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Originally Posted by alfalfa
Has anyone had rotator cuff surgery or related arm, shoulder, or hand treatment in the past two to three years? If you had any of these procedures, and the results were successful, could
you please recommend your orthopedist? Also, how long was the recovery? You may reply or PM to alfalfa. Thank you.
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No surgery, just personal, anecdotal experience from someone with ZERO medical knowledge.
According to all the orthopedic Dr's, I've had torn rotator cuffs and a torn Labrum, for almost 10 years. Turned out, the sudden pain was really related to PMR. 2 different Orthopedic guys had recommended surgery. My Chiropractor golfing buddy said to me, "Rotator Cuff surgery at your age, after all the golf you've played? Are you nuts? That'll be like trying to stitch together, 2 pieces of wet toilet paper".
After finally got rid of the PMR and a regiment of PT seemed to fix me up. I don't have any pain and have a 4.4 golf handicap.
I have friends who've had Rotator Cuff surgery at an advanced age, who question their decision to do it. Long recovery for minimal benefit. My non-medical advice is, don't rush into anything and get a couple of medical opinions.