In terms of the implant, contemporary implants last around 15 to 20 years. I believe 20-plus years is totally doable for the current implants, but we won't know for 20 years. If you read some of the older data, surgeons will say 10 to 15 years, but that's older implants, older types of surgeries, stuff that's in the past. Because…
Honestly, I just love plain old ibuprofen. You have to be careful with NSAIDs. Obviously, they're over the counter. If you're gonna take it at a prescription strength level, which is 800mg three times a day, you need to make sure you don't have any kidney issues or stomach issues. You need to run it by a physician, your primary…
It can vary from 1 to 2 days to 20 years or 30 years. It's highly variable. But you do see cases where people have pinched nerves that have been bothering them for 15, 20, or 30 years—a couple of days and everything in between. The first step is if you think you have a pinched nerve in the shoulder,…
It may surprise you to hear this, but I firmly believe in exercise. Vigorous exercise. You can vigorously exercise your body right after shoulder replacement. You just have to work your legs and your other arm. This releases powerful endorphins that heal faster and decrease stress. I have found that my patients who exercise vigorously have way less pain and…
The answer is yes, 100% of the time. If you have insurance and the proper indications, you've done the proper things preoperatively, and if those things are necessary for your shoulder surgery, the vast majority of the costs will be covered by insurance. In my practice, I don't have a contract with Medicare, I do have a fee associated with…
There are a lot of ways. One is therapy, but a very nice combination is a combination of cortisone injections and therapy. Let's say someone has a frozen shoulder. Many times, those are idiopathic, meaning they just happen, or they can be post-operative. Sometimes, people have a lot of scarring and tightening after surgery. We've got what we call the…
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