Rotator Cuff Injury (caution, whining ahead)

[Slowspoke]

My shoulder hurts! Waaaaa. My arm is sore! Waaaa. I can't sleep on that side. Waaaaa. It hurts to ride my bike WAAAAAAA!!!! I have been riding my Gary Fisher Marlin exclusively this season. Now the reach hurts my shoulder. While I heal, I am going to ride my giant sedona, which is much more upright and adjustable. It's just not the same though! I also cannot get on my Bianchi Eros Donna. I had that one professionally fit, but with this injury, I can't risk it for a while.

I go back to the doctor this week to determine if it is a tear or tendonitis. How long will I be on the mend?

[snapdragen]

Depends on what the doc finds. If it's a tear, your looking at rehab etc., I think my doc said it would be a couple of months. I had a bone spur removed from my shoulder, it took almost a year to get my range of motion back.

Good luck!

[withm]

I had a severely frozen shoulder, caused by a bone spur which was removed on Nov 23. I had 4 months of intense PT 3x/week. I've been released from PT with about 80% range of motion, BUT both the surgeon, and the PT told me it will easily be another 4 months before I have 100% range of motion, and that's only IF I do about an hour's worth of shoulder exercises 5-7x/week. At least the pain is gone, and as long as I can do the stretches it should continue to improve.

[Slowspoke]

x rays tomorrow and starting PT. Now that I am back to work from spring break, I notice that I reach too far for my mouse and my chair is a bit too low. Hmmm that could be part of the problem!

[Catrin]

x rays tomorrow and starting PT. Now that I am back to work from spring break, I notice that I reach too far for my mouse and my chair is a bit too low. Hmmm that could be part of the problem!

Certainly ergonomic issues can have unexpected consequences. I was developing problems with both shoulder and wrist until I moved from a traditional mouse to a track-ball. My job is very data focused and also do a great deal of detailed mapping and network editing - so the move was a little interesting. It only took a day or two to adjust, however, and I noticed an immediate improvement in shoulder, neck and wrist pain.