease the pain after practice/playing. i also tore of my biceps tendons heads off, and i think that i've had more problems with that than the actual labrum. if you wanna read up more on the internet, look up SLAP tear. its the most common labrum injury (what i had, and the labrum injury thats very common amogst baseball pitchers). good luck with it if thats what you do have, and if you have any more questions let me know. My daughter is having her MRI tomorrow. She is away at college, I won't be there with her, so I decided not to tell her about your experience with the pain involved. She was hitting during pre game warm ups 10 days ago, heard/felt a pop. The orthopedic surgeon at school told her he was 95% sure she would need surgery. I am doing as much research as I can to get some info/questions to ask the doctor once he gets the results of her MRI. Thanks for sharing your experiences, I appreciate it.
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Post by beachman on Nov 2, 2004 14:34:42 GMT -5
I had a bit of a different experience with my two MRI's for a torn rotator cuff. Had the dye injected both times, between and after my surgeries and my experience with the dye was not bad at all. A little burning and warm type of sensation but not any pain....had mine surgeries at Kerlan-Jobe in L.A. and they really know what they are doing.....hopefully your daughter will have an experience more like mine and not so much like the other poster on this thread....on a scale of 1-10 my pain was really nothing more than a 2 or 3!
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Post by halesvb11 on Nov 2, 2004 20:31:07 GMT -5
lol, a 2??? i really dont even consider two to be pain. a 2 is more like that annoying feeling when your sock gets all mashed up inside your sock during a match and you have to rush to get it fixed during a timeout or something. mine was waaaaaaaaaaaaaay past 10. and if you wanna discuss post-op pain, all i have to say is that they allowed me to double up on my vicodin dosage. muscle spasms are baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad dudes. im fine now tho, but its definitely something that i like to talk about, so feel free to ask as many questions as possible
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Post by diglikecrazy on Dec 24, 2004 15:57:06 GMT -5
Hey there, I also had different experiences. I didn't have any pain with the MRI, or with the surgery. Just the uncomfort of the sling for 3-4 weeks, and obviously the pain that comes with it. I've been playing libero for hte past 3 months, 6-7 months after the surgery, and its pretty solid. Just make sure she does her exericises, thats the hardest part of it all, sticking to the rehab! Good luck, and I wish your daughter a fast recovery!!
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