Top Questions Patients Ask About Shoulder Replacement—Answered by a Surgeon
If you're considering surgery, it's natural to have questions. Many patients have questions about what to expect before, during, and after shoulder replacement surgery.
If you're considering surgery, it's natural to have questions. Many patients have questions about what to expect before, during, and after shoulder replacement surgery.
Borrowing a page from their colleagues who specialize in robotic knee and hip replacement surgery, orthopedic specialists who treat shoulders have fine-tuned their operating-room techniques and are sending patients home sooner for faster recoveries.
Sometimes, replacing a severely injured or deteriorating human joint is easier to perform and more effective for patients when orthopedic surgeons reorganize, re-arrange and tinker with the body’s original anatomy.
Patients considering surgery for an achy, deteriorating shoulder, elbow, knee or hip are familiar with the post-operative rehabilitation routine they’re expected to follow once they’re home. Exercises.
There’s a saying among orthopedic specialists when patients ask how to keep their aging shoulders healthy, moving, and free of stiffness and pain.