Shoulder pain can be more than just an inconvenience. It can interfere with your ability to sleep, get dressed, drive, or ...

If your shoulder joint gets seriously damaged, you might need surgery to replace it. Before you have your procedure, you should know some things. The joint where your upper arm connects to your ...

The surgeon attaches an artificial ball to the socket and attaches an artificial socket to the top of the arm bone. What to expect after shoulder replacement surgery You and your doctor will ...

Your doctor will go over your specific movement limitations after reverse shoulder replacement. Immediately following surgery, your arm will be in a sling or brace. You’ll likely be advised not ...

The research is in and a newer way to repair and replace a shoulder joint is making a big difference in healing and recovery time. It's called a reverse shoulder replacement and Dr. Brandon Kohrs ...

Doctor Nikhil Verma at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush suggested a reverse shoulder replacement. “I thought he was gonna put my arm on backwards, you know; I said, ‘Great, I can scratch my back ...

It can also be evident if someone is moving your arm to assess range of motion. Moving the shoulder might also produce a clicking or creaking noise. To diagnose shoulder osteoarthritis ...

Dr Raghu Nagaraj, Director- Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement Surgeon, Fortis Hospital, Cunningham Road, Bangalore. Reverse shoulder replacement is a special kind of surgery. This is performed for ...

is among the first five surgeons in the country -- and the first in Kentucky -- to perform the robotic-arm assisted reverse shoulder replacement surgery with Mako SmartRobotics, according to a ...

Reverse total shoulder replacement (RTSR): This procedure is suitable for people with completely torn rotator cuffs, arthritic damage, and severe arm weakness. The implant for an RTSR is reversed ...

I am a 74 year old woman. I have gone to an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in upper body limbs, who has taken X-rays of my right shoulder and has diagnosed that I have no cartilage in the joint and ...

where the ball is the head of the upper arm bone, and the socket is a concave part of the shoulder blade. In shoulder replacement surgery, a doctor removes the damaged parts of the shoulder joint ...