Can I Use My Opposite Arm After Shoulder Surgery?

Can I use my opposite arm after shoulder surgery? Absolutely. You can use your opposite arm and your operative arm for all activities of daily living.

In our practice, how we do surgeries, and how we have people, we are definitely on the spectrum of more accelerated recovery and accelerated rehabilitation. We know this is safe because we’ve done this for years and years, and it hasn’t negatively impacted our outcomes. It’s positively impacted our outcomes.

People get better faster the more you let them do as long as they’re done in a way where you’re not overstressing yourself. You’ve got to listen to your own body. Everybody’s unique, but you can use your operative arm. You can use, for sure, your non-operative arm for all activities of daily living right after the surgery in our practice.