Found out today my dad who is 72 is going to have his shoulder replaced. I know he has had surgery on both already. He is bad about doing the PT after. Any advice for him or me? He has 6 grandkids hopefully being able to do stuff with them will be motivation to do the PT. I can always yell at him. @powdahound76 can come do some KS deer hunting and yell at him too.
Dad 72 getting shoulder replacement advice.
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Oof.
PT is the only thing that gets the mobility going.
Im happy to come and give a motivational speech or three!
Seeing all your youngsters would be an absolute joy too.
PT is the only thing that gets the mobility going.
Im happy to come and give a motivational speech or three!
Seeing all your youngsters would be an absolute joy too.
I've had both hips replaced. Tell him to do his GD PT.
My PT has been remodeling houses. It works, but PT would have been faster, better, easier.
Considerations:
1. Anticipated remaining lifespan - a young 72 or an old, battered 72?
2. Severity of pain or debilitation
3. Functional expectations from a successful procedure
4. Did he really undergo "conservative therapy" prior to being recommended surgery?
--- Context: Obese people claiming they've tried everything humanly possible for weight loss
Just finished watching this mechanic's video on YouTube.
They found a minor transmission fluid leak.
Customer was an 84 year old woman with limited income who only used the vehicle for grocery runs.
Solution: Some kind of Steel Epoxy, versus the crowd's "You're incompetent, you shoulda spotwelded it!"
Take - home Point: Cost / Risk / Benefit
EDIT: Not a physician, my son is, but I didn't ask him; I'm at the very most just well - read
1. Anticipated remaining lifespan - a young 72 or an old, battered 72?
2. Severity of pain or debilitation
3. Functional expectations from a successful procedure
4. Did he really undergo "conservative therapy" prior to being recommended surgery?
--- Context: Obese people claiming they've tried everything humanly possible for weight loss
Just finished watching this mechanic's video on YouTube.
They found a minor transmission fluid leak.
Customer was an 84 year old woman with limited income who only used the vehicle for grocery runs.
Solution: Some kind of Steel Epoxy, versus the crowd's "You're incompetent, you shoulda spotwelded it!"
Take - home Point: Cost / Risk / Benefit
EDIT: Not a physician, my son is, but I didn't ask him; I'm at the very most just well - read
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This, this, and this.
I've had a hip and the key is the PT.
The shoulder is the worst of any joint.
PT
Movement is life . Gotta do the PT . He's gonna hurt sittin on the sofa or gettin up and moving .
Ain't that the damn truth.
Helping a buddy get his new shooting range going.
I keep telling him to just call me when he needs something done.
He says he knows it hurts my back and hips to do stuff.
I tell him it hurts if I sit, or if I work, so it doesn't matter.
Then he says, well, I don't want to make Rebecca mad...
Did anyone mention DO 100% OF THE PT?
Enlist the grandkids as “coaches”. If age appropriate, have them go to some PT appts with him. They can push him - visit and help him with exercises. I can be a stubborn prick but I’d go to the ends of the earth for my grandkids.
Enlist the grandkids as “coaches”. If age appropriate, have them go to some PT appts with him. They can push him - visit and help him with exercises. I can be a stubborn prick but I’d go to the ends of the earth for my grandkids.
Pt is critical if he wants range of motion. I'm sure at that age, it will take longer to get his strength back. Don't let that discourage him. I never thought I would get my strength back after my shoulder surgery, and it was far from a replacement. He has 6 great reasons to push through the pain to recover.
OP, If your Dad is having a reverse shoulder joint replacement, by all means, have it done.
I had both shoulders replaced the year before last. My rotator cuffs and the smaller bicep tendons were both ripped and bunched up on my lower "bicep bump"
I was frickin miserable. Anytime I would reach over the sink to turn the water on, it hurt bad. I knew I tore my right cuff and never realized my left shoulder was as bad as my right shoulder.
I have had a handful of other ortho type surgeries and I will agree with everyone else here that says PT is the way. How one PT's will dictate how well the surgery turns out.
My wife tore her cuff on her right arm at work and needed it repaired due to pain. My wife had the cuff repair done and she was a hurting puppy. I helped with "home" pt and could tell how painful the repair was. My wife hurt for more than eight weeks and my wife is no sissy. Her recovery was brutal but successful.
I had a reverse shoulder joint replacements done in '23. I was crapping twinkies because my wife and I have divorced and I thought I would be a one armed victim. I wasn't. I was able to drive myselt around a week out from surgery so that was helpful.
I did every second of my PT. Within four weeks of having my bones cut and re-glued back together, I had better ROM before the knife. The huge difference being that so little muscle and tendon work done, I was allowed to start my heavy PT one week after surgery.
At six weeks out, I had full ROM but I was still pretty weak but I could remove and insert my wallet in my rear pants pocket. It doesn't sound very exciting but ask anyone that had shoulder work done, it's pretty amazing. At the same point, my wife was just barely allowed to remove her sling at night.
Two weeks later, I was on the water casting my flyrod. Not bad.
My second replacement went better than my first. I knew what to expect and how to PT already.
If I was seventy two years old and knew about a reverse joint surgery, I would have it done. Both of my surgeries were done "out patient" and the entire procedure takes about two hours, lay in recovery for an hour and home I went! With a driver, of course.
Don't be a pussy, take your pain meds when you are supposed to, keep ice near and do the friggin PT.
No prob Bob!
I had both shoulders replaced the year before last. My rotator cuffs and the smaller bicep tendons were both ripped and bunched up on my lower "bicep bump"
I was frickin miserable. Anytime I would reach over the sink to turn the water on, it hurt bad. I knew I tore my right cuff and never realized my left shoulder was as bad as my right shoulder.
I have had a handful of other ortho type surgeries and I will agree with everyone else here that says PT is the way. How one PT's will dictate how well the surgery turns out.
My wife tore her cuff on her right arm at work and needed it repaired due to pain. My wife had the cuff repair done and she was a hurting puppy. I helped with "home" pt and could tell how painful the repair was. My wife hurt for more than eight weeks and my wife is no sissy. Her recovery was brutal but successful.
I had a reverse shoulder joint replacements done in '23. I was crapping twinkies because my wife and I have divorced and I thought I would be a one armed victim. I wasn't. I was able to drive myselt around a week out from surgery so that was helpful.
I did every second of my PT. Within four weeks of having my bones cut and re-glued back together, I had better ROM before the knife. The huge difference being that so little muscle and tendon work done, I was allowed to start my heavy PT one week after surgery.
At six weeks out, I had full ROM but I was still pretty weak but I could remove and insert my wallet in my rear pants pocket. It doesn't sound very exciting but ask anyone that had shoulder work done, it's pretty amazing. At the same point, my wife was just barely allowed to remove her sling at night.
Two weeks later, I was on the water casting my flyrod. Not bad.
My second replacement went better than my first. I knew what to expect and how to PT already.
If I was seventy two years old and knew about a reverse joint surgery, I would have it done. Both of my surgeries were done "out patient" and the entire procedure takes about two hours, lay in recovery for an hour and home I went! With a driver, of course.
Don't be a pussy, take your pain meds when you are supposed to, keep ice near and do the friggin PT.
No prob Bob!
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It’s his left and he is right handed. A life time of carpentry. He was on the job site with his dad as soon as he could walk. He has slowed down some in the past few years . He has 5 tears in it I know he has injured it a few times that I can remember.
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