Locked up shoulder and torn rotator cuff?!


Question: Locked up shoulder and torn rotator cuff!?
My husband will need surgery on his shoulder!. He has a torn rotator cuff on his right shoulder but he is trying to explain to me that the doctors said it is locked up and they have to go up in there and unlock it!. I just don
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My boyfriend has just been through all of this,so maybe I can help you to understand!.
You are dealing with range of motion, so when he says his shoulder is locked up he means that he can raise his arm but only about as high as his chest!. He cannot raise his arm over his head either at all or sometimes they can lift them but the pain is excruciating!.
More than likely he has a full tear, so the doctor is going to have to either shave part of his collar bone off to get the socket to hold his arm and muscles better, or sometimes they can fit is back in!. My boyfriend had to have almost 3/4 inch taken from his collar bone!.

Are you going to be able to be with him for this surgery!?
Because it is horrible, it is one of the most painful things that a person can have done, and the pain lasts for a good 3 weeks!. He will need you, because they aren't supposed to do anything at all, our doctor told him to do nothing by click the remote control and snap his fingers for me to take care of him!. (I suggested that he didn't take his doctors suggestions, lol )
Seriously though, it is awfully painful and he will have to be off of work for like 6wks!.
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