An active climber and surgeon in his mid 60s presented with these x-rays showing moderately severe arthritis.
How should this be treated?
Interestingly he had no shoulder pain and his principal issues were a mild loss of range of motion, Obviously he's not at the tipping point (see this link) for surgery and is starting on a range of motion program.
Comment: This case illustrates that one cannot determine functional loss from radiographs.
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