How to Recover From Shoulder Surgery: Chapter 3: Do I Really Need Surgery?
Most people think the choice is simple: rehab or surgery.
But with shoulders, that’s often the wrong question.
The real choice is usually rehab—or surgery plus rehab.
We can see from the anatomy of the region that to maintain a normal pain free shoulder, we need the health of a wide range of structures in the shoulder complex.
These structures–muscles, tendons, ligaments–can be affected by acute injury, chronic stress, repetitive injury, or degenerative changes over time.
The following categories includes the most common shoulder problems that may require surgery.
