I always avoided surgery when i could. Tore my rotator cuff and labrum and didnt want to mess with it in season. The doctors told me to schedule and appointment for a few months later and they would do surgery then. I said screw it and never went back. It sucked for a while. i couldnt bench over 100 pounds. I slowly progressed my way back up to full strength by the next season and another MRI showed much of the damage had healed and the increased muscle supporting it made up for the rest