Originally Posted by
geetlord
If anyone reading this has torn a shoulder muscle, how long did it take to recover? I hate missing work and even more I miss being able to bike every day.
Depends which muscle and how serious the injury is (are you sure it's a muscle and not a ligament?). In my case, it took about 6 weeks to fully heal. 3 weeks off the bike followed by 3 weeks of riding guiltily against my doctor's advice.