What can I expect from shoulder surgery?

[Dastardly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPO9xfB26Y

[hatmanii]

I have a degenerative condition in both my shoulder ligaments (cannot remember the name) more-so in the right than the left. I've had 3 capsular shifts on my right shoulder due to the initial injury and subsequent freak accidents that tore the stitching/repair loose. I no longer have subluxations in my right shoulder due to the operation, but I have rare ones in my left.

I dealt with shoulder pain for years after following the therapists advice, haven't had much contact with the surgeon due to moving after the second surgery (went back to the same guy for the third).

Once I started back in with full ROM pressing and bench pressing, my shoulder hasn't felt better.

If you have a specialist who is willing to do the surgery knowing your goals, then I would recommend having it done.

You can expect a painful recovery with your arm immobilized throughout. This will last roughly 6 weeks to 3 months. I'd recommend you look through some of Rip's posts regarding his and others shoulder surgeries and go their route of rehab. I wish that I had been more aggressive and listened to my body rather than the therapists.

-Hat

[Randle McMurphy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPO9xfB26Y

Not the worst - but could be better.

a few things:

-try and hold it more on your palms and not your fingers. Not like a front squat, more like a bench press. This error won't take kilo's off your lift, but it just makes you more susceptable to injuries.

-Your elbows, imo, are too far in front of the bar at the start, they should only JUST be beyond the bar. This error will weaken your lift off the chest.

-you are pushing the bar away from your face. you should push it towards your chin. It should nearly touch. This error will cause you to stall mid lift around the forehead.

-i think you should lean back a bit more on the start too, and then get under it once it passes your eyes - the bar path rainbows a lot, when it should be straight.

hope that helps!