Hello Irene Hatton, I understand you question. Who is your Doctor at Arlington Orthopedic? Are u a new patient ? Reason why I ask, the nurse, should be an Registered Nurse and should answer you question, if their is a reason she would not, then that is another matter. I'm going to make a some-what-education and say this: it could be, but if you case is one with a lot of complex issues it is possible to have u stay a while after surgery to insure that something does not go wrong : blessing,high fever,complicated side effects to any medication given to before,during & after surgery.So be forewarned & be prepared is a safe bet. For the most part the recovery time is entirely on you...it will take several months to heal totally - so any kind of movement of the arm will effective your recovery if you fail the doctors orders. Also they might recommend that you do therapy at their location in Arlington or at a Therapy doctors office. Just be prepared.more info on webmed.com.
They say rotator cuff surgery is hard to recover from. For this reason I'm only doing pain management steroid shots with Dr. Hopkins.
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