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Would like others experience on Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Oct 12 10:07am | Replies (48)Comment receiving replies
Thank you!!! I am 73 and getting ready to have the same surgery on my right shoulder. Also using a well-known "shoulder specialist" who performs 100s of these operations a year. While in his office the other day another patient had the EXACT same issue as you--a fractured acromion post surgery! My pain is unbearable at this point, so I'm going thru w the surgery. Thank you so much for posting. Lin
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Good luck! You'll probably do just fine, but don't push it too far too soon after surgery. You didn't mention osteoporosis. I am convinced after much reading and searching online that my acromion was sufficiently weakened by the osteo to eventually not be strong enough to handle the rather excessive force the deltoid muscle subjected it to. RSR rearranges the geometry of the musculature in there and stresses the acromion in a way it is not designed to. Although I am now pretty much constantly "sore", I have no aching, and my movement is great except for reaching behind. I can get to L-4 without pain, but no higher. So, you will very glad to lose the pain. Again, good luck and be well!