5 months now, and everyone I've spoken to who has had one of these has not regained 100% use.

Anyone had, and more importantly, managed to recover from one?

Cheers
HLD

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Yep, rugby injury too. I have recovered about 95% use, not really noticeable. But it took time, and lots of it.

I know 2 people that have had rotator cuff injuries through Badminton. Both are back playing badminton 

Hairy Little Dwarf wrote: But I don't play badminton...

Arr - after many hrs of analyzing the replies I have come to this conclusion.

injuries caused;

2 playing rugby - not a full recovery

2 haven't said (what were they doing) one now uses a rubber thing

1 playing cops and robbers - hasn't said whether he was using the rubber thing

All of the above are fisherman

2 play badminton - 100% recovery

Conclusion

As all of the fisherman seem to have been involved in shady circumstances and only the badminton players have 100% recovery, then you need to give up fishing and take up badminton.

It is unsure what part of badminton the success has derived from, therefore it may be worth experimenting with tightening the strings on your net and wearing badminton attire while sitting in your kayak, before immersing yourself fully in the badminton scene.
Note; no rubber things are used in badminton although you may at times come across a feather co ck

This experiment was conducted under the strictest processes and procedures and stays within the guide lines endorsed by the NZ scientific council, with an accuracy rating of less than 10%





 

Tore my rotator cuff (right off) over 10 years ago.  No pain now but my left shoulder sits lower than my right, plus my left trapezius is larger than my right, compensating for the structural change I spose.

I think it makes me feel a bit better...  My pain is only in the head of the bicep and the joint, so I guess I'm on the winning side. 

(I'm sure the damn thing has started aching more in the last few minutes because it knows I'm reading this ! Need to up the yakking rehab.)

Did my rotator a few months back, getting acc physio to help it out
Unusual in my case as there was no instant awareness when the injury actually happened, its just during the night the injury wakes you up telling you something is not quite right

Fortnight ago with this injury, well, unsure if it was an injury or actual tear, as I have no restricted movement, just dull aches during the night when in sleep mode & no discomfort from paddling as I do it. Sometimes an ache when I do an odd twist with the bung shoulder
I was sent to get an ultrasound & found out that I had a small tear in the rotator cuff with some swelling from possible bone spurs. So from there, I went to get an xray, if there were indeed any spurs causing swelling
Luckily, no bone spurs, just a small tear
Fu*k, that's the end of kayak fishing me thinks.... more fu*ks again, only way to get around it is to maybe get a bixpy, but at 2 grand, which is not around at the moment... now what ?
Well..... kayaking is actually really good for the rotator cuff injury in most cases, in strengthening up those muscles, just tone it down a bit instead of going hard out in the paddling.... yep, that suits me & is bloody cheaper too
I find with my reload, its a heavy buggar & trying to load it up on the roof rack can be quite awkward but is do-able.
Ended up buying the "rhino universal side kayak loader" absolutely brilliant in saving the stress caused by the unusual stress on the body. Its easy az to get it off the roof rack... just getting it up haha, no, not that, no probs there

My physio mentioned that a slight tear can be something historical & not too noticeable, then you do something to it, that your awareness reminds you straight away that something is not right & needs looking into

So... my point is in all this, if you have any ache or other in the shoulder area, please get it looked at before it gets any worse
In my case, the ache / dull pain from this injury is not located in the actual area of the tear itself, its about 3 inches away from it where 4 muscles converge together that are part of the rotator cuff..... bloody strange aye, but very common