| After a couple months messing with a rotator cuff tear I've decided to have it fixed with an operation. I'm 69 years old. Is my age against me? | 2 years 29 weeks ago | 592 |
| After carrying my 20-pound baby over my arm, I started having terrible shoulder pain. The doctor thinks I may have rubbed the tendon of my rotator cuff against the bone enough to tear the tendon. What is the rotator cuff, and what does it do? | 6 years 8 weeks ago | 680 |
| After my rotator cuff repair, the surgeon showed me on the X-ray how much bone had to be removed. I wasn't really understanding why the bone was taken out. I thought it was just the muscle that was torn. Can you explain this? | 51 weeks 3 days ago | 742 |
| After two months of shoulder pain, I finally went to see the doctor. An X-ray showed calcific tendinitis. I'm seeing a physical therapist now and it's helping. Will this problem go away for good? Or should I expect another attack at any time? | 1 year 16 weeks ago | 723 |
| As a child, I had an infection in my shoulder that has since become arthritic. Now I need a shoulder joint replacement. Is this a common problem? | 2 years 38 weeks ago | 450 |
| As a mother of two boys on a high school baseball team, I notice there are a lot of shoulder injuries. Most seem to occur with overhead throwing. What causes this to happen? | 3 years 32 weeks ago | 462 |
| As a small business owner, I am self-insured. Is there any way I can save money on my upcoming shoulder repair surgery? | 2 years 27 weeks ago | 467 |
| At 69 years old, I'm in relatively good health. But ever since I was in my mid-40s, I have noticed increased joint stiffness, and now I can't lift my arms fully over my head. Is this normal? What's preventing me from having full motion? | 6 years 8 weeks ago | 496 |
| At age 40, I tore my rotator cuff tendon playing tennis. I had surgery to fix it, but it tore again. Would I have been better off just leaving it alone? | 2 years 1 week ago | 750 |
| Before having shoulder surgery next week, I met with the nursing staff at the hospital. They carefully explained all of the steps before, during, and after surgery. They mentioned that I will be able to use morphine whenever I want for pain. I am worried about becoming addicted to this drug. Can't I go without pain medication? | 6 years 3 weeks ago | 490 |
| Can a bone graft help with total shoulder replacement? | 6 years 41 weeks ago | 521 |
| Can all rotator cuff tears be repaired surgically? | 2 years 38 weeks ago | 570 |
| Can you offer any suggestions? Our daughter is a very athletic cheerleader. She participates in competitions all over the place. She's complaining of shoulder pain along the back of her shoulder. It hurts to move her arm overhead. It hurts when she presses on that spot. Yet no one can find anything wrong. Even the arthroscopic exam was negative. What do we do now? | 8 weeks 3 days ago | 129 |
| Does it make any difference what age you are when having a shoulder replacement? I'm 82 but still going strong except for the arthritis in my left shoulder. At my age is it worth it to go ahead with this kind of operation? | 3 years 32 weeks ago | 410 |
| Eight weeks ago I fell and fractured my upper arm. The X-ray shows very little new bone at the site of the fracture. I'll have to keep the cast on another two to four weeks. The doctor mentioned nerve damage. How will I know if there is nerve damage? | 2 years 1 week ago | 787 |
| Every time I raise my right arm up overhead, I feel and hear a sound like the bone is rubbing against something. There's no pain when I do it. What could be causing this? | 3 years 8 weeks ago | 729 |
| Every year I see my doctor she wants to X-ray my shoulder replacement. I don't really want so many X-rays. Are they really necessary? | 2 years 29 weeks ago | 409 |
| From a simple fall, I ended up with a broken arm and a torn rotator cuff. The surgeon is talking about me needing a joint replacement. Can't this just be repaired? Must I really lose a perfectly good joint? I don't have arthritis or anything like that. | 20 weeks 6 days ago | 197 |
| From what I've been told by my doctor, I'm pretty sure I have a rotator cuff tear of the subscapularis muscle. The surgeon wants to do an arthroscopic exam. If the scope is positive, then I'll have surgery to repair the problem. Wouldn't it be better to just open up the joint and see what's what? | 1 year 28 weeks ago | 497 |
| Have you ever heard of an HAGL tear? That's what my rugby-playing son got at his final championship game. He says it was worth it but he may never play again. What kind of an injury is this? | 26 weeks 3 days ago | 380 |
| How long should it take to for my schoulder blade fracture to heal? | 18 weeks 3 days ago | 145 |
| How often do people dislocate their shoulders more than once? | 6 years 3 weeks ago | 390 |
| I am 35 years old, an avid golfer, and unable to golf because of shoulder pain. The pain came on gradually over the last month. It gets really bad when I reach my arm forward in front of my face, and it's especially bothersome at night. What could be causing this? | 6 years 6 weeks ago | 609 |
| I am 55 and had surgery to repair a tear in my rotator cuff last year. My recovery's been good so far. Can I expect these results to last? | 6 years 13 weeks ago | 431 |
| I am 66-years old and recently had shoulder surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff muscle. The physical therapist I’m seeing wants me to get down on my hands and knees to do the shoulder exercises. This is really hard on my hips. Is there some other way to do this? | 2 years 49 weeks ago | 424 |
| I am a 17-year old All Star baseball pitcher. I've had trouble with my pitching arm dislocating because of an injury. I've been doing exercises for the shoulder and upper arms. What else can I do to keep this arm stable? | 2 years 42 weeks ago | 538 |
| I am a 24-year old soldier in the U.S. Army. During basic training, I did hundreds of push-ups in a single hour. Two days later, I developed a problem called rhabdomyolysis. I’ve been taken off all physical training and go to physical therapy instead. Will I ever be able to do push-ups again? | 2 years 49 weeks ago | 690 |
| I am a 50-year-old male in pretty good shape. I would like to start a weight-training program at home. About five years ago, I had a motorcycle accident and hurt my shoulder. No treatment was necessary, and I gradually got better. I still have some shoulder pain off and on, but it doesn't keep me from doing what I want to do. Should I have some kind of formal testing done on my shoulder before starting with weights? I don't want to wind up with an injury. | 6 years 8 weeks ago | 1366 |
| I am a 53-year old business executive. As part of my job, I’ve been observing various divisions of our company. During the last rotation, I helped lift some heavy pipes. I felt a snap in my right shoulder with sudden pain. I don’t want to file for worker’s comp. What should I do? | 3 years 6 weeks ago | 390 |
| I am a college-level volleyball player on a sports scholarship. I have a dislocating shoulder with a tear in the labrum. The doctors here want to do a special repair. It's called a Bankart repair with some kind of suture anchor. What I really need to know is: will I get the motion back I need to serve and spike the ball? | 3 years 16 weeks ago | 541 |
