Post shoulder surgery tips

Getting Ready for Shoulder Surgery – my shoulder recovery

I hope this post will help serve as an informational guide before you have your procedure. The “how-to” of shoulder surgery that the doctor’s don’t give.

Every recovery is different depending on a patient’s condition and willingness to participate in post-operative care. The following recovery timeline is based on a typical recovery process, but it may not reflect yours exactly. This is a guideline meant to help total shoulder replacement surgery patients understand what to expect. Always ask your doctor or surgeon if any questions arise. An average recovery timeline is as follows:

Having surgery soon? Here are some tricks I learned that I didn’t find anywhere else which made it easier. Hopefully, you’ll find something helpful.

I am a fairly athletic, fit, twenty-year-old. After having gone through rotator cuff surgery, certain things become apparent. When searching online for tips and tricks, there is much to be found. You can find anything from support groups, how to get dressed, what to do during your rest periods, extremely detailed reports about what your body is doing during these rest periods. What I also came to realize is that everyone has a different experience. Why?

I just hope that this post gives those of you with impending shoulder surgery some hope of a swifter recovery than that.

General guidelines to patients on what they can expect for rehabilitation and physical therapy after a shoulder labral repair.

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18 Tips I Wish I’d Learned Before I Had Shoulder Surgery | Q:Be.Do

Major shoulder surgery is anything but a breeze. Here's an update on my recovery plus some helpful tips to get you through the worst of it.

Recovering from surgery can be a tough experience. There are some easy things that you can do before your surgery to make your post-surgery recovery more comfortable. Follow these 6 tips to improve your post-surgery experience. | Surgery tips | Post-surge

Woman to Woman ~ Part 2. (Disclaimer: I am SO not a doctor! Check with your own M.D. for any questions.) I first posted on this topic in 2012. Here I go again. This time, the right shoulder. So, in part for you, and in part for me, I am revisiting practical shoulder surgery preparations for […]

Recovering from shoulder surgery can be difficult enough without having to worry about doing the simple tasks around the house or getting dressed. For example, each morning we get dressed without giving a thought as to what it takes to put on our clothes with one hand -- nearly impossible. We know shoulder surgery is painful but getting dressed doesn’t have to be. Here are some super useful tips that you may not get from the medical world.

ARTICLE - For the past few weeks, I've become a caregiver (pseudo nurse) for my better half, who had to have rotator cuff surgery. Rotator cuff surgery is a

Here's a detailed tutorial showing the safe way to put on a traditional back and front clasp bra following various shoulder surgeries or injuries such as tot...

Here I am, one week after my shoulder surgery. I am doing okay this lovely holiday weekend. More on current events later. Today is the story of my shoulder surgery experience. To learn about how I …

I am hoping that by sharing my surgery and recovery journey, I can encourage and help prepare you for yours! Read about my surgery experience here:https://w...

Everyone says the first three days after shoulder surgery are the worst, and that was definitely the case. The nerve block began to wear off in the middle of the night after I came home from the ho…