More advanced exercises for rehabilitation of a shoulder SLAP tear.

There are varying degrees of shoulder pain as a result of SLAP tear injuries. At time of recording, I have been dealing with mine for roughly three years. My right shoulder range of motion is notably less than that of my left shoulder, mostly in abduction and internal & eternal rotation. It is also significantly weaker to the point where the throwing motion is too challenging to perform pain free.

Whilst I had previously been advised to undergo surgery, I have chosen not to. The proposed procedure was a biceps tenodesis. This procedure involves cutting the long head of biceps tendon (which inserts into the labrum) and re-attaching it to a point below the shoulder joint on humeral shaft. This new attachment site is thereby meant to prevent further aggravation/tearing of the labrum.

There is more than one reason as to why I chose not to proceed with surgery. The most compelling one for me however, was in a question I put to myself,

"Would you rather live with the devil you know, or the devil you don't?"

This surgery would have meant I would be unable to perform work for a period of three months. Perhaps if I was in a bad enough way, I might have gone through. There were some periods over the last three years where I have experienced a lot of discomfort. Today, I remain optimistic that my body knows best, and choose the route of natural healing through time, coupled with my own restorative work.

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