injury on job last yr you think i can pass a physical

no lifting weight in dot physical. depending on company, there might be a pre employment physical to check range of motion and strength.

 

Some outfit will hire you if you can pass a simple DOT physical.
Which side did you injure; right or left?
Maybe drive a cargo van so you don't have to unhook/hook trailers. Plenty of those jobs around; some require a cdl and some don't.

There's also courier services that deliver envelopes and small packages & they drive similar vans.
@KD897
Did some Google searches for courier/expedite jobs in your area and there's quite a few in Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas.
The state of Oklahoma will pay for cdl school through their WIOA Program, and you probably qualify since you were injured. They may want you to get a couple of pre-hire letters/offers on jobs, and that shouldn't be a problem.

 

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That type of surgery should have close to full function recovery. There may be some pain, but professional athletes return after rotator cuff surgery. Depending which state you're in, you can choose your own doctor. Your pt should not have stopped until you had recovered. If it is a botched surgery, you might have to do it again.

I am a former wc adjuster.

 

@KD897
Can I also suggest a weight training regime. When I was a cop, my sergeant was a 50 year old woman who had a rotator cuff tear. After she did rehab, she still had pain. So, I started training her once a week to do dumbbell military press, front raises, side raises, shrugs, sometimes upright rows too. We also concentrated on upper back movements once a week (lat pulldowns, bent over rows, v rows, etc)

When it was all said and done, that 50 year old woman who had never lifted could military press the 45 lb dumbells, and bench the 50s. She was stronger than some men I worked with. Most importantly, her shoulder quit hurting.

 

I would be worried not so much about lifting. There is very little of that unless in specific segment like LTL and flat bedding. I would be much more worried about raising and lowering the landing gear.
My advice is to take Chinatown's advice to look at courier and expedite vans until you know what you will be able to do.

Get as well as you can, then get a job as a driver if the injury will allow.

 

Yup. Landing gear can be a ###### at times. So, can closing a set of sprung or warped doors on the back of a refer or dry van. Sliding tandems ranks right up there too.