I'm following this thread with some interest as I was diagnosed with a torn labrum ~20 years ago and didnt have enough time to devote to recovery. I just gave up on rock-climbing and pull-ups.
Ive recently added about 20km of indoor rowing to my weekly exercise as the winter approaches and am beginning to feel that old ache in my shoulder.
My recollection from 20 years ago was that the surgeon said recovery would be considerably shorter if he could repair the tear arthroscopically (sp?), longer if he had to open the shoulder up. I wonder if anyone knows whether techniques have changed/improved in the intervening 2 decades? Sounds like shoulders still take a long time to heal.