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Trust your gut instinct Pillow advice for sleep after shoulder surgery
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Apr 30 6:36pm | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Full tear rotator cuff surgery repair and cleanup happened in Dec 2015. I went through physical therapy and got back close to 95% range of motion and most of my strength. However, I’ve not been able to sleep on the side that was operated on for very long (the other side gets sore after so much use) and still have to be gingerly with it at times after almost six years. Has anyone else been able to go back sleeping on the side that was operated on or still over compensating this long? Apologies if this has come up before and was missed.
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@elaine2022: 6 years sounds like an awfully long time to still have to be careful with the post-op shoulder. My respective surgeries were over 10 years ago, but since I know for a fact the the left shoulder needed repair 5 years after my right one, I definitely had no issues at that point. As a matter of fact, I think I was back to sleeping on my “bad” side - cautiously - within about 6 months after each operation.