Biologically, nothing has changed- you get cut, you have to heal just like before.
But they can do almost everything arthro these days, which really speed up the healing process so you can get right into PT.
Mine was major- a very large cut in front to reattach the subscap and three small arthro incisions to do the bicep tendon and some cleanup work while they were in there.
The small incision work healed up quickly- small cuts. The big work takes longer to mend cuz larger cuts.
Even so, was in PT five days after surgery, twice weekly since then. A lot of folks would consider things done and done at this point.
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