tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976257695810798810.post5410488327836356698..comments2023-09-19T06:17:37.513-07:00Comments on Right As Usual - The Next Generation: Physical ExhaustionLinda Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-976257695810798810.post-38715106418864782822022-05-25T06:47:26.355-07:002022-05-25T06:47:26.355-07:00If I may venture a word of presumptious, totally u...If I may venture a word of presumptious, totally unnecessary, and probably inapplicable advice: if your rotator cuff is torn, and "they" want to repair it surgically, don't delay. Way back in 2001, when I was a much younger physicist, I tore my RC, and the orthopedic surgeon who looked at the images told me to call the office and get scheduled for surgery. I then listened to some bad advice from a nurse I knew, and never called to get scheduled. I "managed" the thing for the next ten years; mostly, it was OK, and when it got angry, I'd rest it, ice it, etc. In 2011, it got angry and didn't respond much to my management, and I went to (a different) ortho guy, who said, well, MAYBE we can fix it. He tried twice. Both times, it re-tore in physical therapy, quite painlessly. I saw the ortho guy after the second re-tear, and as he was showing me the images, he said he couldn't do anything more for me. As he put it, "I can sew two pieces of wet toilet paper together, but there's not much point in it." Those muscles, once torn and not promptly repaired, atrophy. They lose length and lose strength and become, well, wet toilet paper.<br /><br />Now, this probably doesn't even apply to your situation. But, just in case ...Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.com