Shoulder

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injuries to her forehead, neck, and shoulders. Per IME report dated 01/26/15 by Dr. Katz, patient’s diagnoses include resolving cervical spine sprain/strain, status post right shoulder arthroscopic surgery on 04/24/14 and left shoulder sprain/strain, resolved with MMI reached. It w as opined that the IW’s right shoulders and cervical spine condition warrants further care. Additional orthopedic care is recommended including cortisone injection to the right shoulder and PT 3 times per week for…

in her right shoulder. Per OMNI, she was initially diagnosed with right shoulder strain. Per the PT note dated 08/12/16, the IW has attended 12 sessions MRI of the right upper extremity obtained in 09/07/16 showed moderate rotator cuff tendinosis with marked acromioclavicular joint degenerative change without full thickness tear or retraction. Minimal superior labral fraying is seen. Based on the progress report dated 09/20/16 by Dr. Lo, the patient had on and off right shoulder pain that…

female automotive inspector who alleges cumulative trauma of the bilateral upper extremities, neck and chest from 1/15/1997 to 10/24/2014. The patient is subsequently diagnosed with impingent syndrome of left shoulder. As per office notes dated 5/27/16, the patient complains of left shoulder pain rated as 7. She states that the post-operative physical therapy has increased range of motion but the patient still feels weakness. It was noted that they will request 6 additional sessions of…

MRI of the left shoulder with contrast dated 05/30/2017 showed a complete, full thickness tear with a moderate retraction of approximately 2-2.5 cm within the distal supraspinatus tendon. The remainder of the examination was otherwise unremarkable with no abnormal findings relative to the glenoid labrum or the tendon of the long head of the biceps. A PT note dated 08/11/2017 indicated that the claimant reported left shoulder pain rated at 9/10 at worst. He was diagnosed with a complete rotator…

Frozen shoulder is a clinical syndrome of pain and severely decreased joint motion caused by thick-ening and contraction of the joint capsule. The peak incidence is between middle aged people. In Ayurved, the symptoms, etiopathogenesis resembles with Avabahuka. It is a disease characterized by morbid vata dosha localizing around the shoulder joint and thereby causing loss or dryness of shleshaka kapha as well as constricts the siras at this site leads to loss of movements of the arm. Ayurvedic…

The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder. The four muscles of the rotator cuff are over half of the seven scapulohumeral muscles. The four muscles are the supraspinatus muscle, the infraspinatus muscle, teres minor muscle, and the subscapularis muscle. The…

patients with musculoskeletal shoulder pain tend to lack thoracic mobility when compared to patients without shoulder dysfunction. When I treat a shoulder pain patient, I always evaluate and treated cervical, cervico-thoracic junction, and thoracic segments. The relationship between thoracic spine posture, shoulder ROM, and scap¬ular kinematics is well described in the literature. Lewis et al. (1) found that altering posture in patients with musculoskeletal shoulder pain improves pain free…

Seek Medical Care For Shoulder Pain After An Injury So You Don't Suffer From Chronic Effects Of A Rotator Cuff Tear If your shoulder is painful or you have limited range of motion and you've recently been injured in a car accident or fell on your arm, then you might have a rotator cuff tear. Even if your pain doesn't seem severe, you should have it checked out by a doctor. Mild damage to the rotator cuff in your shoulder can lead to chronic damage when scar tissue builds as the injury recovers…

Lately, I have been pondering on the harsh dress code rules. When did my shoulders become something I should be ashamed of showing? When did it become a secret that girls wear undergarments? Admonishing girls for letting their shoulders or bra straps show is the most ridiculous form of dress code. Dress coding this harshly can promote negative feelings about their bodies, when they already feel bad enough. Making “thumb width” tank-tops mandatory in order to maintain the focus of the male…