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Slap lesions and surgeons and bollocks 14-May-2012 At 9:01:40 AM StuE

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Another vote for Jerome Goldberg - he did my op. He also did Chris Webbs surgery too. I would see either him or Des Bokor (also in Sydney) - these are the top 2 guys in Australia apparently. One thing to watch with Jerome is that his rehab is very conservative and whilst his repairs are very strong, the slow return to movement can leave you with a lessened ROM. See the best person you can afford (Jerome charged me $2,500 iirc). There are plenty of guys that can patch up the average person to get on with their life but not that many that sportsmen trust (the guys above do loads cricketers, league players etc) to get back to full form. I had the surgery in June 2008 to fix a big SLAP lesion. In the end it was 4 anchors to lash it back down and an acromioplasty to fix an impingement. Its renowned as a painful procedure and in my experience this was certainly true. Many strong painkillers were consumed and sleepless nights suffered. 4 weeks in a sling without being allowed to straighten the arm followed by 6 months of pain, rehab and physio. Being in a sling and not being able to dress/wash yourself and struggling with minor things like wiping your arse is extremely frustrating. One thing you can be sure of is that your shoulder will never be quite the same again due to the surgical 'tightening' but you can adapt reasonably well. My ROM isn't great but apart from hard gastons on the mended side, I can pretty much do everything I could pre-surgery.