Posted by jd b puller on August 28, 2011 at 21:07:52 from (24.211.242.197):
Hey all, what better group of guys to help provide advice on an injury than a bunch of tractor mechanics, right???
So at the end of January, I garfed my shoulder up good. Long story short, I overused it loading tractors with a comealong.
Went to the orthopedic surgeon and he suspected rotator cuff so he prescribed PT for 4 weeks. When it seemed worse, we did an MRI and he said, "oops, guess I was wrong, it's an AC Ligament tear".
So he gives me a cortizone shot (man that's fun), and it hurts like you wouldn't believe for 2 days then gets better. He says, "no restrictions", which is contrary to every article I've read about it that says to baby it until it heals. The Cortizone worked well for about 3 weeks then he gave me another one which didn't work very well. Tried one more shot a month ago with very little success.
Now he wants to go in and grind away 1/2" of shoulder bone tells me it will fix the problem.
I'm no doctor, but grinding things to fit is for stroker crankshafts, not shoulders. :-)
Also, every example I've found on AC Lig tears is from some sort of impact, I don't have that either. This guy's a shoulder specialist. I'm going to get a 3rd opinon this week, looking to see if any of you all have had similar injuries and what I should be expecting. (Specifically shoulder injuries and treatments, etc)
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