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Shoulder Bone-on-bone surgery alternative for seniors

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You are early in your journey. Ice machine was my pain relief. It’s a marathon takes time patience.

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kforrest | @kforrest | Jan 25 10:01am

speedy recovery

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | Sep 28 8:12am

Good advice dmk, especially for shoulder replacement. I've been through knee and hip replacement, and had my left shoulder replaced 2 months ago.

All of these surgeries stopped a lot of pain, especially my shoulder. I am finding that recovery/rehab for my shoulder will take a lot longer than for my knees and hip.

I've got my range of motion back (I had the surgery almost 8 weeks ago) and am now starting work on strength with my PT. This last stage is just gonna take time and I need to be careful and not do anything stupid (that's an elevated danger for me........). I'm 70 y/o and very fit, in the gym every day, so the surgery presented a challenge and an opportunity.

I still find icing, especially after doing rehab exercises, to be terrific at providing some relief. I also reassure myself that any pain/stiffness/discomfort I get from rehab is NOTHING like the pain and weakness I had before surgery.

Thanks for the reminder!

Joe

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