A month ago we had the opportunity to see an active man from Hawaii with shoulder pain and stiffness and these x-rays.
Note the posterior decentering of his humeral head on the axillary 'truth' view.
He elected a ream and run procedure. His post operative x-rays are shown here.
Note the centering of his humeral head on the conservatively reamed glenoid.
"Hi
Things are going well at 4 weeks and one day.
A couple of days ago I noticed that my stretching sessions were much easier if they were done closer together. Yesterday, I started doing them essentially once per hour during my waking hours and, in general my shoulder is much looser all the time. I spoke to Sarah about this today.
I’ve got four stretches I’ve been instructed to do (see this link):
A couple of days ago I noticed that my stretching sessions were much easier if they were done closer together. Yesterday, I started doing them essentially once per hour during my waking hours and, in general my shoulder is much looser all the time. I spoke to Sarah about this today.
I’ve got four stretches I’ve been instructed to do (see this link):
1) The guided overhead reach while laying flat
2) Over door pulley
3) Tabletop Drop down slide
4) Assisted External Rotation to neutral
#1 I do most often since it is the most difficult/painful and I therefore presume I’m getting the most from it.
#2 I sometimes alternate with #1
#3 I do when I’m out and about somewhere and it is inconvenient to lie down someplace
#4 isn’t a stretch since I can get there without feeling anything so I really don’t bother with this one.
When I started stretching hourly (vs 5 sets per day), I don’t have to psych myself up to do #1 since it hardly hurts to do at all.
I’m using Ice and 800mg doses of Ibuprofen to manage inflammation and aching."
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