Originally Posted by
CommuteCommando
Brother in law had to have the surgery. The recovery is loooong. It was months before he could get on a bike. Slept in a la-z-boy for weeks. Hope you don't need the surgery, but if you do, coddle it. You definetly don't want to re-injure it.
I'm going to suggest that that is not universally true, because I was back on my bike 5-6 weeks after RC and labrum surgery. Also, I found the attempt to repair the problem with pre-surgery physical therapy a total waste of time... not effective at all for me. I'm pretty sure there is a lot of variability in these injuries and what they involve, so I won't say this is always true.