I hurt my left shoulder in May standing up a 10"x10"x10' cedar column after refinishing it. Felt the pain immediately. Lived with it for two months until I golfed last Monday, turning left shoulder across body was the perfect recipe for pain. Made the appointment on the 13rd fairway, was in the DR office the next day. Fortunately I know this DR well, even play golf with him! Diagnosed as a SLAP tear, doesn't need surgery. He injected it and gave me PT exercises to do. I started the exercises over the weekend, haven't had any pain. I did the same thing to my right shoulder 5-6 years ago, and it healed nicely with no surgery. But you have to exercise and take care of it or it will give you grief for life. And you don't want a shoulder replacement, it is a horrible joint to deal with, and the hardware options mostly suck.
