Dodgers reliever Cory Wade said Thursday that he will start his rehabilitation immediately after having surgery on his throwing shoulder but that he won't throw a baseball again for more than a month.

"A month to six weeks, something like that," Wade, his right arm in a sling, said during a brief visit to the Dodgers' spring-training complex during their game against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch. "I think they talked about six weeks being the marker for that."

Wade, 26, had the 55-minute procedure Wednesday in Los Angeles in hopes of ending more than a year of discomfort in the shoulder after his strong rookie season in 2008, when he pitched a team-high 71 1/3 innings in 55 games.