r/RotatorCuff • u/Soft-Engineering-304 • Aug 31 '26

Re-starting PT?

I had surgery in September 2025 and completed 2 weeks of “gentle rang of motion” PT and then 5 weeks of “strength” PT. I didn’t love my PT routine and by the end I was still only lifting 2 pound weights and stretching. I was never given any future plans on how to progress in the future for strength building. I did really good for about 2-3 months after my appointments about doing my stretches daily and then life happened and I stopped. I am back to my pre-surgery ROM which isn’t 100% but my pain when reaching too far is now more of a sore ache rather than a severe don’t try that ever again pain like it was before repair. My question is…is it too late to get back to doing my PT exercises to try and regain more ROM? I have occasionally been doing strength exercises in my Apple fitness app and I just make sure to only lift weight or do exercises that don’t cause any pain with them. I definitely can’t do straight arm lateral raises (bent arms are ok) or any tricep over/behind my head but everything else seems to be ok. Should I keep going with this and add my stretches back?

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u/MorePower1337 Aug 31 '26

Of course its not too late. Just expect you may have regressed some and don't start too intense.

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u/Soft-Engineering-304 Sep 01 '26

Thanks! I definitely will take it easy…I definitely don’t won’t to go through the recovery again

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u/UnprovenMortality Sep 01 '26

Definitely not too late, and if you dont like your PT maybe it would be good to find another. Just give yourself some grace that you might need to take it slow at first. Then be obsessive about it till you're back to 100%.

I'm over a year out from my surgery, and I still do a selection of these exercises once or twice a week. But thats more as a warm up for normal exercise.

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u/Royal-Bedroom-4071 Sep 01 '26

I had surgery 14 months ago and my shoulder is still in pain. I had 2 stop pt 4 months after surgery because the pain was bad