Growing more common is a procedure called reverse shoulder replacement. For some with rotator cuff problems, reversing the socket and metal ball that goes into a conventional replacement is a better ...

Painful shoulder conditions, such as shoulder arthritis and rotator cuff tears, are common. Treatments such as medications, physical therapy, and steroid injections can help, but sometimes surgical ...

A new kind of shoulder joint replacement is ending pain and restoring movement to people thought to be untreatable 15 years ago. Reverse shoulder joint replacements — the installation of implants that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Since the first reverse shoulder prosthesis gained FDA approval in 2004, reverse shoulder arthroplasty has given ...

Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the U.S., following hip and knee replacements. It’s mostly needed due to arthritis, which causes severe bone-on-bone joint pain. But for ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DJO®, a leading provider of medical technologies designed to get and keep people moving, introduced today the AltiVate Reverse® Short Stem, the first fully-convertible, ...

Most people think joint problems may be limited to athletes and older adults, but when it comes to shoulder pain, everyone is at risk. The shoulder is one of the largest and most complex joints in the ...

Navy and Vietnam veteran Bill Metcalfe took a hard fall while working on a roofing job and lay there gasping for air after he landed on his right side. “After a couple of minutes, I got up and was ...