persistent shoulder tenderness/feeling of weakness

[keensetofpeepers]

hi karen, thanks for your response. my PT has had me doing everyday 3-4 sets of 15-20 reps, using a resistance band, of:

internal rotation
external rotation
arm rows
frontal pulldowns
lateral pulldowns

those are the core exercises, i've also been doing some wall pushups and human coffeetable on and off

the orthopedic doc i saw claims that my left shoulder is slightly higher than my right due to muscles compensating for its weakness (i couldn't really tell the difference looking at myself in the mirror).

i get some clicking/popping noises in my shoulder when i rotate my arm, but it's not as much as it used to be. i read somewhere that it could be the tendon sliding over a bony protrusion?

in the gym, my PT recommended lat pulldowns and bicep curls. i've even been able to do assisted pullups with no pain. it seems like my shoulder only hurts when i push/pull something heavy with my left arm toward or across my body (like pushups or pulling something from my right side with my left hand).

what mystifies me about this bicep tendon tear is that i've been in rehab for 8 months now. if it was just a tear, shouldn't it have already healed?

[karen.hankey]

The clicking/popping noises are probably the tendon being tight that is flicking over a bone.

The core exercises are all well and good initially, but then you need to make them more specific. Your problems are push-ups and pulling accross the body, so strengthen up these two actions. Start with push-ups against the wall like you are doing but progress towards the floor then on knees and full length. Use the thereband to mimic the other exercise.

I would also work on some proprioception, ask your PT for some exercises.

I would have thought that a tear would have healed, but without seeing you I wouldn't want to say for definate.

Karen