A 70 year old weight lifter presented with pain and stiffness of his right shoulder and these x-rays. He started lifting in 1969. He stated that his arthritis resulted "because of lifting too-heavy-too-long, including a period of Powerlifting competition"
Because he wanted to continue high level workouts in the gym, he elected a ream and run glenohumeral arthroplasty with a standard length humeral stem fixed with impaction grafting. The ream and run technique is shown in this link.
Ten year after surgery he obtained these radiographs, showing a stable arthroplasty.
He forwarded a workout video celebrating his 80th birthday. This video shows the function of the right shoulder a decade after his ream and run (see this link).
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Here are some videos that are of shoulder interest
Shoulder arthritis - what you need to know (see this link).
How to x-ray the shoulder (see this link).
The ream and run procedure (see this link).
The total shoulder arthroplasty (see this link).
The cuff tear arthropathy arthroplasty (see this link).
The reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (see this link).
The smooth and move procedure for irreparable rotator cuff tears (see this link).
Shoulder rehabilitation exercises (see this link).
