wco81 wrote:He's a downhill runner so he's got to lead with the shoulder when there is contact.
So he may not be able to endure the pain if he reinjures himself.
Torn labrum would normally require surgery I would think.
Coleman dislocated his shoulder, which typically would not require surgery. However, once you've dislocated it once, it is much more likely to dislocate in the future (still probably uncommon for football players, but it can be a problem for wrestlers, for instance).
Labral tears do not require surgery, but for labral tears in the shoulder, surgery is a common way to address the injury. Kittle recently revealed that he's had a labral tear in his shoulder for two years, and obviously it hasn't affected him all that much. I've had labral tears in both hips for almost 20 years and I'm very active, but I'm not playing professional football or doing other explosive activities very often (to the extent that I do lift, it's low weight, high rep). I have low-level soreness basically all the time which can get worse with use, and certain motions are difficult in terms of range of motion or - probably more significantly - muscular endurance. I've done pilates with my wife a couple times, and I just can't hold some of those positions for very long despite having generally good core strength. My hips just feel weak in certain positions, and that doesn't seem to change regardless of the work I do to strengthen them. Hips are harder to operate on than shoulders, though, so I'm not sure why Kittle hasn't had the surgery. Labral tears in the hips are what basically ended Percy Harvin's career, though he did have surgery as memory serves. And I haven't consulted with anyone since I was discouraged from surgery about six years ago, so technology may have changed things.
so much for Super Bowl hype...
