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In reply to the discussion: I gotta tell ya...Physical therapy is kicking my a**! [View all]csziggy
(34,131 posts)10. Physical therapy is hard work - and it will get your shoulder back to strength
After my shoulder surgery my arm was immobilized for over a month. The big muscle at the top of the arm was atrophied - the ligament holding it up had snapped and the muscle had not really worked for ten months. I actually had three ligaments detached, two others damaged of the seven that make up the rotator cuff.
When I first started PT I couldn't lift my arm at all. Four months of PT and another two months of supervised exercise, I had 99% of function back. Twenty years later, that arm is still working great.
I know you will keep at it and your arm will feel like new in no time, CP!
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