Help!!! shoulder stiffness 5 months after bankart & rotator cuff tear repair

Hi, im barely just 3 months post op, started therapy and have been really frustrated even bummed out quite a bit. I was always so active and its frustrating. PT is something I looked forward to, it helped but now things inside have tightened up. I do have a good therapist, he knows shoulders. I was told that snap crackle pop was normal as well... I was put on heat, now it's alternated. I can't have NSAIDS of any kind,
You mentioned Frozen Shoulder, how did you find out because mine is SO tight and painful I wonder. Therapy days wear me out, I PUSH it as far as I can, little more each time and my arm starts having spasms really bad. Since my bicep was reattached that doesn't help in the pain dept. No sleep at nights, it's 24 hours of mini naps.. Im in tears by the time PT is done and im not the wimpy kind. How do you manage now Nitasong ?

Often , the Serratus Anterior is weak and not functioning , giving your shoulder an altered range of motion. Stretching through this could be quite painful. The spasms you mention are often the joint capsule response to end range pressure. Is your therapist addressing your Serratus? Or trying only to gain the expected range through stretching? You should and could be along further where your cuff strength could be addressed as long as you have sufficient range to work the muscles.

I got the same problem I had surgery on Jan-16-13 and manipulation on MAY-2 13 and I still can not raise my arm 50 percent I understand what you are felling if you get some understand about this please send me a emaila

I am also in the same situation. I had a bankart repair done on March 15, 2013 and now four months later I only have about 50% of my motion back. I was in a sling for 4 weeks without any movement - no pendulum exercise or anything (per doctors request). 

When I finally got my sling taken off my arm was so stiff it was unbelievable. Started PT on April 16th and I am still going twice a week and doing exercises at home. I am starting to get a little aggravated with the whole situation because I cant seem to find answers on how to fix this. My PT brought up getting a manipulation done (who advised me when I started going to her I shouldn't get this done)  she is now persuading me to get this performed. I have been reading about this and it just seems awful! 

I keep getting mixed information from both my Doctor and my PT and am getting really frustrated. I was told that I have scar tissue build up that is making me have limited mobility, which could be to me being in a sling for so long with no movement. Per my doctor this how he has always performed this surgery and it has worked on all of his other patients - excluding me of course. As for my physical therapist - lately I just feel like she has been giving up and that discourages me immensely.  

I am 26 years old and very active. Didnt really expect this to happen but it did. So now I have to figure out how to get my shoulder back to normal. 

Have any of you figured out any solutions to this? I am just looking for guidance and trying to keep positive about the whole situation. Would a manipulation be worth it? Or should I just stick to PT. 

How's your shoulder now I'm in the same boat u were

I have the same problem after 5 weeks my surgery I'm still in pain I don't know what to do

yes im 65 fell over tent dootr june last year disclocated shoulder took 4 drs to put back one knocked me out in theatre . they xrayed 4 times at bangor wales uk didnt scan . i kept saing to physio i cant move anything im in agony 13 weeks later i screamed at my drs surgery as i couldn't ever get an apt lol and they agreed for me to see a nurse who then sent me to hospital . Then the physio head one id waited to see for 5 weeks scanned me and lol and behold i was right 2 ripped tendons very large tares any 2 weeks on i had a n emergency op at one point a consultant physio at derby royal said they might not be able to op lol but ripley hospital said they will sort it better . any way its been 16 weeks now im in pain still and ant lift my arm i do pendulams and bought pulleys attached to our four poste and a large ball that i push up and down the bed , prior to the op i could do the stick side to side bit cant now lol i cant crawl my hand up the wall but last 4 weeks have learnt how to pick my arm up with other hand and prop it up and let go to begin with it flopped and killed i had to catch it can only do this lying down on the bed . but do swings and circles ball on bed and pulleys on bed and then 24 arm lifs with other arm and 20 on its own while lying down it kills lol.however only can get an apt every 3 weeks this time will be 6 as my car broke down and couldn't get to the apt . we have the nhss in uk not very good on physio but the company i work for yes i work everyday fulltime at 65 but had 12 weeks offlast yr 6 in june july and 6 in November December lol the American co i work with have given us insurance for medical stuff i can have 6 sessions free at a physio privately so im about to book my first session next weekso well times lol if any body can advise me what else to do i cant creep the hand arm up the wall lol either ive tried . i know were all different and ive had a cuff and bicep op and was left for mnths after i did the shoulder and my age doesn't help lol . i cant wash up and my old man helps me dress i cant even hang my clothes up or household stuff its horrible isn't it. we bought new sea kayaks never got to try my newbie as did this 1 st day of hol last june . i type too saft sorry as arm aches lol

I had a Bankart fracture of my right shoulder in April. I am three months out and still have pain, especially at night. My arm position wakes me up every few hours. It is a really frustrating fracture....Any help would be appreciated.