Shoulder pain, bruising, swelling, weakness, and a limited range of motion are all signs of a shoulder injury. If you fall and land on your shoulder or receive a direct blow, you may have separated or dislocated it. A separated shoulder is a stretching or tearing of the ligaments that connect the [Read More]
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Tendonosis of the Shoulder
The shoulder is one of the most complex joints in the human body. The “ball” at the top of the humerus (upper arm bone) fits inside the glenoid socket, where it moves and rotates to allow you to do everything from reaching above your head to throwing a baseball. Muscles are connected to bones via [Read More]
Shoulder Replacement Surgery: Traditional vs. Reverse
Shoulder replacement is the surgery of choice for more than 50,000 Americans every year. And it’s no wonder: this joint replacement procedure can effectively relieve chronic shoulder pain and improve range of motion. Patient satisfaction rates are 95% after a shoulder replacement surgery. If you [Read More]
Recovering from Shoulder Surgery
We depend on our shoulders so often every day that we may not realize how important a shoulder is until it’s injured. Shoulders provide the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body. Because of this, a shoulder injury can curtail even the most basic of our daily activities. Whether that’s [Read More]
Types of Fractures
We are born with 270 bones; by adulthood many of those bones have fused together, leaving us with 206 bones that support every step and movement we make for the rest of our lives. Over the course of a lifetime, it’s highly probable that one of these 206 bones will sustain a fracture. Here is more [Read More]