I had posted a few weeks ago about this and received some great feedback. I just had another MRI with dye injected into the rt shoulder joint. The Orthopedic Surgeon is talking surgery. ( I had herniated L4 & L5 disks 10 years ago (I had foot drop and sciatica) and chose not to do surgery. I didn't like the 50/50 odds of getting better or worse. It took 6 months to heal and took about a year before I could start running. I'd been doing Firm w/o way back then and then moved on to Cathe.)
Is this shoulder thing something I can heal on my own? Do tendons heal themselves slowly over time like my vertebra did or do they stay torn?
Below is the technical stuff from the latest MRI.... What has anyone else done with this kind of event happening to them?
The Dr.'s talking 6 weeks in a sling and then start PT.
Colleen
Conclusion
4mm x 8mm area of contrast material extending into deep surface fiber tearing posterior to the mid supraspinatus tendon less than 1 cm proximal to its insertion. This appears to focally involve, at maximum, nearly three fourths of the fiber thickness. Mild fraying and tendinosis of deep surface fibers of the supraspinatus anterior to this.
Diffuse appearance of tearing of the glenoid labrum. No discrete paralabral ganglion is seen. AC joint DJD with mild to moderate supraspinatus deformity. Mild subacromial/subdeltoid bursitis. The long head of the biceps tendon is intact and nondisplaced from the bicipital groove. Glenohumeral joint distended with contrast material status post arthrogram injection. 6. Mild to moderate synovitis, but without evidence for a discrete loose body.
Is this shoulder thing something I can heal on my own? Do tendons heal themselves slowly over time like my vertebra did or do they stay torn?
Below is the technical stuff from the latest MRI.... What has anyone else done with this kind of event happening to them?
The Dr.'s talking 6 weeks in a sling and then start PT.
Colleen
Conclusion
4mm x 8mm area of contrast material extending into deep surface fiber tearing posterior to the mid supraspinatus tendon less than 1 cm proximal to its insertion. This appears to focally involve, at maximum, nearly three fourths of the fiber thickness. Mild fraying and tendinosis of deep surface fibers of the supraspinatus anterior to this.
Diffuse appearance of tearing of the glenoid labrum. No discrete paralabral ganglion is seen. AC joint DJD with mild to moderate supraspinatus deformity. Mild subacromial/subdeltoid bursitis. The long head of the biceps tendon is intact and nondisplaced from the bicipital groove. Glenohumeral joint distended with contrast material status post arthrogram injection. 6. Mild to moderate synovitis, but without evidence for a discrete loose body.