Rotator Cuff Rebuild Recipient Goes Cold Turkey With Postop Pain Meds

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Plus, cleared to skate 30-days after surgery.

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Pat still loves to play hockey, but he was sidelined by a fall. The result was a rotator cuff tear that had implications beyond keeping him off of the ice.

The biggest initial challenge was sleep. Pat had travel to China scheduled before his surgery. He used BioE + CryoT during the trip, which allowed him to sleep. It also started the prehab process, ensuring that he presented for surgery with lower tissue temperature and reduced inflammation and edema.

After surgery Pat proved to himself that he was ill-suited for pain management via narcotics. Within 48-hrs his wife was about over the crying, as watching adult hockey players weep openly because there is no cranberry in a can stuff at Thanksgiving is pitiful. In spite of some evidence that opiates may have an anti-psychotic effect, there is also evidence of depression associated with long-term use (and apparently people like Pat). He was instructed to stop taking the meds, in spite of the pain. Result: No issues after stopping pain meds two days after surgery. Check out the video for more about Pat's remarkable Prehab/Postop Recovery/Rehab journey via button under photo above.