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How long should it take to for my schoulder blade fracture to heal?1 year 46 weeks ago621
How often do people dislocate their shoulders more than once?7 years 31 weeks ago821
I am 34-years old and a semi-professional golfer. I had an operation done for my right shoulder called a partial resuracing. I'm slowly getting back into shape. My biggest fear is that if I overdo it, the implant will break or get used up too fast. How can I get past this hurdle and back into full swing, so-to-speak?27 weeks 3 days ago238
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?7 years 34 weeks ago1201
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?7 years 41 weeks ago884
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?4 years 24 weeks ago838
I am 67-years young and training for an ironman competition. Part of the race involves swimming. If I have a shoulder replacement this year, will I be able to participate again next year?1 year 14 weeks ago322
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?4 years 17 weeks ago944
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?4 years 24 weeks ago1189
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.7 years 36 weeks ago3673
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?4 years 33 weeks ago666
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?4 years 44 weeks ago892
I am a collegiate baseball pitcher. Since the beginning of baseball season, the vague soreness in my shoulder has become centered in the back part of my shoulder, especially when I wind up to throw. The stiffness in my shoulder used to go away with a good warm up, but now even a warm up doesn't seem to help. What could be wrong with my shoulder? Will my problem just keep getting worse?8 years 4 weeks ago923
I am a competitive swimmer. I know it's good to strengthen my abdominal muscles, but why?6 years 36 weeks ago582
I am a fairly new journalist now assigned to a small town newspaper sports column. My first assignment is to research shoulder dislocations in throwing athletes. Parents of our local little league players are worried about their kids ending up with one dislocation after another. I'm looking for some background information and maybe a new angle from what's already been reported. Can you help me out?13 weeks 2 days ago152
I am a pitcher in a AA pro baseball league. My coach had me bump up my training schedule to get ready for the upcoming season. Now I'm starting to feel pain and popping in the bottom tip of my shoulder blade, especially when I wind up and start to throw. What could be causing this?8 years 37 weeks ago1132
I am a volleyball player at the collegiate level. I can't tell you how many times I've dislocated my right shoulder while playing. Now that we are in the off-season, I'm going to have surgery to repair it. How long will it take to get my strength back?2 years 2 weeks ago448
I am fed up with the popping and grating under my shoulder blade. My doctor diagnosed me with snapping scapula. He wants me to try a couple different treatments to see if I'll get better. But after all I've put up with, shouldn't I just go ahead and have a surgery to fix it?8 years 37 weeks ago2558
I am going to have an operation to repair the torn rotator cuff tendon in my shoulder. What can go wrong with this kind of surgery?7 years 41 weeks ago685
I am going to have surgery to repair the rotator cuff tendons in my shoulder. The doctor has offered me the choice between two different types of anesthesia: general and regional. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these?7 years 31 weeks ago496
I am having part of my shoulder blade removed because of chronic problems with snapping scapula. My doctor said I have to wait at least six to eight weeks afterward before doing any kind of active exercise. This seems like an awfully long time. Why will I have to wait so long?8 years 37 weeks ago459
I am having surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in my shoulder. The doctor has described using an anchor to "button down" the torn tendon. How does this work?7 years 31 weeks ago443
I am on my high-school swim team. I have been swimming competitively since I was eight years old. Last season, I started to get shoulder pain doing freestyle. The pain is the worst when my hand goes into the water. Is there any kind of stretching or exercise program I can do for this?7 years 34 weeks ago416
I am the coach of a high school baseball team. Two of my best pitchers are out with injuries. One has a Hill-Sachs lesion. The other has a SLAP tear. What's the difference between these two problems?5 years 37 weeks ago498
I asked my surgeon about having a reverse shoulder replacement. He doesn't do this type of surgery and wants to refer me to someone else. He says he just hasn't taken the time to study and practice the technique. Is it really that difficult to do?48 weeks 3 days ago223
I broke my shoulder blade a few years ago. Now I'm starting to feel and hear it thump when I raise my arm. Is my old injury related to this thumping?8 years 37 weeks ago468
I can't figure out what's wrong with my arm. When I try to lift it up to comb my hair, I can only go so far and get stuck. It hurts like the dickens when I try to do that. But I can lie down on the bed holding on to my cane with both hands and the arm goes up all the way. Can you explain this to me?25 weeks 3 days ago359
I can't move my left arm up past my ear. It just won't go -- even when I try to force it. There's absolutely nothing on the X-ray to show what's going on inside there. How is that possible?1 year 6 weeks ago665
I can't seem to get a straight answer from my doctor about my shoulder surgery. I have a shoulder that dislocates at least once a month. I know I need surgery but I can't decide whether to go with the open incision method or the arthroscopic approach. My doc says they are equally good for different reasons.4 years 18 weeks ago388
I confess I'm not much for exercise, so when I was diagnosed with snapping scapula syndrome, I skipped the surgeon's recommendation for physical therapy and just took the antiinflammatory pills. But six weeks later and I'm still not any better really. Maybe if I knew what was involved with therapy, I might be more motivated to go. What can you tell me?9 weeks 1 day ago162
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