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Suggest Treatment For Torn Rotator Cuff
i had a injury in feb, 21, 2014. tore my rotator cuff . had bout 4 tears. any way ny neck and scupla hurt so bad that 9 months after surgery I still hurt. I got in car accident last sat. and they took xrays of my neck and seen bone spurs mostly on the side i hurt and had surgery on. Nobody would ever look at my neck or thoracic spine because they said it was torn muscles( traps n rhiombiods) my question is how long does it take for theses spurs to form, could this be from my fall a year or more ago and was never treated. I constan pain and bad migraines
Fri, 29 May 2015
hi
spurs in cervical spine form in a long period of time due to osteoarthritis in spine causing cervical spondylosis.It is a degenerative disorder which begins on its own and enhanced by lack of exercise due to undue load after neck muscles weaken.Spurs develop insiduously when spondyitis is of more than 2-3 years duration
it is a chance finding in your case as often mild spondilitis goes unnoticed due to minimal symptoms.
Rotator cuff surgery is not related to this area and tears of cuff are isolated injury due to wasted weakened muscles of shoulder and also a part of degenerative processs independently occurring in several areas of body simultaneously.
If one gets x ray of lumbar region onemay find changes there too but with no symptoms
Torn cuff needs repair surgery followed with muscle strengthening exercises
Regards
spurs in cervical spine form in a long period of time due to osteoarthritis in spine causing cervical spondylosis.It is a degenerative disorder which begins on its own and enhanced by lack of exercise due to undue load after neck muscles weaken.Spurs develop insiduously when spondyitis is of more than 2-3 years duration
it is a chance finding in your case as often mild spondilitis goes unnoticed due to minimal symptoms.
Rotator cuff surgery is not related to this area and tears of cuff are isolated injury due to wasted weakened muscles of shoulder and also a part of degenerative processs independently occurring in several areas of body simultaneously.
If one gets x ray of lumbar region onemay find changes there too but with no symptoms
Torn cuff needs repair surgery followed with muscle strengthening exercises
Regards
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