Jim, I suffered a labrum strain two years ago (not as substantial an injury) and kept reinjuring it due to my inability to *not* do things to put it at risk. One of those things was to continue biking on both a Bianchi with drops and a SOMA mtb with straight bars. I couldn't ride them without aggravating the injury probably setting back my recovery by months. Still needing to ride at least to commute to work, I bought a set of Bosco Bars and a shorter stem for the SOMA. That took a great deal of the pressure off my shoulders by shifting me to a very upright position. I didn't love being that high up but rode that way for about 4-5 months before putting the straight bars back on. Of course I felt safe putting the straight bars back on the SOMA because I had sold the Bianchi and bought a Hillborne with Albatross bars and haven't ridden the SOMA much since (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129545862@N03/15970729244/in/set-72157650518230279). I also haven't encountered any additional problems on the Hillborne. Now I am even looking to shift out the Albatross bars for the lower position of an Albastache. I feel pretty confident at this point that going a little lower won't re-injure the shoulder. I bought the longer Nitto stem so I can always raise the bars if it starts to hurt again.
Good luck with a speedy recovery. John On Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 2:12:54 PM UTC-8, Jim Bailey wrote: > > Yesterday my new orthopedic surgeon informed me that I will have shoulder > surgery in March. He suspects I have been walking around with a torn labrum > in my left shoulder for some time (probably initially due to a bike wreck) > but worsened the injury moving oak logs (for firewood) mid-fall. For those > who know the jargon, it's a SLAP tear. > > Searching for info about cycling and recovery from this kind of surgery > has left me a bit blue. It looks like 4-6 weeks in a sling, then very slow > 4-6 months to full use. > > Ironically, I'd just received a 54cm Sam Hillborne frame the week I tore > it. The frame is now fully built and sits unused. > > My questions are: Has anyone on the list had the surgery and, if so, what > was your recovery like? And, what's the best wisdom from the group > regarding cycling and recovery from SLAP repairs? > > Thanks, > Jim in Knoxville, TN > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
