ISITNECESSARYTOSTRENGTHENYOUR SHOULDERORUPPERBACKMUSCLES BEFOREGOINGFORSHOULDER ARTHROSCOPYSURGERY?

Dr Shekhar : It is not a prerequisite to strengthen your shoulder before going for Shoulder Arthroscopy surgery.

Of course it helps in rehabilitation and one should strengthen the shoulder muscles before arthroscopy surgery but if its rotator cuff tear or bankart tear then one must not wait for strengthening exercises. So exercises does help but its not mandatory

ISITNORMALTOHAVEFROZENSHOULDERAFTERSHOULDER ARTHROSCOPYSURGERY?

Dr Shekhar : No, if the arthroscopy surgery is performed in a proper way, it does not usually lead to a Frozen Shoulder. The patient gets full range of motion. There are different arthroscopic surgeries for different problems in the shoulder joint.

For instability like Bankart Repair, usually the patient does not have any stiffness in the shoulder joint after arthroscopy. After Rotator Cuff Repair, sometimes patient do get some stiffness but that is usually recoverable and can be managed with physiotherapy exercises

So it is wrong to say that all patients get Frozen Shoulder after Shoulder Arthroscopy surgery. In Fact in most of the cases, because Arthroscopy surgery is minimally invasive, there is less pain and so recovery is faster and results are very good.