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glenoid labrum tear

ben wiessner

26-Oct-2005
8:17:39 AM

It appears I have a tear of the glenoid labrum (the fibrocartilaginous rim of the glenoid fossa), and with surgery imminent, I'm wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and can advise how long they had to lay off climbing after the knife-work?

Goodvibes

26-Oct-2005
8:29:46 AM

What about how long you should lay off riding your motorbike ben.

tmarsh

26-Oct-2005
2:57:27 PM

I had a shoulder reconstruction and reefing procedure a few years ago. The labrum was re-attached to pins in the glenoid, spongy bone was ground off, then the whole capsule was tightened to reduce movement in the shoulder. From memory, I was off climbing for about 9 months all up I think.

That was my experience, but everyone is different. The odds are that your surgeon won't know much about climbing and won't understand the forces the shoulder undergoes and how the recovery process may be affected by climbing. You would do well to find a good physio who knows about the sort of injuries that can cause the problem in the first place as well as how climbing might exaccerbate it.

If you follow the directions of your health care professional after the operation, it will be very successful. I'm about 7 years on after mine and I've never had any further trouble.

ben wiessner

30-Oct-2005
3:33:32 PM

On 26/10/2005 Goodvibes wrote:
>What about how long you should lay off riding your motorbike ben.

As usual, you are a fountain of knowledge Goodvibes.

Are you suggesting it is dangerous to ride motorbikes? Surely not!

ben wiessner

30-Oct-2005
3:35:57 PM

Thanks for that tmarsh. Glad to hear it isn't holding you back anymore. I don't think there'll be any "bone grinding" required in my instance, so hopefully it'll be substantially less than 9 months. Fingers crossed anyway!

wyt91t

2-Nov-2005
5:06:43 AM

ahh bones great things to have, but we should look into replacing them with titanium. wouldn't that be good. when i broke my ankle all i could do is think about climbing. i climbed once with my cast on proberbly 3 weeks after it was put on,the overhang at the pitch.after that it felt like i could keep going and climbing the rest of the night. every time i would grab a hold i would get in shit even with both feet on the ground.

your question is a good one.
what you can do my friend is

on one hand climb straight away (as in the first couple of months) and risk a serious and have problems coming back to haunt you in the future which will proberly stop your climbing alltogether.

or on the other hand wait it out, dont do anything that will cause any strain, ie.let time heel it. this is a lot more demanding on your brain since you will have your mates calling you to go climbing every week,and trust me being there to just watch them doesn't help, it just makes you want to climb more. the up side to this being 20 years down the track you will still be climbing .

ben wiessner

8-Nov-2005
1:14:22 PM

From baggygreen.com.au comes the news "Shane Watson will have an operation on his dislocated left shoulder on Tuesday and is expected to be out of action for two months"

2 months! That's heartening news for me to hear!

If only I could have had my operation 4 days after sustaining the injury too. I guess those are the privileges Shane is awarded due to representing his country... :)

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