A common question is how do I relieve shoulder blade pain? A lot of that depends on what it is. Often, when pain appears on the medial side of the shoulder blade, it can be something with your neck. However, we also see other disorders of the shoulder blade, like scapular dyskinesis, where we have a dysfunction of the muscles…
A common question people have is, what does it mean if I have shoulder pain when I'm sleeping? First, it means that you have a serious problem and should come in and have it checked. Also, your quality of life is not good, so you need to figure out how to fix it. There are two main possibilities. One is…
The question was, how do you check yourself for a torn rotator cuff? You really can't. You need to confirm the diagnosis of a rotator cuff tear. You need some sort of imaging. Unless you have an MRI or an ultrasound machine at your house and you're skilled in that way, I think it's going to be tough. One risk…
The common question we get is what kind of tissue trauma occurs in reversal or arthroplasty. We come in through a deltopectoral approach, so no muscles are cut off. A subscapularis tendon, part of the rotator cuff, is often released and reattached after the operation. Now, some surgeons don't reattach it, but I do because there are minimal downsides if…
A common question is, what is reverse shoulder arthroplasty, and are reverse shoulder replacement and arthroplasty the same? We go inside the shoulder and replace it with a new metal ball and socket. Now, in reverse, it's flipped. In normal anatomy, the ball is on the arm and shoulder joint, and the socket is on the side. It's a golf…
A common question people ask is, what's the most common complication after reversal or arthroplasty? With that question, the most common complication is infection. We go to extreme lengths to prevent that in our practice. The overall national average, I think, is around 3%; we're less than 1%. Many things we do are use antibiotic scrubs beforehand, antibiotics in surgery,…
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