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I have a little first hand knowledge on shoulder surgery. I dislocated my right shoulder playing football when I was 18 and also rode bulls using my right arm. A few hundred thousand miles down the road I had my right shoulder operated on. 6 weeks after surgery, a physical therapist dislocated my shoulder and broke the anchors loose. Back for round 2. I have healed up pain free with full range of motion.

I had hurt my left shoulder in a MMA match (which I won) many moons ago. A year ago, I feel 10 feet and landed on my back. There went the left shoulder. I had surgery and was doing great until 5 weeks after surgery the husband of a paralyzed patient was lifting his wife to re-position her in the wheelchair and dropped her. Of course, I grabbed her to keep her from getting hurt. Yep, tore my shoulder loose. After the second surgery, I am doing well.

With a good surgeon and good luck, you should do fine.

I do not recommend steroid shoots. They do not fix the problem and can make things worse.

My surgeon only does elbows and shoulders. He also has done surgery on both elbows, I lived an exciting life as a youngster. He also does the shoulder surgeries on our astronauts. PM me if you want his name.