After two years of chronic shoulder pain, the speaker had experimental rotator-cuff surgery using a cow Achilles tendon graft and stem cells. Daily rehab with light weights caused muscle loss and depression, but strength eventually returned. He can now bench press 100-pound dumbbells pain-free.
After 2 years of trying to solve my shoulder pain and seeing every professional I could find and getting injections, I got surgery on my rotator cuff. It was an experimental surgery with a cow Achilles tendon and some stem cells, and the long road to recovery— regaining range of motion, strength, flexibility, everything— started. I'll admit I got very depressed at the beginning, moving 1 to 2 pound weights, rehabbing 20 to 30 minutes every single day, and just constantly losing muscle mass. And honestly losing hope that I would ever regain my full strength again. That's why you can imagine how elated I was to start repping 100-pound dumbbells again on bench press easily and smoothly without pain. Now I'm telling you this because if you've dealt with chronic pain, you've searched for every single answer, I want you to know, never give up. The answer is still out there for you, and you deserve a body that's pain-free, that gives you all the freedom that you deserve.
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