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⚾️ Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior (SLAP) Tears are one of the more prevalent injuries in baseball athletes being present in about 25% of shoulder scopes.
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SLAP tears come in 4 classifications, each requiring a different approach to ensure successful rehab.

However, even if rehab of the shoulder is successful, return to throw is a different animal. The nature of the surgery itself is one than can create difficulties in return to throw timeline. This is due to the increased stiffness and pain often associated with the procedure limiting layback for an extended period of time during the return to throw process.

The majority of players do eventually return to play at or above their prior level, but it is not uncommon for it to take much longer than the anticipated timeline.

If you’ve had a SLAP repair, do not let this information discourage you. Instead, understand it’s normal to have bumps in the road and it takes time to get back to where you were previously.

Keep working at it, and you’ll come out on the other side.

Injury doesn’t mean resort to inactivity.

The Vicious Cycle of Injury
1.) You get hurt
2.) You take time off
3.) You feel better because you’re no longer aggravating it
4.) So you go back to the same level of activity
5.) The injured site gets overloaded and the cycle repeats.

You should always find a way to do something, because subtle application of training stress that is non-aggravating (3/10 or less with no exacerbation) allows the tissue to respond to stress and promotes the healing process. Gradually the tissue will recover and you’ll be back to tolerating full activity.

Additionally, just because one part of the body is temporarily out of commission, there’s still plenty of opportunity to keep exercising the rest of the body, modifying around the injured site.

But, if symptoms continue to worsen, start popping up at restful periods more frequently, or begin changing in unpredictable ways despite activity modification; Be sure to seek further advice from a rehab or medical professional.