Painful Shoulder Program

June 6th, 2007

Shoulder discomfort is one of the most troublesome orthopaedic conditions to deal with. It truly makes life miserable for many--and limits use of your hands as well, particulary overhead. Because of the prevalence of disability secondary to rotator cuff dysfuction--from bursitis all the way to full thickness rotator cuff tears-- we have developed a Focused Care Program to systematically manage and eradicate your Shoulder Pain. Our program is intended to teach Healthy Shoulder Habits to enable you to stay pain-free while being able to get back to the activities that you love, like golf and tennis.

In most cases nonoperative treatment will center around physical therapy, but Shoulder Arthroscopic surgery avails us the opportunity, when necessary, to precisely identify the cause of your pain, and to treat it at the same time--often in less than 1-2 hours, under regional anesthesia as an outpatient. Our partnership with anesthesiologists who are experts at numbing your shoulder during surgery allows you to avoid a breathing tube and the after effects typically associated with shoulder surgery in the past. Having performed more than 1000 shoulder arthroscopic procedures over the past 5 years, including more than 250 rotator cuff repairs has allowed us to be among the Region's finest providers.