I am 21 years old and was in a car
accident in 2001. I was hit in the left
shoulder by an airbag and suffered a
whiplash. The doctors didn't seem to
believe me when I told them how much pain
I was having in my shoulder. Maybe I
just didn't complain enough, I don't know!
My arm only goes up to about 60-90
degrees. I have a lot of pain and its
been this way since the accident although
its quite worse now. They did mris 2
months ago (2 1/2 years later!!) and found
out that I have a type ii slap tear of the
labrum. I'd never heard that term before
but it seems like something that shouldn't
be left for 3 years untreated. I did go
to physio for about 3 months right after
the accident but was dismissed because I
was getting worse instead of better. I
went to an orthopedic surgeon a few weeks
ago and he wants to do surgery but I have
to have an arthrogram and another mri
first. Is anyone familiar with slap
tears and if so, how effective would
surgery be? I just hope it hasn't been
left too long!
