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Shoulder pain 5 years after replacement
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I was not out of pain when I left therapy for my shoulder but I kept up the exercise regimen and eventually no pain. Having said that reverse total shoulder does have limitations! I still go for dry needling when pain comes back in places when I overdue it and I get pain free for quite a while. Try to find a therapist that you go to that knows many things ie dry needling, cupping, mfr etc. Also I had to use an electric muscle stimulator to get muscles working. I have a working regimen every day that he devised and said I would need to keep it up for life and I have had to accept my limitations. I also do water aerobics. Taping also helps a great deal
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Thank you. You have shared a wide variety of coping strategies. We all know that replacement joints aren't ever going to be quite as good as the original (undamaged) one, that the goal is to get the best possible results as far as use and limited pain. It is very hard for some people to accept that there is work involved in maintaining the improvement - just like there is work involved in taking care of our "original parts."
I have a variety of replacement parts, and keeping them mobile indeed involves a care regimen, much like skin care or shaving...
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