One of the reasons I stay away from heavy weight is tendon issues. Everybody is different, but I have always worked for the pump and lighter weights have done it for me tremendously.

Good luck brother. I have torn labrums in both shoulders many times, and have had 4(largely unsuccessful) surgeries. There is a lot going on in the shoulder joint, and it can really affect your lifestyle.
I have managed to make good progress with my own issues after years of floundering with surgeries and "PT", but my problems have somehow never been rotator cuff tears, so I am hesitant to comment too much in that regard.
I can say that once you get to the point that you can safely hit the weights, making your shoulders and stabilizer muscles a priority is probably the way to go. I wish I had done this myself years ago instead of avoiding going hard out of fear. But obviously exercise caution and good judgment. My experience is my own.
I hope you get back to 100%!

I think Stem cell is a great treatment, but have heard it is quite expensive. Is it? The treatment i recommend for every singe ailment is the BFST. I've used it and talk to many people who it helps. It's treatment you can do at home and I honestly think you'd get the same results. http://kingbrand.com/Rotator_Cuff_Treatment.php?REF=46PV5.211 - I'd love to know if anyone else has used these

I'm sorry to hear about your shoulder. The shoulder joint has the greatest range of motion out of all other joints in our body, which is why it is the joint most prone to injury. When lifting or doing any activity that heavily involves the use of your arms and shoulders, it puts a lot of strain on the shallow joint. Try to immobilize it as much as possible. Because of the range of motion of the shoulder, it is very easy to re-injure it and make it worse. To help heal it without surgery, focus on things that increase the blood flow (but with minimal strain). I recommend treatments that don't require a lot of exertion in being able to do so. Things such as massage therapy, ultrasound, BFST, acupuncture, etc. These types of treatment give you the nutrients and oxygen you need to heal but reduce the risk factors involved with a lot of physical activity. It's also very important to follow anything physical with a cold compress. If the area is inflamed it hinders the blood flow even more than it would typically. Get the inflammation down, then increase the circulation.

I have almost the exact same issues with my shoulder. First started 5 years ago with a disclocation playing softball (don't tell anyone lol). That resulted in a labral tear repair and subacromial decompression being needed. The surgery went well and with some rehab I was better than before. Fast forward to 9 months ago trying to complete a PB bench press and same shoulder feel something go at the top of the movement and then pain ever since. No labral test but all sorts of tendonopathy in the shoulder. A kenalog injection did the trick and I was pain free for 3 months and then overnight it came back. I've done 4 months of physio (while still lifting normally) and it's much better but I still get pain. IGF-1 LR3 did nothing for it. I'm staring 6 months of HGH shortly and may add TB500. If all else fails I'm going to get it injected again and do that up to three times a year as I don't want to do another surgery. Especially as theyre taking about removing part of my shoulder to achieve permanent pain relief. I got up and walked out of the surgeon's office at that point. Good luck fella

I've endured shoulder pain due to over compensation of my torn pec. Best way that I can tell you HR is HGH, IGF, TB 500 and foam rolling your back and upper back and the very tense areas use a tennis ball, lay on it. For the shoulder face a rough surface wall and place the tennis ball between your shoulder and the wall. This will relax the muscles and take the tension off of the tendons and joints, this along with TB 500 which also relaxes your muscles and helps them un-knot so to speak and flexible, this is why TB 500 work for some joint pains, not that it heals the joint but that it relaxes the muscles, which makes it more flexible smoother and longer and takes the tension away allowing the inflammation to subside and then you will get some ROM again. I've not gotten an MRI done but I imagen my shoulder is in pretty bad shape and mentioned above has allieviated the pain to almost null.

At the very least load up on Glucosamine and MSM 6000mg each daily. ART would be my first option.

At least you got a detailed diagnosis and can work from there. What did this? A single exercise, or over time?

What about prp platelet rich plasma therapy http://www.orthonc.com/news-updates/news-archives/what-prp-therapy

Pharm grade HGH seemed to enable my torn distal biceps tendon to scar over. I was scheduled for surgery and I told the doc I had access to it and he said go ahead. I think I used 8 IU day for 2 months. Doc was impressed with the result but had seen it before. No surgery.

I think that's about the only part of my shoulder that hasn't fallen apart

Mine all started with the subscapularis, first time a tear, then twice fully detaching it. As you'd imagine, obviously surgical repair three times in all. Initially a judo injury in my twenties, then went again what three years ago doing cable crossovers. No cartilage left in the joint now, so it grinds a bit but it works mechanically.

Tried a few things. Hgh, IGF, TB500. I'd suggest the latter helped the healing process, but in reality who knows? No way of knowing if I'd left it alone the outcome wouldn't have been exactly the same.

Let me know if you need specifics etc.

sorry all mine have been surgically repaired with hardware etc ....