Having had surgery 4 times on my shoulders I will share my perspective with you. I would avoid surgery as much as possible and only as a last resort. In your case though it doesn't sound like something you can avoid. A torn superspinatus is pretty serious. If it is indeed torn, you really need to have it repaired.
Don't just recover and go right back to what you were doing though. Your external rotators are doing a lot of work that they aren't designed to do if you are tearing them. You need to find out what is wrong with your training program and make some corrections so that you aren't back at your doc's office every two years when the problem comes back.
Good luck.
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