I have a similar story from the mid 90s. Dave had a massive shoulder surgery that included a torn biceps repair, which was encased in a full cast shoulder to wrist. Within days, Dave, of course, got back to training everything upper body, only one-sided. The famous surgeon said his four-week recovery was equivalent to about eight weeks, cut the cast back off after his residents had replaced it and told Dave to keep doing whatever he was doing, that he didn’t want physical therapy messing up his progress.
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