I would say yes, only in this setting when you've had an injury. Otherwise, you're kind of wasting your time. Seriously. If you fall or something happens to where you go from having a pretty normal shoulder to a severely painful shoulder and you can't use your arm, you should go into the ER. If you just have aching in…
We've evolved in surgery massively. I tell patients that contemporary shoulder surgery done with modern techniques, anesthesia, pain medicine protocols, and rehab techniques is not nearly what it was 15 or 20 years ago. Anytime you go inside someone's body and change something, there's going to be some discomfort. There's just no way around that yet, and hopefully, we'll get…
Just take it easy. The majority of our patients get a nerve block. The advantage is that you don't feel anything in the operative shoulder for the first one to two days. The disadvantage is that you can't move your arm because the nerves are blocked. They're numb. So that's when you're wearing the sling that first day or two.…
Two things typically tear in the shoulder. One would be the ligaments or capsule of the shoulder, which is instability right where your shoulder is coming in and out of the socket. It feels unstable. The second would be the rotator cuff, which is a muscle that turns into a tendon and typically presents itself as just pain. People have…
If you're having severe shoulder pain, it's probably a good idea to go in and get it checked to figure out what the problem is from a shoulder specialist. There are certain tools and things that we have that can fix pain, like cortisone shots and sometimes operations too. But if you're at home and say, “I can't get in,…
This is what I've spent my entire life trying to figure out how to do as a shoulder specialist. In general, if you're getting some aches and pains when you're working out, I think the first thing to do is just pay attention to what you're doing and try to modify your activities. What hurts? What doesn't? Still, try to…
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