9 has to make a decision

Live to fight another day…

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on whether or not sugery is the right treatment….

The treatment of grade three AC separations is somewhat controversial. Many studies show no difference whether a person is treated with surgery or conservative treatment. Even with surgery, a bump may still be present where the separation occurred. And a significant portion of people who undergo surgery will need another operation later.

Several studies have looked at what happens to the AC joint after this injury. It appears that many people, whether they had the joint repaired surgically or not, will need an operation at some time in the future. The injured joint degenerates faster than normal. Over time it becomes arthritic and painful. This process may take years to develop, but sometimes it happens within one or two years.

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The surgery is usually done through a four-inch incision over the AC joint. The surgeon starts by putting the joint into its correct position. A screw or some other type of fixation may be used to hold the clavicle in place while the ligaments heal.

To fix the joint using a screw, the surgeon inserts the screw through the top of the clavicle and into the coracoid process.

Some surgeons use surgical tape to connect the clavicle and coracoid. A small drill hole is made in the clavicle and corocoid. The surgical tape is looped through each hole and pulled snugly.

In some cases, sutures are also used to repair and reinforce the torn coracoclavicular ligaments.

When a screw is used, it is usually removed six to eight weeks after the surgery. If it is not removed, the screw will probably break.

Recovery time for surgery….

After about three months, you will start more active strengthening. Exercises will focus on improving strength and control of the rotator cuff muscles and the muscles around the shoulder blade. Your therapist will help you retrain these muscles to keep the ball of the humerus centered in the socket. This helps your shoulder move smoothly during all your activities.

Recovery from shoulder surgery can take some time. You will need to be patient and stick to your therapy program. Some of the exercises you’ll do are designed get your shoulder working in ways that are similar to your work tasks and sport activities. Your therapist will help you find ways to do your tasks that don’t put too much stress on your shoulder. Before your therapy sessions end, your therapist will teach you a number of ways to avoid future problems.

Recovery time for non-surgery…

If you don’t need surgery, range-of-motion exercises should be started as pain eases, followed by a program of strengthening. At first, exercises are done with the arm kept below shoulder level. The program advances to include strength exercises for the rotator cuff and shoulder blade muscles. In most cases, the pain goes away almost completely within three weeks.

Full recovery can take up to six weeks for grade two separations and up to 12 weeks for grade three separations

. Since there is little danger of making the condition worse, you can usually do whatever activities you can tolerate.

Kowalskis guess is it’s surgery..I don’t think Drew leaked anything..They could say he’s getting engaged to his gf lol..who knows but that just seems like the likely “decision”. I don’t see how they can come back on stanton for that. I see it as Jim said if your asked say this and leave it alone.

We saw what happened the last time Staff returned too soon. to do that again would be moronic.

Some parts that come from Megatron’s stem cells.