Demens to have shoulder surgery

Submitted by ish on

No link available, but WOTS is that Demens needs surgery on his shoulder.  Not sure if it is severe nor of his timetable for recovery.  Unless it's catastrophic, I assume that he should recover in time for the fall, but the spring game is up in the air.  Best of luck, Kenny.

aleng

February 7th, 2011 at 5:16 PM ^

I have one of these right now and am contemplating surgery. For us mortals it's a 6-8 month recovery process. After surgery I hope to be back to working out like I do now in a year but will still have to regain everything I lost.  I couldn't imagine a recovery process like that and trying to be back in time to play D1 college football... I suppose if all I had to do was workout and go to class but it's still crazy to me.

Shaqsquatch

February 7th, 2011 at 5:32 PM ^

My recovery wasn't that long, I was in an immobilizer for 3 weeks, then a few physical therapy appointments after that, and I had full use of it within 2 months of surgery, did have to build up a lot afterwards, but I think that was more because I waited the 5 years and everything was out of whack.

firemedic383

February 7th, 2011 at 7:57 PM ^

Agreed, I had the same thing done and was back to work in four months max.  Im a firefighter in Indianapolis.  So they were a lot more stringent on me as far as waiting longer to go back.  The PT for D1 athletes is more intense and he should be able to see the field quicker then my 4 months because of intense PT by a huge staff 1 on 1

TheMadGrasser

February 10th, 2011 at 12:16 AM ^

on what is going on with him. I just had a shoulder arthroscopy (distal clavicle resection) 4 weeks ago, but it was only to create more space in the AC joint. I'd had constant shoulder pain/discomfort that started off during upper body training sessions that eventually required me to halt all pressing motions. This had been going on for 2.5 years before I decided to get it taken care of. They essentially dremmeled off 10 mm of my distal clavicle. Apparently the recovery for this is around 12 weeks, but this is probably one of the easiest shoulder procedures.

It's definitely in his favor that he's young, but soft tissues are very stubborn to heal b/c of the lack of blood supply. Therefore, any surgery with reconstruction (labral, rotator, ligament, etc.) is going to require a lot of recovery time and PT. If it's something like yours (assuming yours required anchor[s]), then he's looking at a lengthy recovery. If the labrum isn't actually detached from the bone, they will go in and do a debridment of the area, which is essentially just clipping off the torn portion.

AFAIK, rotator injuries vary depending on severity (size of tear) as well. As long as he can continue training lower body with some intensity, he won't lose too much size/strength. Believe it or not, the body does everything it can to stay "in balance" so to speak and continuing to push the lower half will drive the body to hold on to the upper mass as well.

Either way, we all wish him luck and a speed recovery.

Wolverine0056

February 7th, 2011 at 4:40 PM ^

Hopefully it is nothing serious and that he can be ready to fully go this fall. I think Demens will be a huge play maker in Mattison's defense and we need his experience there this next season, IMO.

umjgheitma

February 7th, 2011 at 4:41 PM ^

anyone to need shoulder surgery but at least its someone on the defense. It's a little more worrisome when anyone who handles the ball regularly (i.e. throwing, carrying, catching) has to have shoulder work done. Wish a quick recovery to Kenny and that he's back to the field in no time.

bluebyyou

February 7th, 2011 at 4:47 PM ^

Some shoulder surgeries, as many of you know, can take quite some time to rehab - torn labrums definitley do.  Six months or more.  Been there, done that.  But he still has quite a lot of  time, regardless.

Good luck Kenny.

Gameday

February 7th, 2011 at 9:43 PM ^

Hopefully it's not a torn labrum. I'm going through that recovery right now and it's not fun. They say it's a minimum 6 month recovery but everyone's body is different. I wish him luck and I hope it's not too serious.