what is a reverse shoulder surgery?

Answer 1

Reverse Shoulder Surgery

One of the most common causes of shoulder injuries is damage to the rotator cuff, a group of tendons located just under the shoulder blade. In severe cases, standard surgery can fix the damage. In older people, extensive wear and tear can sometimes leave the rotator cuff too damaged to repair. Now a new surgery can get older patients back in the swing of things.

A nice walk on a brisk day is nothing for Fritzie Richardson -- even though she's almost 90! "I've exercised pretty much all my life," she says. "I've swam. I've ridden bicycles. I've walked. Everything."

Richardson's been swimming for 82 years, but for the past two, a bad shoulder has kept her in the shallow end, making her very depressed. "When I couldn't do my back stroke that really bothered me." She had a severely damaged rotator cuff caused by years of wear and tear and arthritis.

Orthopedic surgeon Anand Murthi, M.D., says standard surgery was not an option. "When you don't have a rotator cuff, then you have nothing to compress the ball against the socket," he says.

So Dr. Murthi, of University of Maryland in Baltimore, tried something new -- a reverse shoulder replacement based on using your deltoid muscle, or the outer muscle on your shoulder. It replaces the rotator cuff tendons and is the reverse of a standard replacement.

"The part that goes down your arm bone ... is the part that actually gets screwed into your socket," Dr. Murthi says. The deltoid muscle raises the bone up and makes the shoulder functional again. "It's actually miraculous the kind of results that these patients will get."

Three months after Richardson's surgery, she was back in the pool swimming her beloved back stroke. "No pain. Life today is good," she says, and she plans on swimming right through the next decade of her life.

Dr. Murthi says the replacement wears faster than standard surgeries, so it's not intended for younger people. He says this surgery is meant to help seniors above age 65. Another benefit: Patients can usually leave the hospital within two days of having the surgery.

If you would like more information, please contact:

Karen Warmkessel
University of Maryland School of Medicine
655 W. Baltimore Street Room 14-002
Baltimore, MD 21201
[phone]
http://www.umm.edu

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Answer 2

UNNECESSARY - a good chiropractor and massage therapist using the information in the book (below) will likely be able to prevent the need.

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

yea, they are going to carry you everyday to computer screen your vitals for the time of recovery from surgical treatment. they could likely no longer pay expertise to it for lengthy, so that you will manage to exhibit it off or disconnect your self, they could reconnect you. Its reliable sufficient. sufferers recuperating from surgical treatment do "astounding" concerns. Its reading electric powered caution signs and indications etc. Its now no longer appearing some issue. That IV line, it truly is an extra suitable tale, it truly is in which the pathogens and incorrect drugs get in.