Post Labrum surgery - what will help

[APIs]

Nothing can help you out except time my friend and if your not patient and push to hard 1 it will not heal rite, 2 you may re-injure it. I had major rotator cuff surgery and even though I did all the pt 2yrs later I still feel weak in a 3 degree range in the back of my shoulder!

X2. 6 months is nothing after reconstructive surgery. It's good OP did the re-hab fully, as a lot of people wrongly blow it off. Reality is, it can take a year or more for you to get back to being "near" normal.

[73vette]

X2. 6 months is nothing after reconstructive surgery. It's good OP did the re-hab fully, as a lot of people wrongly blow it off. Reality is, it can take a year or more for you to get back to being "near" normal.

Got a Celestone injection last Thursday.
Doing physical therapy for my rotator cuff/biceps tendon impingement.

Physical therapist says the "sleeve" around the ball/socket joint is extremely tight on the back side of my shoulder, pushing it forward, pinching the biceps tendon that connects to the top of the shoulder is what is causing my pain.
I am told that after a month or so, I should be able to lift, moderate weights of course.

He also says for now, back workouts are great, and I can do pulling exercises, just no pushing or curling.

[ma_fighter]

All I can add to this is: Whatever exercise you do, always keep your shoulders back and down. This creates the most room inside the shoulder, and its also a strong position for it. Imagine pinching a tennisball between your shoulders.
Another thing I was told regarding my impingement was "Its ok if it hurts a little bit while you're doing the lift, but it must NEVER hurt afterwards"

I havent had any surgery, just a cortisone shot (impingement), but its been almost a year now, and I'm still not 100% ok. Flys, benchpress, incline bench, shoulderpress, lat-raises etc, all hurt to some degree.
I hope you do better

Good Luck!

/Maf

[greenwell001]

All I can add to this is: Whatever exercise you do, always keep your shoulders back and down. This creates the most room inside the shoulder, and its also a strong position for it. Imagine pinching a tennisball between your shoulders.
Another thing I was told regarding my impingement was "Its ok if it hurts a little bit while you're doing the lift, but it must NEVER hurt afterwards"

I havent had any surgery, just a cortisone shot (impingement), but its been almost a year now, and I'm still not 100% ok. Flys, benchpress, incline bench, shoulderpress, lat-raises etc, all hurt to some degree.
I hope you do better

Good Luck!

/Maf

shoulders back and down is strongest position. It also helps tremendously if you have proper thoracic extension, that makes it easier to actually use the mid trap to stabilize the shoulder, which is correct anatomically. Bad posture/poor thoracic extension wreaks havoc on your shoulders as well as forces you to use your upper traps too much. That's where the impingement comes from, forward rotation. That's why the doc told him all back exercise is ok. Everyone can benifit from excelent thoracic extension.