Something I didn't know
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Something I didn't know
I just had surgery on my rotator cuff yesterday and discovered I can't drive for 4 weeks while I am in a sling. It is agaist the law. Bummer, the truck is just going to sit there and I have to depend on my wife to take me every where.
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3 years ago my left rotator cuff was so bad i could not lift my arm. after 3 months of physical therapy 3 days per week, it is fully mended. now i need to do the right cuff, i screwed that one up over the winter..
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I had my rotator cuff operated on about 6 weeks ago. I was driving within a week. Don't know if the situation is the same, mine is auto with power steering. I just started doing some active movement in PT (moving it with the other arm) instead of them moving it. OH MAN, I am using muscles that haven't been used in 10 weeks. Good luck, just don't over do it. I have heard of many reinjuring theirs pushing too hard.
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
Who did your surgery?
I need it done on both rotator cuffs but the surgeon said No.
I need it done on both rotator cuffs but the surgeon said No.
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Apparently if you are in an accident your insurance is null & void. If you only have 1 arm you can drive & be covered but not if you are in a sling. Just did the first set of stretches. Ouch
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CAFordDude, You can only drive and make right hand turns, if you only have a right arm; and lefthand turns if you only have a left arm. 
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Originally Posted by twayneb
Just did the first set of stretches. Ouch
Oh just wait, it gets better. I still have 10 weeks of therapy yet. That makes a total of 16, yes 4 months. Not exactly the way I was planning my summer. I don't know if it makes a difference what the doctors did during the surgery. I had 2 muscles completely torn off and 1 partially torn off the rotator cuff. Wish I would have just left the ATV in the garage that day.
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I did it because I couldn't lift my arm above my shoulder or lift anything heavy or light out to the side or throw a ball.The pain would wake me up at nite. If you think it will improve your quality of life, do it.
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Originally Posted by Old Tired Rebel
Is this surgery worth doing? I need to have both of mine done and have been debating it.
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