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Date: 10 Jun 2006 11:05:03
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Subject: Running after rotator cuff surgery?
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Has anyone had a rotator cuff injury, and returned to running? How
long did you wait until you returned to running?
thx
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Date: 10 Jun 2006 13:20:20
From: Rob
Subject: Re: Running after rotator cuff surgery?
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drrouter@yahoo.com wrote:
> Has anyone had a rotator cuff injury, and returned to running? How
> long did you wait until you returned to running?
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> thx
I had rotator cuff reconstruction last December 15. Prior to surgery
I was running about 35 miles per week. The week following surgery I
rode a stationary recumbent bike a few times. My first run was two
weeks after surgery. My arm was still in a sling for my first several
runs. I made sure to run on even surfaces because the thought of a
fall frightened me. That week I ran 15 miles. The following week I
was back to 30 miles per week. I was back to normal(running wise) soon
after, and since have completed a half marathon and a marathon. I am
now 6 months since surgery and the shoulder isn't perfect yet, but it
is better than it was prior to surgery. It no longer affects me
running. Good luck with your shoulder.....I hope your recovery is
quick and complete.
Rob
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Date: 15 Jun 2006 23:01:07
From: Bobo J. Katz
Subject: Re: Running after rotator cuff surgery?
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"Rob" <RobWLamb@gmail.com > wrote in news:1149970820.391347.181080
@h76g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
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> drrouter@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Has anyone had a rotator cuff injury, and returned to running? How
>> long did you wait until you returned to running?
>>
>> thx
>
> I had rotator cuff reconstruction last December 15. Prior to surgery
> I was running about 35 miles per week. The week following surgery I
> rode a stationary recumbent bike a few times. My first run was two
> weeks after surgery. My arm was still in a sling for my first several
> runs. I made sure to run on even surfaces because the thought of a
> fall frightened me. That week I ran 15 miles. The following week I
> was back to 30 miles per week. I was back to normal(running wise) soon
> after, and since have completed a half marathon and a marathon. I am
> now 6 months since surgery and the shoulder isn't perfect yet, but it
> is better than it was prior to surgery. It no longer affects me
> running. Good luck with your shoulder.....I hope your recovery is
> quick and complete.
>
> Rob
>
>
I tore my rotator cuff in a biking accident late in 2003, but my injuries
also included a cracked skull (and lacerations) and some broken ribs. My
shoulder re-hab was really delayed by 6 weeks as a result. Even then,
full range of motion only returned after about 3 months, and I still
would get shooting pains if I lifted my arm in just-the-wrong way for a
year after the accident.
I had been running 80+ km/week (leading into a marathon), and normally
averaged 50-60. When I started running again (about two weeks into the
shoulder physical therapy), I was able to manage 3-5 km two or three
times a week for a couple of months. Whenever I got impatient with the
progress and went up to, say 10-15 km my shoulder would throb and swell
for the next three or four days.
That said, patience and persistence pay off. I have been back to the
full distances since early 2005. However, in the meantime I have only
been able to shed a stone of the stone and ten I put on during my
recuperation (age, don't you know).
BK
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Date: 23 Jun 2006 13:13:57
From: Robert Grumbine
Subject: Re: Running after rotator cuff surgery?
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Posted and emailed since it's been a while.
In article <1149962703.613742.306920@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com >,
<drrouter@yahoo.com > wrote:
>Has anyone had a rotator cuff injury, and returned to running? How
>long did you wait until you returned to running?
Subject line says surgery, but message says injury. Those are
different questions. I've torn both rotator cuffs in recent years.
The right only interrupted my running for the few days it took the
main pain to come down. Once I could sleep through a night and walk
without it screaming at me, I could run with it. Didn't feel good
running, but it wasn't worse while running than while sitting or
walking. This more or less healed in about 3 months of rehabilitative
exercise, and I raced a 10k PR towards the end of those 3 months.
The left tore in such a way that I couldn't run at all until it
had repaired, again about 3 months of exercise.
Neither one needed surgery. A runner friend has had shoulder surgery
for a rotator cuff tear and, iirc, was running again in less than 3 months.
Tears without surgery seem to be fairly common, with people often
continuing to run through the rehabilitation period (as I did when I
nailed the right). Some, like my left, are unrunnable. But this
seems to be rare for non-surgical tears.
--
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Sagredo (Galileo Galilei) "You present these recondite matters with too much
evidence and ease; this great facility makes them less appreciated than they
would be had they been presented in a more abstruse manner." Two New Sciences
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