Connect
← Return to Concerns after Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
Discussion
Concerns after Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement
Joint Replacements | Last Active: 3 days ago | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
Yes it is the deltoids that help to raise your arm,especially if rotator cuff is not good. I am 12 months postoperative after trust and still cannot touch the middle of the back of my head and am not driving. My surgery was done because of fractures and surgeon said outcome is not always as good as it would be for arthritis. I had a nerve test done to make sure that was not the issue,but it was not. I will keep exercising and now am doing light weights ,for deltoids,which was not suggested at the 2 pt places I went to.
I am hoping Fredhas made more progress and never give up .
Replies to "Yes it is the deltoids that help to raise your arm,especially if rotator cuff is not..."
I’m not at all this will be of help to but it helped me in so many ways for rotation.
It is an exercise where you use your arm to make a hitchhiker sign.
I could not do it at all without help from my other hand, good shoulder side.
I would rest my arm on the dining room table and perform this exercise with the help of my hand to push the arm to through out a hitchhiker thumb sign.
I now am able to several motions I couldn’t do before.
My PT. never had me perform this exercise or told me about it. I came across it on the internet when searching for answers to my limited rotations for shoulder/ arm.
Try it.
By the way I had a RTSA surgery. Several tears in my rotator cuff and extreme osteoarthritis.
Connect
Thanks very much. Keep up the good work. It's hard I'm sure but you are determined.