Steady On,
You need to look into prolotherapy. Google it. I swear by it, and curse chiropractors.
“Prolotherapy is a simple, natural technique that stimulates the body to repair the painful area when the natural healing process needs a little assistance.”
“The basic mechanism of Prolotherapy is simple. A substance is injected into the affected ligaments or tendons, which leads to local inflammation. The localized inflammation triggers a wound healing cascade, resulting in the deposition of new collagen, the material that ligaments and tendons are made of. New collagen shrinks as it matures. The shrinking collagen tightens the ligament that was injected and makes it stronger. Prolotherapy has the potential of being 100 percent effective at eliminating and chronic pain due to ligament and tendon weakness, but depends upon the technique of the individual Prolotherapist. The most important aspect is injecting enough of the solution into the injured and weakened area. If this is done, the likelihood of success is excellent.”
The key is to find a good prolotherapist. I saw Dr. Hauser in Chicago and he is one of the best in the country.
Anyways, this is Dr. Hauser’s Rotator Cuff tear link:
http://www.prolotherapy.org/article.asp?prolotherapy=144
Good Luck!
The thru-hiker formerly known as Jeff