How long is the recovery after shoulder arthroscopy?
Patients may return to work within several days, but if their job requires heavy lifting or climbing return may be delayed several weeks. Full recovery and return to pre-injury athletic activities occurs in 8-12 weeks after shoulder arthroscopy. What is a rotator cuff tear? The rotator cuff tendons can be torn with a fall on the outstretched arm which causes the rotator cuff to be pinched between the upper arm bone (humerus) and the shoulder blade (acromion). The rotator cuff can also be torn by chronic impingement of the tendon on an acromial spur. The spur progressively breaks down the rotator cuff and may finally lead to a full thickness tear. How is a rotator cuff tear diagnosed? Normal Torn Patients with a rotator cuff tear often show symptoms similar to chronic impingement (pain with overhead activity and night pain.) However, patients with a rotator cuff tear often have significant weakness in their arm and may be completely unable to lift their arm away from their side. A rotat
