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Shoulder surgeons in Melbourne 5-May-2009 At 10:32:26 PM belayslave

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I've been through (and it's still on going) quite an extensive shoulder ordeal.

I 'presented' in Jan 2007 with a "suggestion of a SLAP lesion clinically but the imaging did not confirm
this". A capsule labral plication was performed.

After much physio, two hydrodilitations and an MUA there was no improvement. A cortisone steroid
injection was performed once with no x-ray, and secondly with an x-ray. no improvement.

A second surgery was performed March 2008 to remove scar tissue within the joint.

Both my surgeries were performed by Greg Hoy, and he is regarded as the best in the business in
Australia. Despite the lack of success to date in my shoulder, if i had another issue i would return to
him if another (specifically diagnosed) problem was found.

I had consults with 3 other surgeons (John Salmon was one of them) and countless sports physicians,
physios etc. It's a bloody complicated joint and rehab takes time and dedication to get better.
Who's your sports doc atm? Tim Woods?

I can recommend a fantastic physio in Melbourne for your rehab. PM me if you want some details.
Also an equally good one in Tassie if you want to escape to the apple isle for rehab like me :)

Good luck with it Cath, feel free to shoot me a Pm or email if you want to chat about it at all, i've done
the whole lot a few times over in recent years!