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F5,
Did you get a hook plate? They hook over the edge of the distal clavicle, and can irritate the rotator cuff, thats why they are taken out. Then you are looking at more time while the screw holes fill in.
The longer you are immoblized, both from the injury limitations before the op and from the sling (if the doc does that) the longer and harder it is to get back to normal. I have done it twice, once the conservative sling method and next the immediate movement method. The later is much better if your doc beleives in that method. I had 90% ROM and was mock bench pressing a PVC pipe the day after surgery.
PM or email Dr. Mark Sanders who moderates the health forum on Thumpertalk and see what he says about a hook plate and when it should come out.
When you can't ride for a year and talk to docs a lot you learn too much about this stuff. Good luck!
Did you get a hook plate? They hook over the edge of the distal clavicle, and can irritate the rotator cuff, thats why they are taken out. Then you are looking at more time while the screw holes fill in.
The longer you are immoblized, both from the injury limitations before the op and from the sling (if the doc does that) the longer and harder it is to get back to normal. I have done it twice, once the conservative sling method and next the immediate movement method. The later is much better if your doc beleives in that method. I had 90% ROM and was mock bench pressing a PVC pipe the day after surgery.
PM or email Dr. Mark Sanders who moderates the health forum on Thumpertalk and see what he says about a hook plate and when it should come out.
When you can't ride for a year and talk to docs a lot you learn too much about this stuff. Good luck!