AC Joint Reconstruction Recovery: Week by Week
After AC joint reconstruction, most people wear a sling for 4 to 6 weeks and limit lifting for about 3 months. Contact sport often returns around 6 months, sometimes later.
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Upper Back Strain: Symptoms and Recovery Time
An upper back strain is an overstretched or partly torn muscle between the neck and lower ribs. Most mild strains settle within 2 to 6 weeks.
Frozen Shoulder Exercises, Stage by Stage
Frozen shoulder exercises change by stage: gentle assisted movement early, longer-held stretches once pain settles, then strengthening.
Pinched Nerve in the Neck: What Helps and What Hurts
To relieve a pinched nerve in the neck, use positions that ease the arm, keep the neck moving gently, and cut back on what aggravates it, like looking up.
Neck Traction: Who It Helps and Who It Doesn’t
Neck traction gently pulls the head away from the shoulders. It may help some people with a pinched nerve and is unsafe for others.
Preparing for Shoulder Arthroscopy
Find out which procedures are planned, since that sets your sling time. Set up home, arrange rides and list questions. Your surgeon’s protocol comes first.
Frozen Shoulder Stages: How Long Each One Lasts
Frozen shoulder moves through freezing (often 2 to 9 months), frozen (4 to 12 months) and thawing (6 months to 2 years or more) stages.
Separated Shoulder (AC Joint Sprain): Recovery Time
Separated shoulder recovery depends on grade: often 2 to 4 weeks if mild, 4 to 8 if moderate, about 3 months if severe. Most heal without surgery.
Preparing for Surgery on a Broken Upper Arm
Surgery for a proximal humerus fracture uses a plate or nail to hold the bone while it heals, typically 6 to 12 weeks. How to prepare and what to ask.
Neck Arthritis (Cervical Spondylosis): What Helps
Cervical spondylosis is age-related wear in the neck. It often causes no pain; when it does, movement and strength usually help more than rest.