PreOp® Patient Education: Shoulder Replacement Surgery

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Your doctor has told you that need to undergo shoulder replacement surgery. But what does that actually mean?

As you move your arm, the ball-shaped end of the upper arm, or humerus, moves against a cup-like depression in shoulder bone, or scapula.
As long as the upper arm can slide against the shoulder, you are able to move your arm comfortably. But over time, especially in patients who suffer from arthritis, the shoulder joint can wear down.

Cartilage, the tissue that cushions the bones and makes it possible for them to move smoothly against each other can wear away.

When this happens, the bones run together, causing pain and restricting arm movement. No matter what the cause, one of the most effective ways to fix a damaged shoulder is to replace it surgically.

In this procedure, the ball-shaped bone at the top of the upper arm is removed ...
... and replaced with a metal substitute.

Patient Education:
The shoulder socket is widened and lined with a smooth pad that allows the metal ball joint to move more freely against the shoulder blade.
Shoulder replacement surgery is a major operation, but your doctor believes that the procedure -- followed up with physical therapy and time to heal -- will result in reduced pain and greater mobility.

So make sure that you ask your doctor to carefully explain the reasons behind this recommendation.
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[ak8911]

i just came home frome the gym. And i feelt a short pain in my right shoulder and after a while i had constant pain in my shoulder, And when i lift it i can feel it popping shuld i be worried? sorry if i spell bad im a sweed and im 15 years old. All i think that it is not quite in the socket what shuld i do???

[SriMayapurDiary]

i have healed that without surgery....

[mw2Glitching360]

im doubled jointed and can make my shoulder blades completely horizontal

[gaskan666]

If yo ae lookin to get a shoulder replacement there is a new and better option, which

is less evasssive ts called a T.E.S.S shoulder replacement. I had mine done on april 1 2010 and its now april 24 2010 and am feelin fine. its worth looki into .

[666Avian]

WTH!?!?!? call some other people u need support, ur family is INSANE!?

[MACHINEGUN01841]

some day some how