This blog is expanding in two dimensions!

 Dear Reader

As you know up to this point, this blog has focused on shoulder arthritis and shoulder joint replacement. In order to better serve our educational mission, we will be expanding the topics covered on the blog to include rotator cuff tears, shoulder and elbow dislocations, shoulder and elbow fractures, and elbow arthritis.

We are also expanding the authorship of posts on the blog to include each of the fellowship-trained shoulder and elbow faculty at the University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine:

Stay tuned!

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It is really nice to have you with us, many of you from places far far away from our home in Seattle.

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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).