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Old 01-05-2011, 11:28 AM   #15
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Default Re: Torn Rotator Cuff?

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Originally Posted by Blindjimme View Post
How did you tear it Warren? Was it one incident or over time?
Over time. The doc said that lots of 40-50 year old guys have rotor cuff tears of one degree or another. Evidently it's pretty common. I noticed it first about a year ago, when it got painful when I played ball with my teenaged son. Throwing a football or shooting baskets hurt. And doing any sort of overhead work, like hanging a ceiling light, was outright painful. About a month or so ago I built a play/therapy area for our younger son, and when I was installing a bracket on the wall for a piece of his hardware I broke the head off of a bolt, and the "snap" from the sudden release of the wrench hurt really bad. That's when I decided I needed to do something about it. I'm 49 and have a 4 year old son. I need to try to stay in good shape for him.
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