Who has had it? Did you have surgery? How did recovery go? How long were you essentially one-armed?

Had it. Had surgery. Literally went to work the next day, although wasn't advised. Felt like I had a new arm. They had me in therapy 6 weeks, but I felt I was 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule. Blew mine out lifting really heavy weights while deployed with nothing better to do. Surgery in Montgomery and I am brand new!

I ain't never went to a doctor for a slap. Probably needed stitches a time or two, but I just used a bandaid.

PAGING Lumpy!!

Just had it done before bow season in my right arm. Left without a sling and was using it lightly the same day. No heavy lifting for 6 weeks. No pain either

had a SLAP Bankhardt procedure (SLAP and rotator cuff) the day hurricane Ivan rolled in with sustained 60+mph winds in Columbus, ms....the ride home with my wife driving in that wind SUK'D, seemed like she hit every pothole she could or even couldn't see!!!
I was in a sling for 6 weeks before starting rehab (I guess recovery has changed, b/c friends have had it since then and started rehabbing the next day). I was released to shoot 3 months after surgery.

No surgery yet here.

I was diagnosed with a slap tear and the orthopaedic docs wanted to do surgery. They never offered rehab. I asked a few of the docs at work about it. One said don't get surgery until you absolutely have to. The other said why don't you try to rehab it before you go the surgery route.

It was hurting something fierce at the time and bugging the heck out of me. There were times when I would move it a certain way and the pain was so bad it made me nauseated.

I took up pistol shooting and practice all the time, live and dry fire. I guess I have built up the muscles in my shoulder and it is rare that it hurts now. All that and work at the farm helps too.

I don't know what a slap tear is, so I thought it was going to be a thread about a funny You Tube video or something like that.

My son had a slap tear injury on his labrum repaired. He was a D-1 baseball player and never fully recovered from the surgery.

Thank y'all for the responses so far. This is what I have been dealing with for almost a year now. I just thought I had slept wrong when it started so I thought whatever it was would just work itself out, but finally went to try to find out what the deal was in September. Thanks to the medical insurance requirement to try conservative treatment first, it has taken awhile to get the diagnosis and recommended treatment pinned down.

The AF forced me through a bunch of PT before finally giving me surgery. I had plenty of strength for most things, but if I reached into the back seat to pick up say...a pencil, then it was game over. It was an odd injury.

Depends on the degree of year and what you can tolerate. After surgery you will need PT. You will be in a sling and won't be able to use your biceps for a while. Because the area of a slap year is the same as the attachment point of the biceps. Slow recovery cause shoulders are more mobile, but these get done every day. If your hurting enough to be limited in life, get the surgery.