Has anyone dealt with a Slap 2 tear?

Reading the results of my MRI on my shoulder. Also list cyst and degenerative arthritic change.

I have a follow-up with my orthopedic doc but that's not for a few days.

Has anyone dealt with this? Any questions I should be asking?

Google says surgery. I'm pretty active and this would also affect work if I need surgery. I know I need to talk to my doc and that's set up for later this week just looking for any first-hand experience with this.

I review tons of medical records for work and SLAP tears come up from time to time.

Surgery is the definitive fix and unless you drive a desk, time off work to recover is the only cure. From the records I've reviewed, with a best outcome recovery there will still be some, usually slight, discomfort. When you have surgery on the most complicated joint in the body, they can fix you but you need to give it time to restore as much range of motion as possible and then restore the accompanying muscle strength.

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Slap 2 tear

Have this in my left shoulder and as I am "older" there is degenerative arthritis in there too.
MD called for PT first and that did help. I have other health issues including fractured right shoulder and all sorts of damage there.
I probably have 70% use of the shoulders.
Best to you and if they want to do PT...do it. If I was younger and the MD said surgery would "fix" it I would do it.
Will keep you in my thoughts.

Got diagnosed with this on the 2nd.

Must have ripped it a week earlier as had to dip in too some hydrocodone for three days, 325 mg , ten hours apart.

In another 8 years I will be able to relate to 90% of these malady threads instead of just 50%

I have a lot of damage in my throwing shoulder including a slap tear. PT and cortisone shots have worked for me.

My "Playing Catch" days are pretty much over but at least I'm not in any pain. More or less.

I got my slap tear while overhand throwing the ball for the dogs. A lifetime of sports finally caught up with me and that overhand throw was the final straw.

I sat on the injury for a while and just threw the ball underhand thinking that the pain would go away.

Finally got it checked out and went to PT. 2 years later, keeping up with the PT exercises and stretches are keeping my pain in check. I can even do overhand throws as long as I don't go full force on the throw. No need for surgery yet but there will come a time when it is necessary.

I turn 52 next month so the surgery is the sucky kind where they screw the tendon to the shoulder with a significant recovery time on the order of 6 months. I am trying to avoid it as long as possible.

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Originally posted by daikyu:
I got my slap tear while overhand throwing the ball for the dogs. A lifetime of sports finally caught up with me and that overhand throw was the final straw.

I sat on the injury for a while and just threw the ball underhand thinking that the pain would go away.

Finally got it checked out and went to PT. 2 years later, keeping up with the PT exercises and stretches are keeping my pain in check. I can even do overhand throws as long as I don't go full force on the throw. No need for surgery yet but there will come a time when it is necessary.

I turn 52 next month so the surgery is the sucky kind where they screw the tendon to the shoulder with a significant recovery time on the order of 6 months. I am trying to avoid it as long as possible.

Keep up with the PT. I did a lot of PT for what ended up requiring a bicep tenodesis procedure. They cut the bicep at the top and screw it in near the top of the humerus, so it is not pulling down causing pain. At a point, the PT was causing more pain and discomfort, and that's when my PT guy told me I had to go back to the surgeon and get an MRI.

Because of the PT in advance, my recovery time was cut WAY down. Two weeks out from surgery, I was at what usually would be 10 to 12 weeks when it came to range of motion. Still probably took almost a year before I was back near 100%. Swimming is what really helped and I was able to start that about 12 weeks post op.

Be aware, the longer you put off surgery to repair some damage the more scar tissue will build up. You will also change your motion with that shoulder and that can cause more injury to a different area. The end result is that you won't have as complete a recovery as you would if you take care of it quickly.

To be blunt, get it fixed now. Yeah you'll have 3 months where there will be some level of pain and serious restrictions on what you can do. Then you'll have the PT do deal with which will also hurt but it's a pain directed at improving your long term recovery, so well worth doing it properly without any cheating. Good news in just a year you'll be back to nearly 100%. Wait 5 years and the best you could hope for may only be 50% or so.

Yup. Had a Bankart repair on one via surgery. The other shoulder had a SLAP tear but a stem cell injection fixed that one.

They’ll put you under, Ortho will probably use a camera and insert anchors. You’ll be in the straight jacket for 6 weeks, perhaps 8. It’s a sling, but they make damn sure it’s tight across the chest so it’s like 1/2 a straight jacket. Post OP you’ll have to sleep in a recliner as you cannot roll over on it while sleeping or you’re screwed. Ortho prescribed me opioids for pain afterwards. Took them for the first 12 hours, detested how they made me feel, and wanted no part of them. Threw them in the trash the following day. Get an ice machine and frost that bitch as many times per day as you can. You’ll be one armed for 2 months. Wasn’t a big deal for me. Bankart repair is more extensive than SLAP, and I was in the gym lifting weights 6 weeks from post OP. I used ICE religiously and bought my own TENS machine off Amazon. Used the TENS 4 times a day. Ate lots of chicken and beef bone broth to aid recovery. Ate like a nutritionist too but that’s mostly how I usually eat, so I just ate even cleaner. Took lots of vitamins, minerals, etc.

PT is crucial. You want to get in there as soon as the Ortho allows and put in work. No half ass stuff unless you want to lose mobility. I got back to 97-98% within about 4 months. Full strength in 5 months. Treat the whole thing as serious as cancer and you’ll be fine. Fuck around, like a guy I know did post OP, half ass your PT then quit and you’ll lose motion forever. He regrets it big time. I’ve broken bones, and broke my wrist in like 5 places. Each time I’m on that PT like white on rice and come back stronger. The ortho will do their job, the rest will be up to you. ICE, TENS, eat right, and do the PT to the letter.