My doctor says I need surgery for a rotator cuff tear and that the other shoulder will need surgery soon. Is there any other way to handle a torn rotator cuff.
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Re: rotator cuff injury
Posted by Lincoln on February 24, 1999 at 16:22:30:
In Reply to: rotator cuff injury posted by lynne on February 24, 1999 at 07:56:53:
You could check "The 7-Minute Rotator Cuff Solution" by Horrigan and Robinson. You could also give Mike Leahy, D.C. a call (I think the number is 719-473-7000) to get a referal for someone in your area who practices Active Release Techniques. Active Release is supposed to be pretty cutting edge rehab for sports-related injuries.
There's a lot of information on alternatives to surgery, if you keep looking.
Re: rotator cuff injury (alternative to surgery)
Posted by Walt Stoll on February 25, 1999 at 09:53:04:
In Reply to: rotator cuff injury posted by lynne on February 24, 1999 at 07:56:53:
Dear lynn,
About 10 years ago, Miss America shared with the world the documented case of her leg growing "4 in a few hours due to a prayer meeting. If THAT can happen (and there are thousands more documented cases of just such miraculous happenings) THEN, surely a rotater cuff can be healed the same way.
If you are interested in learning how to do that, start by reading "The Awakened Mind" by Maxwell Cade & Nona Coxhead. Your library can find you a copy. THEN, share with the BB what you have learned.
Short of that, surgery is the only thing I know of.
Walt