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Recovery after arthroscopic excision of a calcific deposit, from early movement to full activity.

Updated Jun 2026
Ilustração de um fisioterapeuta apoiando o braço de uma pessoa para o lado durante um levantamento suave.
Restaurando o movimento confortável após o tratamento da tendinite calcificada. Kieran Hirpara 4.0

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Este protocolo abrange a reabilitação após a excisão artroscópica de um depósito calcificado com o Dr. Kieran Hirpara no Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton: cirurgia minimamente invasiva para remover o depósito de cálcio do tendão do manguito rotador, por vezes combinada com uma descompressão subacromial para criar mais espaço para o tendão. Traga esta página ou o seu PDF para a sua primeira consulta de fisioterapia para que a sua reabilitação seja coordenada. A sua reabilitação é progressiva e individualizada pelo seu fisioterapeuta através das fases abaixo, dependendo da evolução do seu ombro.

Se tiver alguma preocupação com a sua ferida após a cirurgia, entre em contacto com a clínica. É frequentemente útil tirar uma fotografia da ferida e enviá-la por e-mail para avaliação.

Se a remoção do depósito exigiu uma reparação do manguito rotador (o depósito por vezes deixa um defeito no tendão que precisa de ser suturado), a sua recuperação segue as regras da reparação do manguito rotador, e o protocolo de reparação do manguito rotador tem prioridade sobre esta página. O Dr. Hirpara informá-lo-á após a operação se este caso se aplica a si.

O que esperar

Ambas as abordagens são precoces na mobilização. A menos que a manguito rotador tenha necessitado de reparo, nada foi suturado que exija meses de proteção; o objetivo do tratamento é eliminar a fonte de dor, e o objetivo da reabilitação é controlar a exacerbação pós-tratamento, manter o ombro em movimento para evitar rigidez e, em seguida, reconstruir a força.

  • Após a excisão artroscópica é fornecida uma atadura apenas para conforto. Ela é usada por pouco tempo, tipicamente por dias e raramente além de duas semanas, e deve ser removida tanto quanto possível. Não é necessário dormir com ela. A recuperação para atividades plenas e sem restrições geralmente leva cerca de três meses.

Não dirija enquanto usar a atadura. A condução geralmente é retomada por volta de duas semanas, após sair da atadura, estar confortável e capaz de realizar uma parada de emergência com segurança.

Com qualquer tratamento, o ombro pode demorar a estabilizar completamente. O desconforto frequentemente melhora em etapas, e não de uma só vez, e após a cirurgia pode levar vários meses (ocasionalmente até nove) para que os sintomas pré-tratamento desapareçam completamente. A melhora constante, e não o conforto imediato, é o padrão esperado.

Esta é uma cirurgia ambulatorial por via artroscópica através de várias pequenas incisões. O depósito calcificado está localizado dentro do tendão do manguito rotador e é removido, e uma descompressão subacromial é frequentemente realizada ao mesmo tempo para dar mais espaço ao tendão. As curativos podem geralmente ser removidos após cerca de dois dias, e as feridas são avaliadas na sua primeira consulta pós-operatória, cerca de uma a dez dias após a cirurgia.

Fase I — Movimento precoce (semanas 0–2)

Você acordará da cirurgia com o braço em uma atadura, mas a atadura é apenas para conforto: tente dispensá-la tanto quanto possível, e a maioria das pessoas a retira dentro de alguns dias. Você pode usar o braço sem restrições abaixo da altura do ombro desde o início. Levantar o braço acima da altura do ombro é permitido e seguro, embora inicialmente seja desconfortável; várias vezes ao dia, use o braço não operado para ajudar a levantar o braço operado acima da altura do ombro como um alongamento suave, para que o ombro não fique rígido. Evite carregar qualquer coisa mais pesada do que aproximadamente dois quilogramas com o braço operado nestas primeiras semanas, pois isso será doloroso. Inicie seus exercícios o mais cedo possível, visando dez repetições de cada, três vezes ao dia. Tome analgésicos antes dos seus exercícios e use gelo para conforto. Não dirija enquanto estiver usando a atadura.

Para o seu fisioterapeuta:

Objetivos

  • Controlar a dor e o inchaço pós-operatórios
  • Restauração precoce da amplitude de movimento: a prioridade é prevenir a rigidez, à qual pacientes com tendinite calcificante são propensos
  • Uso normal do braço abaixo da altura do ombro

Conduta

  • Atadura apenas para conforto; reduzir gradualmente conforme o conforto permitir, tipicamente dentro de alguns dias
  • Uso ativo sem restrições do braço abaixo da altura do ombro a partir do primeiro dia
  • Elevação ativa acima da altura do ombro conforme tolerado
  • Elevação passiva e assistida acima da altura do ombro várias vezes ao dia (usando o outro braço) para prevenir rigidez
  • Programa de exercícios domiciliares: dez repetições de cada, três vezes ao dia
  • Analgesia antes dos exercícios; crioterapia para alívio da dor conforme necessário

Precauções

  • Não carregar ou levantar mais do que aproximadamente dois quilogramas com o braço operado
  • Não dirigir enquanto estiver usando a atadura

Critérios para progressão

  • Avaliação da ferida satisfatória na primeira consulta pós-operatória
  • Fora da atadura e usando o braço confortavelmente abaixo da altura do ombro

Fase II — Recuperando a amplitude de movimento (semanas 2–8)

Você será avaliado nas consultas por volta de duas a três semanas, quando a ferida e a amplitude de movimento passiva serão verificadas. O foco desta fase é a amplitude de movimento: avance nos alongamentos de elevação para a frente e adicione movimentos para o lado, com a fisioterapia guiando a progressão. Os objetivos típicos são elevar o braço ativamente até a posição horizontal por seis semanas, com a amplitude de movimento assistida (passiva) (para a frente, para o lado e em rotação) retornando ao normal por seis semanas. A condução pode ser retomada por volta de duas semanas, assim que você sair da tipóia, estiver confortável e capaz de realizar uma parada de emergência com segurança.

Para o seu fisioterapeuta:

Objetivos

  • Flexão ativa para a frente e abdução até a posição horizontal por seis semanas
  • Flexão passiva, abdução e rotação externa até o normal por seis semanas
  • Independência nas atividades diárias

Conduta

  • Avançar a flexão passiva e ativo-assistida para a frente; introduzir e avançar a abdução
  • Avançar para a amplitude de movimento ativa em todos os planos, conforme o conforto permitir
  • Continuar o posicionamento escapular e o trabalho postural
  • Continuar a analgesia antes das sessões, e calor ou gelo ao redor do alongamento, conforme preferido

Precauções

  • Manter o levantamento de peso leve enquanto a amplitude de movimento é restaurada; a progressão permanece guiada pelos sintomas
  • O alongamento até um desconforto firme é aceitável; alongamento forçado e severamente doloroso não é

Critérios para progressão

  • Amplitude de movimento passiva igual ou próxima do normal
  • Elevação ativa até a posição horizontal ou melhor, com a dor em resolução

Fase III — Fortalecimento e retorno à atividade plena (semanas 8–16)

Geralmente, você será reavaliado por volta das oito semanas. Com a amplitude de movimento restaurada, a reabilitação passa a focar no fortalecimento do manguito rotador, normalmente sob a supervisão do seu fisioterapeuta, e no uso livre do braço acima da altura do ombro. O objetivo é alcançar elevação anterior e abdução ativas completas por volta das doze semanas. A recuperação após a remoção apenas do depósito geralmente leva cerca de três meses, após os quais não há restrições; se o manguito rotador precisou de reparo, a recuperação é mais longa (geralmente em torno de cinco meses) e segue o protocolo de reparo do manguito rotador. Não se preocupe se algum desconforto persistir além desse ponto: após esta cirurgia, pode levar até nove meses para que os sintomas pré-operatórios se resolvam completamente, com uma tendência constante na direção correta.

Para o seu fisioterapeuta:

Objetivos

  • Amplitude de movimento ativa completa de flexão anterior e abdução por aproximadamente doze semanas
  • Restauração gradual da força e resistência do manguito rotador e da escápula
  • Retorno à atividade plena e sem restrições por aproximadamente três meses

Conduta

  • Fortalecimento progressivo do manguito rotador a partir das oito semanas: isometria progredindo para trabalho com elásticos e pesos leves, baixa carga e altas repetições
  • Progressão do uso ativo do braço acima da altura do ombro
  • Avanço na carga específica de academia, trabalho e esporte, conforme tolerado, entre as semanas doze e dezesseis

Precauções

  • O fortalecimento não deve ocorrer à custa da amplitude de movimento; continue com os exercícios de mobilidade durante todo o período
  • Construa a carga pesada e acima da cabeça gradualmente; um aumento da dor indica a necessidade de recuar um passo

Critérios para progressão

  • Amplitude de movimento ativa completa com a força retornando e os sintomas continuando a se resolver
  • Alta do acompanhamento de rotina quando houver boa progressão, tipicamente por volta das oito a dezesseis semanas

Após o seu protocolo

As fases acima são adaptadas de orientações publicadas para pacientes e protocolos de reabilitação para este procedimento: o protocolo de reabilitação para excisão de depósitos calcificados da London Shoulder Partnership, as orientações para pacientes da ShoulderDoc (Reino Unido) sobre cirurgia para tendinite calcificante e o guia para pacientes do Dr. Kevin Ko sobre a excisão artroscópica. As faixas de semanas são típicas, e não fixas, e a sua reabilitação contínua é orientada individualmente pelo seu fisioterapeuta, em colaboração com a prática clínica, com base na recuperação do seu ombro. Esta página complementa as orientações gerais de recuperação da prática clínica: consulte o manejo da dor pós-operatória e o cuidado com a ferida. Para a condição em si e como esses tratamentos funcionam, consulte tendinite calcificante. As evidências por trás deste protocolo (história natural, barbotagem e a literatura sobre excisão cirúrgica) estão resumidas na seção de evidências, disponível em PDF no topo desta página.


Evidence & references

Calcific Tendinitis of the Rotator Cuff — Staged Management & Post-operative Rehabilitation (Arthroscopic Excision)

Topic scope: (A) the natural history and stepped non-operative management of rotator-cuff calcific tendinitis (rest/analgesia → barbotage ± subacromial steroid → ESWT), and (B) post-operative rehabilitation after arthroscopic excision of the calcific deposit (± subacromial decompression; the cuff-repair pathway defers to the rotator-cuff-repair protocol).

Defining principle of the surgical rehab here: arthroscopic excision removes the source of pain and does not, by itself, create a construct that needs months of protection — provided the rotator cuff is left intact. So (like a debridement/decompression, and unlike a cuff repair) the rehab is an early-movement pathway: short sling for comfort only, unrestricted use below shoulder height from day one, assisted elevation to prevent stiffness, strengthening from ~8 weeks. The single branch point is whether removing the deposit left a tendon defect that needed repair — if so, the recovery converts to the slower, protected rotator-cuff-repair pathway.


A. NATURAL HISTORY & NON-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT

Natural history (self-limiting in most)

Rotator-cuff calcific tendinitis is self-limiting in the majority: after a variable quiescent period the deposit enters a resorptive phase (peripheral vascularisation + phagocytosis), and spontaneous resorption occurs in roughly two-thirds of cases within 1–2 years [Uhthoff & Loehr; Chianca 2018 review]. This underpins a non-operative-first approach and explains why post-operative residual calcium that "dissolves spontaneously" does not harm the outcome.

Stepped non-operative interventions

  1. Analgesia / activity modification / physiotherapy — first line; many settle as the deposit resorbs. Consensus.
  2. Ultrasound-guided barbotage (needling + lavage), usually + subacromial corticosteroid — the best-supported interventional option. A systematic review of 908 patients and subsequent meta-analyses favour barbotage for medium-term pain/function; barbotage + subacromial steroid improves Constant–Murley score and reduces deposit size vs steroid alone. Notably, clinical improvement is NOT dependent on how much calcium is aspirated — perforating the deposit to trigger resorption is the active mechanism. Moderate–strong (SR/RCT).
  3. Extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) — reduces deposit size and pain; broadly comparable to barbotage in several comparisons. Moderate (RCT).

B. POST-OPERATIVE REHABILITATION (arthroscopic excision ± subacromial decompression)

Surgery is reserved for deposits recalcitrant to adequate non-operative care. The operation locates and removes the deposit from within the cuff tendon, often with a subacromial decompression for room. Key surgical-outcome facts that shape the rehab:

  • Preserving cuff integrity while removing as much deposit as possible gives good-to-excellent results in ~90% and avoids iatrogenic tendon defects [arthroscopic excision series].
  • Complete vs near-complete removal gives equivalent outcomes — residual calcium resorbs spontaneously afterwards; the surgeon need not chase every fleck at the cost of the tendon.
  • Arthroscopic decompression WITHOUT cuff repair is a validated strategy with good outcomes where the residual defect is not repaired [Bone & Joint 2023].
  • Symptom settling is gradual — significant pain relief and ROM gains are the norm, but the pre-operative symptoms can take up to ~9 months to fade fully; recovery to unrestricted activity after excision alone is ~3 months.

Phased post-op timeline (no cuff repair)

Phase Window Sling ROM / use Strengthening Notes
I — Early movement Week 0–2 Comfort only, days (rarely > 2 wk), off ASAP Unrestricted use below shoulder height from day 1; assisted elevation above shoulder height several × daily to prevent stiffness Settle post-op flare; calcific patients are stiffness-prone → motion is the priority. ≤ ~2 kg, no driving while in sling
II — Regaining range Week 2–8 Off Progress active elevation; restore full passive + active ROM Begin gentle as pain allows Most regain comfortable range through this window
III — Strengthening / return Week 8–16 Off Full active elevation goal by ~12 wk Cuff + scapular strengthening from ~8 wk, isometric → band/light weight; advance work/sport loading wk 12–16 Full unrestricted activity ~3 months; discharge ~8–16 wk

Branch point — if a rotator cuff repair was required: recovery converts to the protected rotator-cuff-repair pathway (sling ~6 wk, ROM restrictions, strengthening deferred), typically ~5 months total. The surgeon confirms post-operatively which pathway applies.


C. KEY CONTROVERSIES / EVIDENCE QUALITY

  1. Surgery is a last resort — given high spontaneous-resorption rates and effective barbotage/ESWT, excision is reserved for genuinely recalcitrant cases. Strong rationale.
  2. How much to remove / whether to repair the defect. Equivalent outcomes for complete vs partial removal, and viable decompression-without-repair, mean the surgeon balances deposit clearance against tendon integrity intra-operatively — which in turn decides the rehab pathway. Moderate.
  3. The post-op rehab protocol itself is consensus/expert, drawn from surgeon patient-guidance protocols rather than a rehab RCT — phase timings are typical, not trial-derived.

D. EVIDENCE STRENGTH FLAGS (summary)

  • MODERATE–STRONG (SR / RCT): barbotage ± steroid for non-operative calcific tendinitis (908-patient SR; barbotage + steroid > steroid alone); ESWT efficacy.
  • MODERATE (cohorts): arthroscopic excision outcomes (~90% good-excellent; equivalence of complete vs partial removal; decompression without repair, Bone & Joint 2023); spontaneous resorption ~2/3 within 1–2 years.
  • WEAK / CONSENSUS: the post-operative rehabilitation protocol (surgeon patient-guidance documents; no defining rehab RCT).

CITATIONS

RAG corpus (180,000+ Orthopaedic articles) — adjacent rotator-cuff evidence

  • Predictors of failure of non-operative treatment of chronic symptomatic rotator-cuff disease (2013 Neer Award). J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.030
  • Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: scientific rationale, surgical technique, early clinical results. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.12.012
  • Early versus delayed rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2024. DOI: 10.1002/ksa.12129
  • Speed of recovery after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.11.002
  • (The corpus is thin on calcific-tendinitis-specific rehab; the evidence base below is the calcific literature + published surgeon protocols.)

Calcific tendinitis literature (URLs)

  • Ultrasound-guided barbotage for calcific tendonitis of the shoulder: a systematic review including 908 patients (DARE). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK241935/
  • Determining the efficacy of barbotage for pain relief in calcific tendinitis. JSES Int / ScienceDirect. 2024. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11401591/
  • Needling and lavage in rotator-cuff calcific tendinitis: ultrasound-guided technique. PMC. 2024. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10805427/
  • Calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff: a review (natural history, phases, resorption). PMC. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3749672/
  • Recovery pattern after arthroscopic treatment for calcific tendinitis of the shoulder. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877056820301043
  • Arthroscopic decompression of calcific tendinitis without cuff repair. Bone Joint J. 2023. https://boneandjoint.org.uk/Article/10.1302/0301-620X.105B6.BJJ-2022-1137.R1
  • Arthroscopic treatment of calcific tendonitis (preserve cuff, ~90% good-excellent; residuals resorb). PMC. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4044535/

Published rehab protocols (patient-guidance — basis for the phase structure)

  • The London Shoulder Partnership — Calcific Deposit Excision Rehabilitation. http://thelondonshoulderpartnership.co.uk/shoulder/shoulder-rehabilitation/calcific-deposit-excision-rehabilitation/
  • Ko K. Arthroscopic Excision of Calcific Tendonitis — What Can I Expect? (OPA Orthopedics). https://www.kevinkomd.com/pdf/calcific-tendonitis.pdf
  • Funk L. Surgery for Calcific Tendinitis. ShoulderDoc. https://shoulderdoc.co.uk/pages/surgery-for-calcific-tendinitis

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