I would welcome comments from other surgities who have faced this dilemma. My sympathies on your dilemma tpolston. My rotator cuff tear, was the worst of my surgeon's 13 [now there's a co-incidental number] cases he had on his books.
After the op I was "banned" from playing for 7months!!! Frustrating though it was, what a difference when I started playing again. It was worth the time away from the game with bells on. Did I stop for 7months? Yes and No. I chipped and putted a lot hahaha. Now about 18 years later, it is giving me grief again, and the other one too! At this very moment, I am hors de combat for at least a couple or three days, letting it settle. So would I have the op in your shoes?
Yep, in a heartbeat. Mine is bearable most of the time. It only causes me pain when I thump the hallowed turf hard. I blame me for that not the PPGS swing.
Surge and his beliefs have given me a year of sheer pleasure. A 5month lay off would not be all downtime. Watching the videos, reading the manual Just a few random thoughts. We the Surge nation, will still be here whatever you decide.
Have a Great Christmas and New Year, from one who also loves his golf with a passion. DH in NZ. I also have a like situation. I have had MRI's on both shoulders. First it was my left that gave me the most trouble. It has actually lessened as far as pain and discomfort. Then it became my right shoulder but much worse than the left. Both have nearly identical diagnosis, bursitus,arthritis and tears in the supraspinatus muscle. Bursitus does run in my Moms side of the family.
Any how I am hoping to avoid surgery. We'll see. I have an appointment with an orthopedic doctor on January 10th. DH and others have said the surgery is worth it if needed. A last resort for me. Mean while it has cramped my life style an limited my golf. My job is likely the biggest culprit. I am a full time massage therapist at a major hotel and spa. I am looking at a couple of options in the future. One is becoming a personal trainer and the other a nutritionist.
Let me know what you decide. I will also be posting my decisions down the road. I am trying acupuncture to help with pain and stimulation before I go back to my orthopedic doc. I had success in treating the symptoms of carpel tunnel along with a wrist splint that avoided surgery last year. Diagnosis was mild carpal tunnel and the Doc wanted to operate. Merry Christmas and best of health. I have now had acupuncture suggested as a treatment option by at least 4 people.
I actually received a recommendation of a specialist and haven't called yet. So we'll see. Meanwhile my research has said that about 5 months is indeed thhe likely recovery time. Although I hope to avoid surgery i must admit several folks have said it's commonly very successful. Looking at my options carefully.
Might as well make it 5. I have never tried it for any of my ailments, but just read an article about it's significance when conducted under test studies versus placebos and random pin punctures against properly performed procedures. Here's how we do that. As you know, we're taking a grip that neutralizes our hands, so we're not dominating the stroke. When we're talking about being left hand or right hand dominant, we're not talking about which wrist do you flip and break down through the stroke.
We're still using our big muscles. We're still connected, we're still rocking our shoulders back and through, but as we're doing this the putter face angle is being monitored by one hand or the other.
This is a key aspect to understand, so here comes the test. Take your putter and take just one hand. Start with your left hand, and I want you just to hit putts with your left hand. Hit 10 or 15 putts, say feet, and see how many you make. Pay attention to which one allows you to get the most consistent roll, in terms of deviation. You're not going to make, necessarily, every putt. You might, but see which one gets you the closest to the hole every time, gives you the best control and feel for speed, but more importantly which one starts the ball on line and rolls the ball the most true and the most accurate toward your target?
Hit 10 or 15 putts with your left hand and keep track to see which one you're able to control the face the best with. Then go back and hit 10 or 15 more putts with the opposite hand. Now you're going to take your right hand, take your same grip and make your same stroke, but just with your right hand. Most of you will find that you will hit better putts with your right hand than you will with your left.
That's because most of us are right handed, and we're right hand dominant. If you're left hand dominant, that doesn't mean that your stroke is bad or that you're doing something wrong, but it does mean that you need to make some changes in how you putt.
If you found that you rolled the ball really well, really consistent, with that left hand, there are two things you need to consider in your setup and your putting stroke. First, my suggestion, the best solution, is that you putt left hand low, that you take your left hand and get it below, so that your left arm is more in alignment, in a straight line. Your right arm will be bent now, and you're going to more or less control that putter face more with your left hand and left arm, and your stroke is going to be a little bit more left side-feeling dominant, because you're monitoring that putter face with your left hand.
Again, we've got to get that putter face square at impact, or very, very close to being square on a consistent basis. If you don't want to putt left hand low because you struggle to control the speed - the line is good but a lot of people can't control the speed very well - you can still putt with your left hand in a conventional grip.
However, it's important that you try and achieve a proper alignment of that left arm. When I mean by "proper alignment" is I want a proper extension from the shoulder down through the hand to be straight.
The opposite of that would be my elbow is bent and my wrist is bent, which is what you're going to find in a conventional putting grip, that your left elbow is going to be bent and your left wrist is going to have a little bit of bend in it.
As a left hand dominant putter, we don't want that. We want our left arm to be in alignment because it's easier to control and keep these joints from breaking down.
In order to fix that, what you need to do is get a little bit of tilt behind the ball with your spine, or your axis. You're going to get your left hand a little bit more forward. Now you can see that I've got a pretty nice alignment between my left arm, the shaft, my wrist, my shoulder.
Now it's easy for me to keep the stroke feeling like I'm controlling it more with my left hand than with my right. You'll see somebody like Phil Mickelson. He's a putter who putts - he's a lefty, obviously - but he's doing it with his right hand because he's controlling it more with his right hand. He's got those alignments set up, so two different ways to putt better, if you're left hand dominant.
Now if you're right hand dominant, which most of you will be, you're going to find that you can take a normal putting grip, your same putting grip that you were using when you were hitting just one-handed putts.
Now all you have to do is bring your left hand on, and you've got the exact same setup that you had before. If you can putt just like this, right hand dominant, monitor the face with your right hand, you'll be able to make more putts. Take time to learn which hand you're most comfortable with, you're most confident with, right hand or left hand.
Then make adjustments with your stroke and make sure that you're monitoring that putter face angle as you go back and through, with your dominant hand. This is going to give you more coordination. You're going to have more confidence that you're starting the ball on line. You're going to know that you can send it at your target. I'm not telling you to use your hands. I'm telling you to monitor the putter face with your dominant hand, and I guarantee you'll make more putts.
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