Shoulder joint replacement and operating equipment?

DMiller said:

Take care NOT to over do anything, doctors get mighty offensive as we screw up what they just repaired!!

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Can you blame them? They are no different in that regard than us wrench pullers and welders!

LOL, at my age wiping my rear end with either arm is a challenge. Fortunately the surgery was not on my strong side arm. I was just doing some research about shooting rifles and shotguns after total joint replacement, I need to chat with my therapist and Doc about that.

John Canfield said:

LOL, at my age wiping my rear end with either arm is a challenge. Fortunately the surgery was not on my strong side arm. I was just doing some research about shooting rifles and shotguns after total joint replacement, I need to chat with my therapist and Doc about that.

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I'm no gun or shoulder expert but might suggest sticking with a 22 and avoid a 12 gauge for the time being.

After the neck replacement disc implants the Doc told me ONE FULL year NO Sport Shooting to allow sufficient grow in of bone to the metal. He was pretty quick to note not finding a need to have the wife glue my head back on!!.

I've read several reports about shooting sports and shoulder surgery (joint replacement, rotator cuff repair, etc.) and it seems to be 12 gauge shotgun and magnum caliber bolt rifles would be dangerous to shoot even after several months of therapy. However I think this would apply only if you needed to shoot from the surgery shoulder. The guys shooting trap and skeet really have their sport impacted since they need to mount and unmount the shotgun dozens of times, and they are shooting hundreds of rounds.

My ortho surgeon has a ranch in the area so maybe he hunts (like probably 95% of everybody out here), hopefully he will have some special insight about guns and shoulders.

I think forget about shooting for the foreseeable future unless you want to be handicapped for life. It's not like you need to hunt for food.