Yeah I hurt my arm throwing 10 years ago and it seems like its never been quite 100% as good as it was. Doesn't matter much when I sit at a computer 40 hours a week. With Sharpe being a 19 years old athlete I'd think he should get surgery if it won't simply heal 100%.
I'm betting you guys didn't get followup MRIs to see if the tear was fully healed and didn't have a training staff checking to make sure that it got back to 100%. I'm pretty sure that's what the reevaluation will be looking at in a week or so. If the labrum isn't healing up correctly then they'll opt for surgery but if it is then they'll do a couple more weeks of rest before another thorough reeval which if that's good will be followed by rehab that will most likely be better than the rehab you guys got. I don't think our team will gamble with the future of our highest draft pick since Dame... I also don't know of any player who has torn their labrum and had chronic problems afterwards unless the labrum tear was part of a shoulder separation which isn't what has been reported about Shaedon's injury. Also there have been a ton of labrum tears in the league.
If properly supervised they almost always come back stronger and better protect the previously injured shoulder from future injuries including separation. If the shoulder has a separation it's a different story though, then the injury is very likely to reoccur.
A labrum tear is not a sprain. It's the ball joint of your shoulder tearing away from the thin tissue that connects it to the shoulder. It doesn't magically heal. My last competitive baseball pitch saw me tear my labrum completely away from my shoulder, and also tore my bicep muscle. That was in 1990. I had surgery to repair my labrum and bicep tendon last year (31 years later) and I'm still not 100%, but I'm better than I was before. I played softball for years with the tear and it didn't bother me much. Only when my son who has aspirations of pitching too started to throw with heat did I decide to get the surgery so I could play catch with him. Regarding Sharpe, he's young and will probably respond to surgery quicker, especially if it's not too invasive being a small tear. The only thing a tear will do is get worse and will be very painful. I was given the latitude to begin throwing again after month 5 of rehab and PT. Of course his regimen will be overseen by professionals daily so his recovery could be quick - what's positive about his injury is it was to his non-shooting arm. But he'll be affected if not treated when he dribbles, spins, 2 hand dunks, etc. Also, the chances of re-injury and making it worse is intensified by the nature of playing basketball. He needs to get it properly fixed now verses being tentative and hoping the swelling will subside and he'll be ok. You're more apt to injure your labrum in contact sports verses the way I was injured when pitching. It's a freak thing as are all injuries. MKG tore his labrum twice in 3 months... I truly believe he rushed back too soon after the first tear and surgery. 5 months seems to be the standard heal time for labrum surgery recovery... no matter the severity. Sorry for the long lost. I've dealt with this injury for 31 years so I know a thing or two. What was weird too is my pitching arm (left) hung lower than my right arm since it wasn't attached at the shoulder. Shirts would fit me funny as they always looked off-kilter... sorry TMI.
Possible, that would be great. But this is also the franchise that sent Hood and myself out on the court with Achilles soreness and guess what happened?
We got a new Head Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist but we do still have the same Director of Player Health and Performance but I'm guessing that guy put those blown Achilles on the trainer.
