What is the Most Painful Type of Shoulder Surgery?

My practice is purely shoulder surgery, and I perform shoulder replacement, rotator cuff repair, and instability surgery.

Number one, surgery is cuff repair. That’s the one that tends to have the most discomfort after surgery and takes the longest to get better. Now, that being said, we’re radically better than we used to be. Contemporary shoulder surgery is much different from shoulder surgery in the past.

In our practice, we don’t believe in locking patients down. For patients recovering from a same day shoulder surgery, we allow people to move their arms right away. We use a proactive, multimodal pain approach that decreases pain levels significantly. Our advanced rehabilitation techniques and surgical approaches—such as minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery with tiny poke holes, smaller anchors in the bone, and specialized tensioning techniques—have greatly accelerated how quickly pain resolves. This modern pain-management strategy completely changes the post-operative experience.

When you look at pain curves, even after cuff surgery, when we measure people at six weeks, they have less pain than they did before surgery. At three months it is even less, at six months less, and it just keeps going down. Partnering with a dedicated Dallas Shoulder Surgeon who uses these ultra-efficient techniques ensures that your path to a pain-free life is as smooth, swift, and comfortable as possible.

Recover faster and regain strength. Choose Dr. Kruse for your shoulder surgery. Call us at (469) 717-6183 for an appointment.