I was terrified when I was told I needed a reverse total shoulder replacement in 2019 after years of extreme pain and a failed shoulder surgery. I feel it failed in a large part to poor physical therapy. My military surgeon explained everything asked what questions we (husband and I) had then said he leave us to talk then came back to us. As an RN myself I knew if I wanted to have some kind of a life I needed to do it, but I was a wreck. He told me to find a physical therapy place I would like to go to and let him know. I started calling physical therapy places in area then went to visit them. I was very impressed by one I found essentially because I would have the same therapist for each visit. My surgeon said shoulder is most difficult to get through,
Knee replacement was second and hip was the easiest to recover from. So went thru surgery got the replacement it was difficult but between help from family, the surgeon and therapist I have a life again. It took me 1 yr and half to get there but it’s worth it. It takes a lifetime of commitment to exercise regimen. I go back to my therapist if I overdue shoulder and get dry needled which helps a lot. So 2 years post op visit to me surgeon I explained issues with knee, had completely torn meniscus years ago but had fallen causing issues so just had a knee replacement surgery 2 months ago with my same surgeon and therapist. Am not finished with therapy yet but I know with hard work I will get there. Great surgeon and therapist are so important as well as a commitment to exercise regimen for a lifetime. My surgeon for my knee used Rosa the robot to do my knee and I was able to watch a surgery using that robot on utube. Anywhere you get X-rays or mris you should be able to get copies of X-rays and radiology reports. Hospitals sometimes charge a small fee as they have in my experience put them on a computer disk. Good luck to you