2 Weeks Post Op Shoulder Surgery | Subacromial Decompression Surgery

[@brianneanderson8540]

Thank you for this video! I am having roughly the same surgery in a couple of weeks. I have heard so many horror stories from people I know but hearing it from a health professional helps tremendously!!

[@MR-sx3od]

Well hearing this patients experience with pain makes me feel a lot better. I had calcifications removed, which left a large defect in the tendon. This led to a rotator cuff repair that was not expected. I had a Subacromial decompression. I also had a biceps tenodesis. I’ve been feeling kind of down that I’ve had difficulty sleeping, but hearing this younger patients experience with sleeping with just the decompression makes me feel so much better.

[@TheGlobus11]

Hi how are you doing now? Any results?

[@davebrown7208]

Thanks. Your videos are VERY HELPFUL

[@Thinkaboutit84]

Yes, please update at 4 weeks and 6 weeks and any other tips for better shoulder reflection notes. Thank you so much.

[@ErinM-2024]

I told you that I was going to have the Mumford procedure with a subacromial decompression. I had that surgery done last Monday. I have very little pain since then.

[@TheShoulderGuide]

Hi Erin, thanks for the update. I am so glad to hear it is working out for you.

[@ErinM-2024]

@@TheShoulderGuide I don’t know if this surgery totally helped my whole problem out. I have told my surgeon and and another surgeon that I have pain in the arm area. It’s the area that the bicep brachii is at. It has gotten worse since my recent surgery. I describe the pain as it being tight in that area and almost feeling numb.

[@AG-lp9md]

@@ErinM-2024how did it go for you brother, did you get a full healthy recovery and the results you wanted from the surgery? I just had it done as well

[@paulduncan8052]

Real stories I very great thanks

[@Richietwaits]

I had a posterior labral repair done on 12/28/22, and while I thought that was all we were going to do, my surgeon also performed a subacromial decompression. To my surpise, I was placed in a sling without an abduction pillow, and positioned in an interally rotated manner to where to my elbow/arm was bent across my stomach. My hand was literally pressed against my stomach. The brace felt like a sling for an elbow injury, and didn't keep me at the neutral position where its close to the side of the side of the body with the pillow preventing total internal rotation (had my left shoulder should 7 months prior with another surgeon, so I know how it was supposed to be positioned). I was very confused, and when I raised concerns I was told the position / type of brace isn't a big deal... my symptoms included a numb hand at night, healing in a position that felt like it was pulled my scapula in a protruded manner, and a think lump under the bandage of the front (anterior) incision. The front incision felt VERY irritated, and could feel it was thick beneath the bandage. My opinion is the internally rotated position put unnecessary pressure on the healing area, which wouldh ave been prevented with an abduction pillow allowing space for it to heal / breathe better. 10 Days or so after surgery I go in to have the stitches removed, and that front incision is VERY infected - pus, yellow discoloration / red dots around that area, and some other odd symptoms included a very cold / discolored hand, almost as if it was purple and not getting any circulation. I am also 6'4 with extreme hyperflexibility, and a history of degenerative disc disease with a bulging disc at the c5-c6 level, so not having a sturdy brace that kept my shoulder blades retracted in its socket allowed my shoulder to fall forward and hurt my entire posture. I just recently did research on what the subacromial decompression is, the risks / complications, and I fear that something was irritated during the shaving of the AC joint, and also that by removing that piece of bone, the collarbone isn't staying up and supporting my neck as strong as it previously did. Is this a possibility? My cervical literally feels diagonally slanted to the right, and my shoulder blade/collarbone (only on the right shoulder side) feels like its either hiking way up or falling way down. Any thoughts on what could have happened? I am just afraid a nerve was irritated, or that I never fully healed because of my size / weak brace, and then went into PT after 5 weaks with terrible posture and hurt it further.

[@Richietwaits]

I do PT 3 times a week, and in between that do a bunch of internal/external rotator cuff exercises with bands, pull down, and rows. The therapist I had I think overpushed it and had me doing 30LB rows / pull down about a month into our PT sessions, so roughly 2 - 2 1/2 months after surgery. My shoulder blade feels forced back, and when I try to shrug and pull it back into its socket, tons of clicking and popping like its rubbing against something while going back into place. Its not just staying in the socket though, and my "natural" position is my arm falling down and backwards while the blade hikes up. I don't know what to do.

[@evangzmobile]

I was suffering from subacromial decompression for last 3 years. 7 different doctor told me that I need subacromial decompression surgery. Then I met another doctor in Bangladesh, he showed me via live ultrasonography that one of my muscle in the shoulder is wasted and severely restricted. He said subacromial decompression surgery is never needed but doctors just push it on the patients. The main problem is with muscle health. He treated me with 3 hydrodilation injection. From the 2nd month onward all the symptoms started to improve and currently I'm in my 6th month since I got my 1st injection. Finally I'm cured.

[@soniamoraleschemistry]

Glad I read this. I see an Ortho tomorrow but will get second opinion from doctor in Mexico.

[@karbr5316]

Hi Dr. I am having the same problem as your patient. I’m two weeks post op and I have an aching pain. I have not started PT yet. I get my script tomorrow and I’m so over this. I fell nine months ago and thought I just had pulled out my shoulder muscle and bicep and I used ibuprofen and ice and heat and nothing was working. Ugh. Thank you for listening. I’m going to follow you. Thank you so much for your kind heart as to share this information.

[@TheGlobus11]

Hey how are you doing now?

[@donniewiggs8749]

You have been really helpful thank you for everything you do. I had my rotator cuff surgery April of last year and did the physical therapy and settled with workmans comp. But still have pain and mri shows impingement so I have to go through this.

[@tarekaldaoud3397]

Can you please share more info about 4 weeks and later on the the recovery? Also after a subacromial decompression, when can weight lifting be resumed?

[@gladiatorarrives]

i had subacromial decompression surgery done on 28/12/2023 . i would also be interested in query above ^

[@TheGlobus11]

@@gladiatorarrives Hey how are zou now? I hope you are doing fine.

[@gladiatorarrives]

@@TheGlobus11 No, not at all. i started doing dumbbell curls(light weights right now and no above shoulder movements or pushups) and i find my my night pain has returned. Moreever i do feel slight pain on raising my arm. I'm 100 percent sure if i return to overhead shoulder exercise i will get massive pain. i 'm planning to go to a different hospital after waiting a month or two and getting a fresh MRI and opinion before resuming to heavy weight lifting. My have shrunk from 17.75 inches to a pathetic 14 inch 😰😰

[@tharkins52]

Not quite a week out from surgery, very painful PG does not begin until the 12th, so we’ll see

[@hitenmakwana]

Hey Tony, I’m about to undergo a double sub decompression 😮 I’m 50 & have managed the pain for almost ten years but now this needs to be done😮 This was very helpful. Do you know anyone that has had both done together? Thanks

[@stevenet15]

Thanks for the video, I had shoulder decompression surgery 2 weeks and 3 days ago, I had acromion shaved, bursectomy and distal clavicle excision, I was similar to your client was out of sling by day 2 my ROM is really good, I’m curious to what exercises you gave him? When can I return to some resistance band or weight work to try stop atrophy?

[@303visuals4]

Getting this surgery in October. I am a lot more positive about it after hearing this, thanks for sharing.

[@TheShoulderGuide]

Sorry to the delayed response. Are you working with a physical therapist now? I can't give any specific recommendations, but many of the videos you might see on this channel are the kinds of things I start my patients with. Then we progress to push up, resisted cable pull down, and rows as soon as tolerated. It all depends on the personal training history and age.

[@TheGlobus11]

@@303visuals4 how are you now?

[@303visuals4]

@@TheGlobus11 shoulder is better than ever. Was back training jiu jitsu in 5 weeks post surgery

[@derbscott2687]

I’m having rotator cuff repair (I have a tear in the large and small cuff) I’m a golfer…how soon should I expect to be able to play golf again?…over 65 years old…

[@TheShoulderGuide]

Only your surgeon can tell you, but my guess would be chipping and putting around 12 weeks and 6 to 9 months for drives.

[@Egy167]

Had fracture the socket where the ball of the arm goes in. Doc had to put 2 screws to secure it back in place and he said he had to tighten the labrum a little bit. No tears no where just those 2 repairs. I'm 2 weeks post surgery. Doc wants me in physical therapy asap but the location can't see me till another 2 weeks 🙃. I been doing PT at home via KZbin videos.

[@_Moto215]

I'm two weeks in from subacromial decompression with removal of calcific deposits (Massive amount per the op report). Also had a bioinductive implant installed over the tendon and humerous where the deposits were removed. I'm two weeks in and I wish I was at 90 degrees. I was ordered to wear the sling until about day 11 and since I removed it I can feel some ROM coming back but it's slow going.

[@TheGlobus11]

Hey how are you now? Did the surgery help?

[@_Moto215]

Absolutely. Feel way better than I did pre surgery. Pretty close to being back to 100% but at 43 I don’t think I’ll ever be 100%. Took about 4-6 months before I had no leftover pain or weird feelings from surgery. Was actually golfing lightly about 6 weeks post op.

[@Egy167]

How often should I be doing PT at home?

[@TheShoulderGuide]

Ask your therapists but I usually recommend doing the easy stuff 3 times a day during the first couple weeks after surgery. Then as the home program advances, reduce it to once a day.

[@Egy167]

@@TheShoulderGuide thank you for the information

[@maryvallee7917]

I'm 2week post op tendios shoulder sygury still very painful around shoulder and color bone

[@mattcollier1263]

I'm so confused, I have shoulder pain for over a year had 2 ultrasounds showed a tear in supraspinatus tendon , had guided injection to help ease pain , 3 weeks later pain comes back , have a MRI showed a full thickness tear of supraspinatus tendon, August this year I have shoulder surgery, I wake up in recovery surgeon says couldn't see a tear but we've done decompression surgery , I'm in the exact same pain prior to surgery, had new MRI 3 days ago showing a tear , but surgeon says there is no tear , I'm so lost pain keeps me up at night it's so sharp in supraspinatus area when I lift arm out to the side , if a radiologist reports a tear on a MRI how can a surgeon say there's no tear , but I'm in agony , physio is lost on this one , is it possible to have a tear inside the tendon but the outside be ok of the tendon

[@alyokin]

I wish there was a reply, this is exactly what I experienced. The MRI showed 10mm tear, the surgeon said there’s no tear and did decompression along with other ‘house keeping’. I’m only one week out of surgery and I’ve luckily had minimal discomfort in this phase of recovery so it’s too soon to say if I will have pain in mobility further down the road. I would love to know if the tear could have healed since the MRI was several months ago.

[@gladiatorarrives]

@@alyokin same story here. On 20/09/2023 Sept i had MRi of rt shoulder and as per MRI i had a Supraspinatus tendinosis witha high grade intratendinous delaminated near complete thickness tear; acromio-clavicular joint arthopathy and fluid in subacromial-subdeltoid bursa and superior subscapularis recess. After surgery on 28/11/2023 i was told that there was no tear and they just did subacromial decompression surgery. Today on 49th day post surgery my pain has increased since last one week or so and i have started experiencing pain on just lifting my arm up. How's ur condition now ? DO you havepainless full ROM ?

[@markmcsw]

I was told I had "subacromial impingement syndrome bicipital tendinitis"--it happened in May while turning a bolt on a riding mower with a wrench while lying on my left side....lots of pain now when moving my right arm behind my back, such as removing something from my back right pocket. It got better for a month after the injury but after 3 months the pain was growing much worse and have had to use Icy Hot often though the day and finally saw a shoulder doctor. Dr. gave an injection to the fron and back sides, but only was sore for a few days but no real improvement. He then ordered an MRI but I have not heard the results after 2 weeks. Possibly a bone spur? Is conservative treatment possible?

[@mckinnondellinger5690]

So much on with this...

[@enviromental2565]

This is exactly the kind of surgery I am thinking of getting, so I appreciate this video. However, I am getting up in age (late 50s) and will have to take time off work. I am leery because I had 2 very minor surgeries in my 20s and did not recover well. Also the doctor told me that once he goes in if he finds he need to do more that the cleaning out, I could be out of work for up to 6 to 8 weeks. Am still seriously considering it as I am so tired of the pain and numbness throughout my arm and sometimes my shoulder blade and the top of my shoulder and neck. I've already tried therapy and still getting cortisone shots.

[@johnsteele8073]

I just had it done a week ago..so far nightmare lol..I've been constantly on ice ...hurts like hell can't move my arm hardly at all...

[@mckinnondellinger5690]

Just had it done. Patient in the video was some kind of superman. Day 9 was when I started to come out of the sling. Still hurts like Hell. Good luck.

[@TheGlobus11]

@@johnsteele8073 hey how are you doing now?

[@user-cj7dv2kc6d]

Great for him. Not repairing one or more torn tendons makes it a breeze I'm sure.

[@TheShoulderGuide]

True.

[@mydisneynme]

Can we start activities after ORIF surgery of humerus displacement n fracture? I was out of sling in 2nd week but no Pain Medicine

[@LouiseReeve-c2d]

I am 1 week post op. Better movement in shoulder, I cant full lift Arm right up high, above My head yet but its to be expected. I was driving after day 3 yes bit sore, but tolerated. I got rid of The slng As it was to sore to leave in the same position. The physio exercises are quite painful at times. & If you over do it your shoulder will let you know. Im able to do things much better for it. But i will say it has been quite painful at times certainly Not walk in park thats for sure. Little bit sore to sleep on. But 100 percent better for operation. I had part of my bursa removed. Everyday getting stronger I'm not back at work yet due to cleaning I'm not willing to push it to far as vacuuming The floors is painful anything pulling or pushing you'll feel it. Push thru The pain with exercises.

[@TheGlobus11]

Hi can you please tell me how are you feeling now? Do you still have pain?

[@LouiseReeve-c2d]

It's been 10 months now, testing the shoulder I'm at full strength now wasn't easy I'm still in pain when swimming but nothing you can do about it. It's very painful to do freestyle swimming Stokes' I have too strap the shoulder now to give it support reality wise lose it or use it. Keep that shoulder moving the muscles around the shoulder become weak you need to make them stronger than ever.

[@ErinM-2024]

So, I’m disappointed with how things are going since my surgery. Before my surgery I complained of pain in the distal bicep area also, right above my elbow. It’s more a tight Feeling. The surgeon never took a look at that during surgery and now I hurt more there than I did before. Also, last Friday at the doctor I was told I could do the pendulum swings, move my lower arm, hand and wrist. I’ve been doing that. The upper arm and shoulder had been glued to my body. On Tuesday I had a question for my doctor and she told me I couldn’t do small range motion exercises with my arm and shoulder. I said I have no clue what to do. I asked her when I can drive. She said I could start driving now. I was shocked. I told her that I can barely lift my arm and I can’t straighten it. So, she said no to driving. I was told to keep my arm in a sling except for doing those exercises moving my lower arm, hand and wrist till I get there on Tuesday.

[@TheShoulderGuide]

Are you in physical therapy? How long ago was surgery?

[@ErinM-2024]

@@TheShoulderGuide so, to answer your question. My surgery was June 13th so, 2 weeks and 2 days ago. I start physical therapy on Friday. My surgeon still doesn’t want me driving yet. Also, she checked out my bicep and ulnar nerve. She says something is going on there. She said that the ulnar nerve is very inflamed. So, she said once my shoulder starts feeling better she said she will send me for an MRI. She said with just having surgery I would be in to much pain for them to position my arm for the bicep area and ulnar nerve

[@TheGlobus11]

@@ErinM-2024 how are you doing now? Are you better?