Introduction: Arthroscopic repairs of shoulder injuries are widely performed acceptable and safest procedures for anterior shoulder instabilities. Such injuries are common in athletes. Bankart lesion surgeries followed by a proper and customized physiotherapy regime have been found highly effective in declining further surgery-related complications and future chances of dislocations. Rotator cuff muscles act as stabilizers to the shoulder joint, providing stability and mobility to the joint. Tear of these muscles causes impingement in the shoulder, loss of motion, and pain in the joints. As per our knowledge, our case report is the first which has used the DeLorme protocol for physiotherapy rehabilitation post-Arthroscopic repair of bankart lesion and rotator cuff tear. Case Presentation: A 22-year-old male visited AVBRH with complaints of weakness and sudden hanging of the left shoulder which occurred due to a household activity on 10.09.2021. After which the patient was diagnosed with Bankart’s lesion and partial thickness tear of the supraspinatus muscle of the left side. Therefore the patient was managed with Arthroscopic Repair surgery of Bankart’s lesion and soft tissue reconstruction surgery of supraspinatus which was done under general anesthesia on 15.09.2021. Conclusion: A customized and organized physical therapy program has shown tremendous enhancements in the patient's quality of life and general health. This case report will describe the importance of physiotherapy and its integral role in rehabilitating patients, and how it contributed to ROM progression, Regaining the strength of muscles of the back, and achieving ADLs back.
Keywords: Bankart’s lesion, Arthroscopic repair, Supraspinatus tear,
Physiotherapy rehabilitation, ADLs.