coming back to shooting after upper body surgery
I managed to destroy my left collarbone while skiing over christmas break. It was bad enough that the ortho recommended surgery (broke in 2 places, plus some displacement). Now I am sitting at home recovering from that surgery and getting ready for outpatient PT soon. Arm is already out of the sling but not allowed to be weight bearing.
Who here has had upper body surgery and how has it affected your ability to shoot? Should I discuss anything in particular with my PT? Any special exercises you've done to help regain strength in affected areas?
coming back to shooting after upper body surgery
I had shoulder surgery. I asked my doc early on about shooting and he let me shoot pistol about 4 weeks earlier than a rifle.
Best advice I ever got was DO THE PT!!
I recovered really fast and my right arm has about 5-10% less flexibility than before surgery and I attribute that to doing therapy every single day and the stretches 3x a day like they recommended. I have some guys I work with who can barely put their arm behind their backs and it's because they slacked on pt.
Don't rush it. Shooting will always be there later on.