recovering from labrum tearr

It's not too early if your doctor said to start throwing. And you should get back to 100% when the protocol says to get back to 100%. Listen to the medical professionals, they know what they're doing. Best of luck.

Wow. That sounds REALLY early! I have an athlete who had labral repair back in February and is still in PT. And there is concern he won't be cleared for football in the fall. His is on his non-throwing shoulder..

Bulldog- I just reread the initial post (admittedly, I just glanced at it at first). Does it not strike you as odd that there was no physical therapy for 6 weeks post-op? I started physical therapy the day after my surgery with gripping exercises and soft tissue work.

JH,
When I first went through pt for mine my therapist mentioned that some doctors didn't have pt done until a couple weeks after surgery. I started my pt 2 days after surgery. One thing I've learned is there is a general time table but it is completely different for every person I'm 2 days from 11 months and I wouldn't say I am at 100% in comparison to before surgery but I would say I am ready to play and hope my velocity takes the final jump over time with continued long toss. I had a slap tear of my labrum and I know there are many different types of tears, but in the end all you can do is listen to what your shoulder tells you and be smart.

Labral tears are very dicey so you do not want to risk a set back. A lot has to do with how you did it and what type of a tear it was. Did you dislocate your shoulder, or was it a slap tear?

I would recommend you and your parents consult with both the surgeon and the physical therapist to make sure what their idea of a throwing program entails. It is better to play it safe rather than overdoing it.

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Does it not strike you as odd that there was no physical therapy for 6 weeks post-op? I started physical therapy the day after my surgery with gripping exercises and soft tissue work.

No not that odd really. I thought it was odd when my particular athlete did not start therapy for a few weeks after the fact, but I've come to find out that's normal. Each injury and each surgery is going to have its own timeline. For example, ACL surgery you would start therapy the next day. A lot of shoulders you wait. For a shoulder surgery, protection is the biggest thing for the first week or so.

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I would recommend you and your parents consult with both the surgeon and the physical therapist to make sure what their idea of a throwing program entails. It is better to play it safe rather than overdoing it.

I'd be quite concerned if one or both of them have not given a throwing program. That should be a part of the protocol that the surgeon gave to the patient and sent to the PT.

i threw today and it felt great. i tore it by dislocating my shoulder if that answers any questions. I'm doing PT for another 2 weeks. Both my physical therapist and doc told me and my parents it is safe to go back to throwing. anyone know how long it will take until I'm 100% throwing?

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Originally posted by doglovers:
i threw today and it felt great. i tore it by dislocating my shoulder if that answers any questions. I'm doing PT for another 2 weeks. Both my physical therapist and doc told me and my parents it is safe to go back to throwing. anyone know how long it will take until I'm 100% throwing?

Your PT should know this, this is not the kind of thing you just figure out on your own. If your PT can't come up with a very structured throwing program, I suggest you find another PT. They may not realize that you're a serious baseball player since you injured it playing another sport so make it clear that you plan to be playing a lot of baseball and don't want to get reinjured or lose your throwing strength.

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Originally posted by doglovers:
i threw today and it felt great. i tore it by dislocating my shoulder if that answers any questions. I'm doing PT for another 2 weeks. Both my physical therapist and doc told me and my parents it is safe to go back to throwing. anyone know how long it will take until I'm 100% throwing?

dog,
When you say you threw today, was it part of a throwing plan and program designed by the surgeon for a baseball player, or you just threw?
For Labrum recovery, often times it is not how you feel today, it is how you feel tomorrow. Without a well designed and graduated throwing rehabilitation program, there are too many risks, just too many.
At this point, no one can tell you when or if you will get to 100%. Unfortunately, with some labrum repairs, 100% does not get achieved.
Hopefully, yours will be one which does but as others have posted, if you are just "throwing" because the doctor said you could, this is less than optimal, to be polite.
With a proper rehab, PT, a graduated throwing program under careful PT or Trainer oversight, and minimal set backs, everything I have read and heard, and the program our son's former MLB team provided suggest recovery to be able to throw a baseball in a competitive baseball environment can takes 6 month. That does not mean 100% at 6 months.
The best I could offer is to follow the input and guidance others have posted, make sure you have a good throwing program, follow it precisely, do this with under PT/Trainer or medical supervision, make sure to pay close attention to pain and discomfort and set backs in throwing because they will happen... and be patient.

thanks. i threw based on my throwing program given to me made by my surgeon and my PT approved. they said they wouldn't know how long until I'm 100%, i was just curious about how long it took other people

Spend $15 and get all your questions answered by ASMI (Alabama Sports Medical Institute), considered the Gold Standard in throwing rehab.

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