Does Anyone Have Any Experience with "SLAP Tears"?

The biggest thing you will be facing is a substantial and lengthy rehab process. Should rehab is much more involved than elbow. Good luck with the operation and the rehab.

You might want to pm MN-mom as I believe she has some experience with SLAP tears.

play baseball,

My son's injury (in HS) was minor, and healed with physical therapy, no surgery. I sent you a PM with a few more details.

Julie

Someone at the Chicago Tribune must read the HSBBW because there is a big story in today's edition on labrum surgeries...even though my son is not a pitcher....uh oh...

My oldest son is a football player in college. During spring ball , no pads just doing some 7 on 7 stuff a kids facemask hit him in the shoulder. He got a slap tear in the labrum and just had the procedure to repair it. He has a sling on for four weeks with no rehab allowed. Then four weeks of rehab without the sling. Then he was told he could resume working out with no overhead lifting (ever again). He is not a qb so he does not have to throw. But as a baseball player your son will need a more rigorous rehab routine. My son actually had two tears one in the front and one in the back. We were told by the doctors that the procedure has improved greatly recently with anchors that they use in the shoulder that actually dissolve over time and do not have to be removed. There are many kids that have this done that recover just fine over time and proper rehab. Good luck to you and your son.

play baseball,

No experience with the injury but I have heard that there are varying degrees of the tear. I think you are going about this in the right way by looking for information.

From our receent TJ experience I would have to say that the knowledge I gained from researching the injury on the internet along with the support and "real life" experience from friends on this site made the whole situation that much easier to deal with.

On a final note. Make sure you have had at least two opinions and if surgery is required, the best guy possible should do the cutting.

Google Search Dr. Lintner in Houston Tx and you'll find a wealth of info on his website. Good luck!

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Originally posted by 06RHP86:
play baseball if you could find a link i'd be most appreciative. It's very interesting reading about the shoulder and how medically it is so hard to repair.

I hope this works! I'm sorry, I don't know how to "link".

chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-0606180025jun18,1,7047710.story