<p>The labrum has almost no blood flow, so almost no ability to heal. It may scar up in the right places to allow you to use it for many normal things, but your baseball career is done. </p>
<p>Physio taping of the shoulder will help the most, in conjunction with lots of ice and painkillers. The tape helps hold the joint in approximately the right place, relieving the stress on the joint. You will need the non-stretch clear stuff, not the more common stretchy multi-color tape.</p>
<p>I’m non-medical but have been around a lot of SLAP injuries including my own.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!! lol I don’t play baseball. I’m a 50 year old woman. I do kickbox 5 days a week though so this is annoying. I did have an MRI about 5 years ago and it showed a probable labrum tear. As I said, I think the real issue is the impingement.</p>
<p>DD, professional level classically trained dancer, had a torn labrum in her shoulder. She had surgery and rehab. It still never felt ‘right’. Fast forward three years, same shoulder shredded labrum and proximal laxity. The shoulder could be subluxed at will. This Orthopedic surgeon specialist insisted it could not be repaired without surgery.</p>
<p>This time, she refused surgery and tried PRP (platelet rich plasma --hers) along with PT to strengthen muscles and tracking. Six weeks later, shoulder is good as new. And she did not have to stop dancing except for a few days right after the injections.</p>
<p>She was recently diagnosed with FAI and torn hip labrum. She saw a couple different orthopods for opinions. She was told she would need surgery to get better, but she could wait awhile. The pain level and limitations, however were becoming unbearable, but she did not want to face that surgery. </p>
<p>She’s using Prolo therapy and PT with a specialist to avoid hip surgery. So far, she’s seeing very good results. </p>
<p>It is important to have these procedures done by practitioners who use it regularly as a treatment and not just as an adjunct to post-surgical rehab.</p>
<p>That won’t last forever. She’s currently treating the pain rather than the cause of the pain. The only way to fix that is to go in and shave some bone off. But yeah, especially something like a hip arthroscopy, sit on it as long as possible!</p>
<p>As someone who had someone go in and “fix” my hip and “shave some bone off,” I don’t necessarily agree. Like the torn shoulder labrum, it depends on the circumstance and the clinical picture. Labral repair of the hip is much more difficult than the shoulder.</p>
<p>Last year I had a shoulder impingement. In fact, I had already lost a great deal of range of motion by the time I saw my doctor. I did about 6 weeks of PT and 1 cortisone shot and am fine now with full range of motion. I continue to do my PT exercises to this day. I have had excellent with results with PT, prednisone or cortisone and anti-inflammatories for several issues, including a lower back/sciatica issue, a hip impingement issue (born with a lesion on hip socket) and a recent, horrific neck problem (cervical radiculopathy). </p>
<p>I’m a big believer in PT. The key is to have a Physical Therapist who is willing to try different things until they hit upon the right treatment for you specifically.</p>