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Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless

127 points · 144 comments · burntcaramel

  1. jader201 · · focus · HN ↗
    As someone who's going to the doctor next week to discuss potential shoulder surgery, this is timely.

    I really need to figure out whether it's going to make things better or worse, but unfortunately, that feels like something a doctor can't guarantee one way or the other.

    Any anecdotes or other experiences/thoughts are appreciated.

    1. financetechbro · · focus · HN ↗
      Strength training is good as mentioned already. Something else I’ve learned is that everything is connected, so if i have neck pain maybe it’s due to tightness somewhere else, like my back for example.

      I suffered from peroneal tendinitis that was partially caused by not properly activating my calf/quads/glutes while running, so addressing this fixed the problem.

      Most recently, I started to feel some extensor tendinitis swelling up in my foot, looked into it and it was suggested that properly stretching/massaging the tibialis could help this issue. My extensor pain was significantly less / almost gone after.

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