Erik Williams wearing a shoulder sling

[Stronghold]

I saw him walking on campus last night with his arm/shoulder in a sling.  Hopefully his recovery goes well.

[Ben Golds Five]

He's been sporting it for awhile.  He was wearing it at the banquet too.  Torn labrum.

[tower912]

OK, medical types around here, prognosis and recovery schedule for torn labrum surgery.   

[MerrittsMustache]

Jameer Nelson tore his labrum a couple years ago and I believe he was out 4-5 months. In other words, I'd think EWill would be ready for Midnight Madness.

[GGGG]

Whew...much better than a rotator cuff issue.

[MookieBlaylock]

OK, medical types around here, prognosis and recovery schedule for torn labrum surgery.   

Depends on if it was a type 1 or 3 or a type 2 or 4.  The SLAP lesion repair for type 1 and 3 SLAP are basically just surgical debridement (taking bad stuff out) with no actually detaching or reattaching of structure.  The result of this is a short rehabilitation consisting of a sling for 1-2 weeks and progressive range of motion (ROM) and strength with return to activity at about 2 months.  

The type 2 and 4 repairs are more severe and require reattachment of the labrum and biceps tendon.  The rehabilitation for this is much longer; sling for 4 weeks followed by a much slower progression of ROM and strength resulting in a return to activity time frame of 6-9 months.  

[rocky_warrior]

I heard he hurt it while he was beating the $hit out of some ROTC dude.

/joke

Anyhow, it goes back as the answer to this thread: http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=26644.0

Apparently it was hurt for a while during the season.

[ATL MU Warrior]

Question - How do you you get this kind of injury, other than dislocating your shoulder?  I tore my labrum as the result of a dislocation and/or subsequent reduction, but can it be done in some other way (ie. without the full dislocation of the joint)?

[Spotcheck Billy]

I tore my labrum crashing my Harley but I did not dislocate anything in the process, just slammed my shoulder into the side of the car that turned in front of me

[MUBurrow]

I tore my labrum crashing my Harley but I did not dislocate anything in the process, just slammed my shoulder into the side of the car that turned in front of me

and you brew your own beer? badass.

[Dawson Rental]

Might I suggest brewing an Irish Red Ale called... Torn Labrum!

[jsglow]

Be unfortunate if the injury is serious enough that it'll keep EWill from playing summer ball.  He's got the tools, just needs more court time, especially this offseason in preparation for a 10-15 minute role next year.

[4everwarriors]

Might I suggest brewing an Irish Red Ale called... Torn Labrum!

Is that similar to Elephant Balls?

[mr.MUskie]

I tore my labrum crashing my Harley but I did not dislocate anything in the process, just slammed my shoulder into the side of the car that turned in front of me

Yeah, but was the Harley OK?

[Spotcheck Billy]

Yeah, but was the Harley OK?

not exactly, it needed some roadside bending of parts in order to follow the ambulance to Green Bay (wife cracked a rib) and then ride it home to Milwaukee after she was released but the kid that hit us from Chicago driving daddy's Benz had Allstate and they covered the damage and I even came out with some upgrades 

I didn't mention to the Mrs. that I had no rear brake for that ride home until the next day, she was a bit pi$$ed about that