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Originally Posted by tbomachines
Thats fantastic, and pretty amazing for such an operation.
I tore mine about 9 months ago, pretty badly along with significant tendon damage (taking out the damn trash nonethess). I was offered surgery and physical therapy, recovery of 12+ months overall. Option B was to wait it out and see what happens. Mostly fine now, still some grinding but much improved, and my tendons and muscles are mostly healed. Thank goodness, I cant imagine trying to pay for surgery, MRIs and 12 months of 3x a week PT even with insurance.
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My understanding is that for some injuries tendon repair surgery is more recommended than on others. IOW some injuries will not heal by themselves, the tendon will just not stay up to the place you want it to attach to as part of the healing process.
There's a lot I don't know of course. I saw the MRI of my shoulder and it was one torn looking tendon bundle. I was starting to get major pain when putting my arm over my head. My doctor said that w/o surgery in a couple of years I'd be begging for an artificial shoulder.
I recovered well, will always have to watch to trying to do too much, lifting too much weight at odd angles.