Blog - Dr. Kevin Kruse

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  • How Often Is Therapy Successful With Shoulder Instability?

    A common question people ask is how often therapy is successful with shoulder instability. It's about 50% for all shoulder instability. Some problems have a higher success rate, like 70, 80, or 90%, because of the nature of the instability and the patient. Everybody is different. Each human being is unique in life in terms of what they can and…

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  • How Bad Is The Pain After Shoulder Surgery?

    People commonly ask how bad the pain is after shoulder surgery. It's not nearly as bad as most people imagine. In our practice, we perform contemporary shoulder surgery. So what does that mean?  We use state-of-the-art techniques, pain blocks, anesthesia, rehab techniques, rehab protocols, and pain medicine protocols after surgery. Everything is on the cutting edge, and the majority of…

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  • How Can I Help My Shoulder Pain?

    The common question people want to know is, how can I help with my shoulder pain? The first step is to figure out what's causing it. So if you have pain in your shoulder and it's negatively inhibiting your life, i.e., your sleep, your daily activities, your exercise, or just pain at rest, the number one thing you can do…

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  • Shoulder Pain When Benching

    I love this question because I used to love lifting weights, but what does it mean when you have shoulder pain when you’re benching? There are many young guys who love lifting weights. I was one of them. I was a heavy weightlifter when I played football in college, and I love lifting weights and powerlifting and all that stuff.…

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  • Is Shoulder Arthroplasty a Major Surgery?

    Is shoulder arthroplasty a major surgery? All surgeries should be taken seriously. It's an operation. You're going inside someone's body, making changes. It's gotten way slicker and way faster. Compared to where it was before, you know, with us now in our practice—and this isn't every surgeon, but for us, we do it through a small incision. The surgery takes…

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  • Will My Shoulder Ever Be The Same After Surgery?

    Will my shoulder ever be the same after shoulder surgery? The answer is no. It's going to be much better. That's why we're doing the operation. You're having an operation because something is torn, broken, or worn out in your shoulder. And if you're getting it done by a specialist who does a high volume, then the likelihood in our…

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