Tell Me Your Experiences with Rotator Cuff Sholder Surgery

[xeroxchick]

I did a search and got some sporadic answers, so forgive me if this has been beaten to death.

I am in week five and look forward to getting sling off next week. Am able to feed four horses but hay is a struggle. Just have never been this long without riding in 34 years. It feels weird. Had to lead a horse yesterday. (My horses are on my property and I have some bit of help from DH and teen boys who muck out, also a trusted gal who helps us excersize)
The PT says I won’t be riding until June, but I think with help I could hack in April. Anyway, any advice or input will be sincerely contemplated!

[jeano]

Does your PT know anything about riding? I was back in the saddle approximately a week or two after the wretched sling came off. I am too old, fat, and arthritic to not use a mounting block, so i didnt feel compelled to do anything heroic like placing a hand on the pommel and vaulting up there…

I dont have the best range of motion in the world but shoulder is a lot better than it was before surgery and does what i need it to do. I am glad my saddles are lightweight, but i was glad about that before the rotator cuff tore, too.Theres some residual stiffness that means i have to modify how I groom but I could catch, lead, tack up and trim hooves a lot sooner than 4-6 months.

[xeroxchick]

Thanks for that! Encouraging, feel like the light at the end of the tunnel just got bigger.

[gothedistance]

It does suck, doesn’t it. How did you get the injury?

[draftxfan]

Depends on how bad the tear was and how extensive the repairs were. I’ve had both shoulders done: one took a year to feel anything like normal, the other was pretty much okay at six months out. My tears were massive and large, respectively.

[xeroxchick]

I do not know how I injured that thing. It has been hurting for years.