Your surgeon will recommend regular physical therapy appointments in the first 6 weeks after surgery. The type of surgery and the degree of damage to your rotator cuff will also make a difference in how soon you start physical therapy. Your physical therapy appointments will be 1-3 times per week, and your progression of movement in your shoulder will be the guide.
The tympanic membrane, also called an eardrum, is a thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear in humans and other animals. It moves sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear. The malleus bone bridges the gap between the eardrum and the other ossicles.
tympanum - the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound. eardrum, myringa, tympanic membrane. ear - the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. perforated eardrum - an eardrum with a hole or tear in it; can interfere with normal hearing and cause other ear problems.