Wondered if anyone has had one of these inserted? I have been offered one to relieve pain and reeducate the rotator cuff muscles. Would love to know about the experience and after effects - thanks you guys!
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This is what they say. To me, it sounds promising but is clearly still at the experimental stage and I hope it was explained to you that you would be part of a research study.
https://tinyurl.com/ybp7kffe
Thanks for that, I didn't check out NICE <doh!> - however, that was published 2 years ago and I have found out that my surgeon has definitely done a few! Will let you all know what happens!
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The op went fine - a keyhole with 3 small incisions, the balloon inserted and in fact a lot of scraping of surfaces done as well! Unfortunately the nurse didn't put the sling on right after the op but I slept most of the way home so it didn't really matter.
The pain afterwards was pretty uncomfortable, then 3 months of physio and I continue to do the exercises (when I remember!). The physio had some issues as no aftercare treatment protocol had been prepared. Anyway the end result is that, having had a shoulder that jammed at some angles and hurt at others, now the shoulder is definitely usable without pain. The balloon was used to keep everything in place while it all healed. Here endeth the lesson!!
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