Shoulder surgery

Insight to Shoulder Surgery Shoulder is the most flexible joint in the human body. It enables you to place and rotate your arm in various positions. However, its flexibility is exactly what makes shoulder prone to instability and injury. Age is another important factor that may cause problems to the shoulder. Such problems usually include disease, arthritis and other injuries. Since this is a very important part of your body, you certainly wish to treat is with care. So when your shoulder causes you problems, it is time to talk to your doctor. In many cases, surgery might be required. The three types of shoulder surgery Even if you need shoulder surgery, there should be no worries, as patients who undergo this procedure usually recover very soon after it and they can return to their daily activities…

to maintain that recovered range of motion. To measure growth and recovery in a objective fashion, tests over range of motion and strength are conducted regularly throughout treatment. This study will be focusing upon the range of motion and strength of shoulder flexion and abduction. Cite stuff Introduction to Rotator Cuff Tears Rotator cuff tears are tendinous tears of the muscles of the rotator cuff, most often involving the supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons (Kim et al., 2010).…

Most of us all have an intact shoulder that for the most part does not give us a problem. We can take it for granted that we are able to comb our hair, can carry groceries without any pain, or sleeping on our side with no pain until something happens like a rotator cuff tear. This unfortunate event is not very uncommon. We will take a look at the anatomy of our shoulder, specifically the rotator cuff and what might lead to a tear or make it more prone to a tear. We will also discuss some of the…

DOI: 3/11/2011. Patient is a 46-year-old male stationary engineer who sustained a work-related injury when he fell from a ladder onto his right side while fixing a valve. He is status post right knee arthroscopy on 10/8/12, status post right foot fusion surgery on 9/25/13 and hardware removal surgery on 5/28/14, and status post right shoulder surgery on 12/12/11. Based on visit note dated 06/23/15, the patient presents for follow-up of neck, upper extremity, right hip, right shoulder,…

surrounds the shoulder joint, keeping the humerus bone within the ball and socket of the shoulder. A rotator cuff tear is an injury that can cause a dull ache in the shoulder, which often worsens when trying to overuse the muscles. Rotator cuff injuries often occurs in people who repeatedly perform motions that included using the arm above their heads. They can get these injuries in their jobs, or sports, also the rotator cuff injury also increases with age. People who have rotator cuff tear can…

Shoulder arthroscopy means the word arthroscopy comes from two Greek words, “arthro” means joint and “skopein” means to look which it has a term for it which it means to look within the joint. The shoulder arthroscopy surgery is examining or repairing the tissues inside or around your joint shoulder where it feels pain and the shoulder arthroscopy surgery uses medical tool called Arthroscopy which it is inserted through a small cut in your skin and perform surgery from there through camera.…

Rotator Cuff Tear The primary function of the rotator cuff is to allow you to raise your arms forward and away from your body up and over your head. It also enables us to perform movements like throwing and catching a ball. The rotator cuff is a group of tendons and muscles in the shoulder, connecting the upper arm (humerus) to the shoulder blade (scapula). But in order for our rotator cuff to perform these tasks and movements, there are four muscles that must work together to achieve this.…

studies investigating the causes and incidence of scapular fractures and 39 articles without an abstract. The duplications, letters to the editor, fractures of scapula following reverse shoulder and articles on floating shoulder (124 articles) were excluded. 32 studies met the inclusion criteria, of these two were systematic reviews and one was a meta-analysis (only dealing with operative management), the other 29 articles were all case series (EBM level 4) (Figure 1). A…

Making the decision to have a total shoulder replacement should be a topic discussed between the individual considering the surgery as well as the individual’s family, general practitioner and orthopaedic surgeon. Who Needs to Have Total Shoulder Replacement Surgery? Initially, the majority of individuals with arthritis in their shoulder will be prescribed conventional treatments, such as mild analgesics and physical therapy. However, if these conventional treatments fail and an individual’s…

Introduction: Rotator cuff disorders are commonly caused by the deteriorated tendons from squeezing and rubbing against bone that can lead to bleeding and inflammation. The squeezed tendons often develop scar tissues that are less flexible and loss in strength. The damaged tendons over time could ultimately tear and are a major cause of the chronic shoulder pain that frequently results in a loss of strength and stability of the shoulder [1]. The typical formulation of the patients’ treatment…