Originally Posted by Janice McC

It's on the truck to my house. Woo hoo!

Originally Posted by jaba

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Originally Posted by Janice McC

It's on the truck to my house. Woo hoo!

Originally Posted by mjpEncinitas

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I'm an exercise physiologist with masters degrees in kinesiology, neurobiology/motorcontrol and electical engineering EE (EE has nothing to do with your problem but it sounds good, doesn't it?). I did a search for credible articles about this. Here is the best one. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4444610/
They do a good job of summarizing in layman's terms:
Core tip: Current surgical techniques in rotator cuff repair do not achieve good tendon-to-bone healing. The use of stem cells to improve healing is a promising alternative. Different in vivo animal studies have shown good results in achieving restoration of the native enthesis. However, human studies are scarce so the use of stem cell therapy in rotator cuff repair should still be considered and experimental technique. Further basic and clinical research is needed.

If I were a professional athlete and I had a career ending rotator cuff injury and had tried the more traditional alternatives I would consider this treatment. Otherwise it would be a cold day in hell before I did this. List of things to try first:
1. Physical therapy
2. Physical therapy with a different physical therapist.
3. Traditional surgery.

Good luck, I wish I could make you better.

Here is my FallProof/quilting fantasy. I hold a FP class for all of those who need it. You are magically transported from wherever you are to San Diego/Encinitas for the class. (Star trek transporter ) All my quilting buddies pay me each week with one boom square. HOw cool would that be?

FallProof is the best program I've seen out there. It requires a degree in physical therapy or kinesiology, 100 hours of online classes, with tests etc and then a three day grueling weekend where you are constantly being evaluated and tested on your teaching and assessing abilities. This is great but all that means is the program is not as widespread as it could be. Your doctor probably isn't even aware of it, although many physical therapist are. Here is a list of instructors. Its dated, I'm not even sure I'm on it, but its a place to start. http://hdcs.fullerton.edu/csa/FallPr...cember2014.pdf

Here is the page that describes the philosophy of the program:
http://hdcs.fullerton.edu/csa/FallPr...of_History.htm It was developed by a professor Debbie Rose at Cal State Fullerton who has made her life's work preventing falls in older people. She's one of the leading experts in the U.S.

Sometimes the doctor will prescribe 8 weeks of physical therapy for fall Prevention. I know I've asked doctors to do that for people before they come to me. It's paid for by insurance and many times you get one on one. FallProof instructors do one on one also but it isn't usually covered by insurance. It's considered 'personal training'.

The FP class is expensive to run. We run one three times a year at the Ecke YMCA and it is always full. I am lucky The Ecke YMCA considers the class important enough that it subsidizes the class. The equipment for the class (one time cost) runs around $3000. 10 participants, me, and 4 volunteer assistants. I wish I could have a special class for all you folks who have fallen.

Originally Posted by jaba

I agree, a few days is not going to make any difference. I have family flying in tonight, youngest son and wife from Washington, granddaughter from Fort Worth and another granddaughter and great granddaughter from Oklahoma. They'll be here until Sunday....my little house is going to be bulging at the seams That's called family togetherness for sure
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Originally Posted by Janice McC

It's on the truck to my house. Woo hoo!