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Dedicated to providing patients with the best knowledge regarding their shoulder or elbow condition along with the most current evidence-based information regarding the options available for their care. Frederick A. Matsen III, M.D., author.
Blog: Shoulder Arthritis / Rotator Cuff Tears: causes of shoulder pain
Sunday, November 16, 2025 11:56 AM
There is a surge of interest in the use of humeral hemiarthroplasty - rather than conventional total shoulder - in the management of patients with glenohumeral arthritis. Many such procedures have been performed using a cobalt-chrome ...
Glenoid pathoanatomy: what about the B Walch types?
Saturday, November 8, 2025 2:45 PM
In his classic paper, Morphologic study of the glenoid in primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis, Gilles Walch identified the B1 and B2 glenoids as being common of types of arthritic glenohumeral pathoanatomy in patients presenting ...
When to start what rehabilitation after a reverse total shoulder?
Thursday, November 6, 2025 10:34 PM
There are questions regarding the rehabilitation after a reverse total shoulder (rTSA).(1) Does early postoperative motion affect bone ingrowth into the implants, glenohumeral stability, healing of the subscapularis, or the risk of acromial ...
What's important: the reason you get up in the morning
Monday, November 3, 2025 11:54 AM
Yesterday, I was introduced to the concept of Iikigai(生き甲斐) is a Japanese word meaning roughly:“the reason you get up in the morning.”It’s the idea of a personally meaningful, sustainable source of purpose based on four domains:DomainCharacteristicsWhat ...