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Shoulder Injury & Pain Treatment

Shoulder Injury, Treatment for Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Surgery

Your shoulder is considered by many to be the most complicated and most flexible joint in your body. It allows you to place and rotate your arm in many positions in front, above, to the side, and behind your body. This flexibility also makes your shoulder susceptible to instability and injury.

The shoulder is a ball and socket joint at the top of the arm. It is where the humerus (upper arm bone) meets the scapula (the shoulder blade). To be very mobile, there is not much in the way of a bony socket - which means that strength has to be supplied by the soft tissues such as the ligaments and muscles.

Many shoulder injuries require more than one form of treatment. Our highly skilled physicians work with each individual to develop a unique and individualized treatment plan – providing both surgical and nonsurgical options to achieve optimal results. Along with the development of innovative, arthroscopic (small incision using fiber optic microscopic) techniques that allow almost all tears to be repaired without an open incision, revolutionary options for reconstruction and joint replacement by shoulder surgeons offer hope for patients living with debilitating shoulder pain.

Our integrated, specialized team uses arthroscopy, minimally invasive surgical techniques, open procedures and total shoulder replacement surgery to provide the best possible treatment for your shoulder or elbow..

Sports Medicine Shoulder Specialists treat the following conditions:

  • Arthritis and osteoarthritis
  • Athletic injuries
  • Bursitis or tendinitis
  • Common elbow and shoulder injuries and pain
  • Dislocated shoulder or elbow

Sports Medicine Shoulder Surgeons treat the following conditions:

  • Adhesive capsulitis or “frozen shoulder”
  • Arthritis and osteoarthritis
  • Athletic injuries
  • Bankart lesions
  • Biceps tendon tears at the elbow or shoulder
  • Bursitis or tendinitis
  • Common elbow and shoulder injuries and pain
  • Compartment syndrome
  • Dislocated shoulder or elbow
  • Elbow (olecranon) bursitis
  • Elbow instability
  • Erb's palsy (brachial plexus birth palsy)
  • Flexor tendinitis
  • Fractures of the clavicle, distal humerus, elbow, forearm, radial head, scapula and shoulder blade
  • Glenoid labrum tear
  • Labral tears
  • Lateral epicondylitis or “tennis elbow”
  • Medial epicondylitis or “golfer’s elbow”
  • Radial head subluxation or “nursemaid’s elbow”
  • Rotator cuff injuries
  • Shoulder fractures
  • Shoulder impingement/rotator cuff tendinitis or bursitis
  • Shoulder instability
  • Shoulder joint tear
  • Shoulder separation
  • Shoulder trauma and fractures
  • SLAP tears
  • Tendinitis of the long head of the biceps
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Throwing injuries
  • Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury
  • Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (cubital tunnel syndrome)
  • Valgus extension overload (VEO)