Shoulder surgery: Will you return to playing sport?
Hello!
We see so many people with shoulder problems that we are known as the only place to go for shoulder pain.
The number one reason people come to us is that they want to be able to do what they could before their shoulder problems began.
So, we wanted to see if you went for surgery, what would the chances of that be, with the sport.
Let us have a look at the results.
In this study “151 professional baseball players underwent rotator cuff debridement (n = 130) or rotator cuff repair”.
Debridement is when they go in and clean up any “rough” edges or whatever they find.
“Most performance metrics declined following rotator cuff debridement.”
Do they perform worse after the surgery? Interesting.
“For players who underwent debridement, the Return to Sport (RTS) rate was 50.8% (42.3% at the same level or a higher level and 8.5% at a lower level).”
“For players who underwent repair, the RTS rate was 33.3% (14.3% at the same level or a higher level and 19% at a lower level)
Only half returned to playing sport?? Only 40% at the same level before the surgery? And it is only slightly better for the repair.
“For players who do return, performance declines after surgery.”
IF you want to return to what you were doing before the shoulder problem began, this research suggests that these types of surgeries are not the way to do it.
Do you want to try something else?
Jason
