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Back in April I managed to rupture my a/c shoulder ligaments and was left with a droopy right shoulder, which hasn't lifted back into place since. My GP has referred me to a sports injury specialist who's told me that it's a Grade 3 and has around 80% of mobility. I can't swim very far now, nor can I work the upper body weights without having problems, so he offered me a "modified Weaver Dunn" operation which has a 75% chance of fixing it.
Has anyone here had this done? If so, can you tell me about your experiences, good and bad please?
I had the same injury about 18 months ago (skiing). Put up with it for a year, but then decided to get something done. Got my GP to refer me to a surgeon in wrightington (on NHS) who performed a "lars ligament repair".
That was 5 months ago, shoulder is much stronger now, and still improving. For instance, before the op I was limited to doing 3 press ups due to pain. Still not back to where I would like to be, but can now do 8 before pain stops me carrying on.
Lots of information here/and generally on this site [url= http://www.shoulderdoc.co.uk/article.asp?article=69§ion=21 ]LINK[/url]
Hope this helps. Any questions feel free to email me: martyn(at)mrh86(dot)co(dot)uk
I had the same injury repaired with a variation on the Weaver Dunn method around 13 years ago. It took around 6 months to recover fully from the surgery, but my shoulder has been absolutely fine ever since - full strength and mobility.
Thanks both, I'm going to check out the link and gen up.
Important to find out what the worst outcome and worst likely outcome is... It's one thing to go for a 75% chance if the 25% isn't too bad, but some ligament ops are a bit all or nothing.
p.s should have said, that link is website for the surgeon who did my shoulder in August