how long in pain after rotator cuff surgery
Most people are in pain after surgery for up to two weeks. You likely will receive a prescription for pain narcotics after surgery. One of the biggest concerns with a rotator cuff repair is that the tendon will retear. Small twinges during physical therapy are common and usually don't mean the repair has failed. It is not easy to tell if the rotator cuff tendon repair has failed or not. The symptoms of pain or loss of strength are common after rotator cuff surgery while the tendons are healing. What are the risk factors? The risk factors for any surgery include bleeding and infection. With a rotator cuff repair, one of the biggest risks is that you will retear the tendon.