@rascal1, good question. I am now 13 months out after my rotator repair. Certain movements can still trigger some pain, but that has more to do with scar tissue I believe. I am mostly working on building my muscles and range-of-motion back. Essentially, I have pain when I am pushing my shoulder to gain strength and flexibility. I do worry that I will never be completely pain free with all of my movements, but I continue to push myself anyways in hopes that the last remaining painful movements are due to muscle weakness and stretching out the joint back to where it was (or as close as possible). I am not sure how shoulder replacements and rotators compare, but I was told it would be long and arduous. The initial pain from the repair was pretty bad and lasted a few months, largely due to the fact that I was not supposed to move the joint and that is just hard to do when something as little as a cough would shake it enough to hurt badly. @rascal1, how are you sleeping? That was also something I found next to impossible.