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03-25-2023, 02:47 PM
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Happy to be back to playing guitar badly again
I'm a little over 7 weeks post surgery for a large rotator cuff tear and a biceps tear. Doc told me 8 weeks before playing guitar but I'm bad at math. I can now sit for a little while and play at somewhat of a weird angle in holding the guitar but no pain, just limited mobility. It's been a long 3 mos. since I tore it real good and I haven't been able to do anything I enjoy. My coping mechanisms are working out, fishing and hunting, golf, and guitar and I haven't been able to do any of them and I haven't been the most happy camper you have ever met. Now when I play the guitar and I hit a bad note(s), I just smile
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03-25-2023, 04:00 PM
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Congrats on getting back into it. And you’re going to be able to do more each week, so that’s great.
When my shoulder problems were at their worst, the most I could play was about a minute at a time before the pain warned me off. That lasted a year or so and it was important to me to have that even that short time to stay connected to the guitar and remember how much enjoyment (and stress reduction!) it had given me over the years. To quote Joni “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone”!
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03-25-2023, 04:21 PM
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Congrats on getting beck to it pain free. I had a 4 month lay off due to a finger injury so I can appreciate what you are going through. Enjoy it - sour notes and all!
Best, Jayne
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03-25-2023, 07:19 PM
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Like many things in life, we disregard our 'gifts' until they're taken away. Welcome back!
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03-25-2023, 07:26 PM
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When I had my left shoulder replace back in October, I had ordered a new guitar. It showed up about 1 week after my surgery.
I couldn't help myself and played the guitar a little bit every day starting the day I got the guitar. Now it's 5 months later and my shoulder is just fine. I was very careful and made sure I wasn't stressing the shoulder. Now if it had been my strumming hand, I probably would not have been able to do what I did.. Good to see you are up and playing your guitar. Stay healthy and enjoy your music.
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03-25-2023, 07:45 PM
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Welcome to the club! I had arthroscopy for full thickness tears in the supraspinatus, subscapularis and long head of the biceps - they repaired the first two and did a biceps release, acromioplasty and a bunch of other stuff - in August. I was diligent in doing my PT every day and this week had my nine-month surgical checkup. I am back to full mobility and can do sets of 20 push-ups with no problem, which is ok for a 65 year old guy, I think. I believe guitar playing actually helped! If you are compliant and do what your therapist says, you’ll be back in no time!
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03-25-2023, 09:27 PM
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03-26-2023, 01:04 AM
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Lets all, me, take a lesson here. We all, I, try to be a really good player for my self enjoyment and others appreciation but getting down to it, Its all about playing. I tried to quit last year and it put me into depression and I hated anything with guitar in it.
What finally got me out of it is the guitar I now play which I saw on Reverb. Ill try to be more content with my playing tomorrow.
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03-26-2023, 04:44 AM
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Congratulations on your return. Do be careful with the continued recovery.
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