Exercise vs surgery for large rotator cuff tears with Jared Powell
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The Importance of Exercise in Surgery
Michael: I'm very keen to present the facts to people, even if they are on a surgical waiting list or have something booked in. We've got a lot of clinical trials that actually say that if you give them some exercises to do, and this is for a rotator cuff repair, then I think like two thirds or 70% of the time, according to some papers, those people choose to leave the surgical waiting list because they've had a substantial improvement doing exercises. So it's not impossible to change people's minds. They just need to see some benefit or improvement from an exercise program. That sounds really good and like the way to go.
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