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Have you seen shoulder/back damage like this before?
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~4mos ago, I injured my "shoulder" (more on this). A month into my injury not healing, I saw a PT and began doing the PT regimen, which I still do today. I saw a shoulder surgeon (Dr) a month ago and had an MRI done on my shoulder which revealed inflammation and a labrum tear.
Monday, I began doing a a new PT program called "crossover symmetry" which uses resistance bands. One of the "red flags" the program describes, which might make a person a poor candidate for rehabbing a shoulder injury with PT alone, was back and/or shoulder asymetry. I never look at my back, so I examined myself in the mirror and I see I have a "dent" in my top-left upper back/shoulder. Basically, instead of 2 protruding scapula (healthy/normal), my left scapula doesn't protrude (the injured/hurting shoulder) and my right scapula does (the healthy shoulder).
I'm going back to the shoulder surgeon on 7/1. I don't know how this was missed by the PT guy or the Dr. If it wasn't missed, I have no idea why it was never mentioned to me.
Has anyone seen this kind of injury? Do you have any idea what specific muscles/etc may be damaged? Any experience seeing how people recover from this? I'm 34 and have 3 young kids I want to play sports with but my left shoulder pain makes life difficult.
I stopped doing any kind of lifts other than PT, as prescribed by my current "crossover symmetry" program, but prior to the program I could/can overhead press as long as I don't shove my head under the bar to lock the movement out - as I long as I keep my upper back extended I'm OK. I can't do pushups or pullups. I can do chinups and neutral grip pullups without much or any pain. I can do deadlifts and rows without pain.
Thanks for any help or suggestions you can give!
David