What happens when surgeon says torn rotator cuff can't be fixed?
929468
I wouldn't give up.  Make an appointment with an Orthopedic Doc that specializes in Sports Medicine.  Someone should be able to help you!  \n\nGood luck!
191068
Talk with a lawyer. Some don't charge for a consultation. \nTheir office people might tell you if there is a charge.\nEthically, few surgeons will touch a colleegs botched job.
637304
I dislocated my shoulder 13 times before finally having surgery back in 1992.  I have not had any problems with it since then.  However, I never got back into rock climbing because I had a mental block that my shoulder wouldn't be able to support me.  That was when I then started competing in triathlon instead.\n\nAnyway, my experience with patients varies considerably.  It all depends on the surgeon - some specialize in shoulder surgery and you can get really good results.  It also depends on the physical therapy you get afterwoulds and how strong it becomes.\n\nIf you fell on it now you would either cause more damage/trauma to the area, or worse.  The pain is excruciating when you dislocate it - remember the Lethal Weapon movie?  I could do that!!  Really wrecked the shoulder and no choice but to get the shoulder surgery.\n\nGood luck!!
984326
Not if the surgeon is experienced.  Correction needs professional advice!
730022
Other than paying for surgery you can't
1060527
I agree with the previous answerers - it should take around 6 months to fully heal.\n\nYou are really at risk of tearing it again with your heavy work so soon after surgery.\n\nGood physical therapy after this type of surgery is crucial.  They will gradually progress you through a strengthening and mobility program.  Using weights is not always the best way to go.  Ask your therapist to perform closed chain exercises and rhythmic stabilization exercises as a part of your program - these are more functional exercises and will make you less liable to re-injury.  They should also be using modalities like electrical stimulation to decrease pain and swelling, ultrasound to help with the scar tissue, massage to stretch the scar tissue and shoulder joint.  If you are not getting one-on-one time with your therapist - time to look elsewhere!!\n\nMy mainstays in treating patients include using accupressure points using microstimulation and Kinesio Tape.  If you can find a therapist who knows these techniques, it will really speed up your recovery.\n\nGood luck!
616948
I think that you're only real option right now is to go see a doctor. They're trained and you may be scared of surgery but it's either going to the doctor and hearing what they have to say or having to live with that pain untill you get up the guts to go to the doctors. No matter what you're going to see a doctor about it sooner or later so get it over with and put the injury behind you.
961809
something goes wrong to your surgery treatment, don't leave it
204861
u need an x-ray , please make sure watever it is, coz if its torn or broken may b , u"ll damage it more if u dont rest. go and see a doc. I guess it could b torn or may b dislocation of scapula or clavicle(bones in the shoulder) but only an x-ray can confirm!
786987
Small tears, strains,  or imingement of the rotator cuff may present itself as pain when the arm is positioned in a way that puts strain on the torn part of the rotator cuff.  Usually this is at a level where the arm has been raised parallel to the floor with the arm at a 45 degree angle from the front of the body, sometimes with the thumb pointed towards the floor.  The pain can be intermittent or constant if freshly injured. It is often painful to sleep on the affected side and the pain may radiate to the deltoid area.  Pain can occur with attempting to raise the arm overhead or reach behind the back.  \n\nA large or massive tear (usually of the supraspinatus tendon)  will usually present itself at the inability to raise the arm overhead without assistance and a signiciant alternation in the mechanics of the shoulder.   Researchers have estimated 90% of people with massive tears will be unable to regain overhead use of the shoulder without surgical correction.  Small to moderate tears, may become without symptoms with conservative care.
480363
You could always ask your surgeon. He/she would be the one with the correct answer. I work for Orthopaedic surgeons, but I would not make a suggestion. Sorry
181127
Go to a doctor immediately.  I had something similar happen to me as a teen.  What I didn't know is I tore a tendon right off the bone.  My other tendons compensated and over the years started snapping off one by one.  Each time I'd be in horrible pain and couldn't walk right for a few weeks.  In my 30's my wife finally got sick of me complaining so she made me go to the doctor.  One MRI later and we found all I had left was one tendon.  The large one in front.  They had to cut me open.  They sliced the strips from the big tendon and reattached them to my knee.  Two months of painful physical therapy later and my leg won't straighten the whole way.\nThe plus side is I don't occasionally fall without warning.\nLet this be a cautionary tale.  Get to a doctor.  Better safe than sorry.
613157
Ask your doctor or surgeon, I don't think so but make sure!
439019
i don't believe you can replace him, this is just coming from the back of my head. Injury related things can't be replaced although there are other excuses that will allow replacement past the deadline
1036938
See an orthopaedic surgeon...or go to ER if it just happened...
575830
this link may have something for you ,see if you symptoms match any of theirs. but it sounds to me that you ave eater a dry bursa or the rotary cuff is in some way dysfunction
737225
Healing continues on even after the incision is healed.  If you are going to a qualified Physical Therapist he/she will be your best resource.  Make sure the PT you are seeing has experience in treating your kind of injury.  One of the first steps they should take is improving the mobility of the tendon, improving your flexibility and normalizing your walking pattern.  The most likely reason you continue to limp is the shortening of the muscle/tendon does not allow for normal walking mechanics.  This will improve over time.  Just remember you had surgery and was in a cast and walking boot for quite a long time.  Patience and perserverance as well as team work with your Physical Therapist will pay off!!!