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anyone recommend a good shoulder doc

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#1 ·
Flint/Detroit area?
 
#9 ·
Detroit is actually further from me than lansing. I wouldn't be opposed to MSU at all. I am not sure if I need surgery, but for 3 years (in all reality 10 years) I have been fighting nagging pain/injuries with a few more serious "events" mixed in.

It's a different part of the same shoulder each and every time.
 
#10 ·
my $00.02

look up the University Physicians Group ~ Wayne State Univ. affiliated with Det Med Center. my experiences with General Surgery and ENT have been excellent. working with the DMC you can be assured they have seen it ALL......
or find someone affilliated with football / baseball programs.
 
#16 ·
I actually have a chiropractor that I trust quite well, I haven't seen him yet for my shoulder, it's a consideration though currently. :thumb:

physical therapy should be your first choice, I would definitely try to avoid surgery.
I've done over 6 months of physical therapy in the last 2 years. :thumb:

The PT always makes it feel better initially, but to be honest I haven't been exactly pleased with the results of the physical therapy, nor the aggressiveness in which they have treated the shoulder. This is why I would like to see a shoulder specialist and discuss therapy/options with someone other than my general doctor.

I would like to avoid surgery at all costs, which is why I have tried PT multiple different times. The "pain" seems to roam around to different areas all through the shoulder.

This all stemmed from an injury back in 2003.

Recently.

About 2 years ago it was rotator cuff related (according to doc and PT), after PT it felt better, but then I had neck/back pain on that same side. The shoulder itself also never felt 100%. But it was better, so I dealt with it.

The next time I couldn't stand the pain it was in the trap and shoulder blade area. PT with teh same results, better, but not 100%

The next time it was back in the shoulder joint itself, but more of an AC joint issue. Again, PT with the same results, better but not 100%.

I just finished PT again on December 31st. This last time I had a horrible knot in my back between my shoulder blade and spine, AC joint pain, along with the standard Rotator Cuff pain. For the first two weeks of january I felt pretty good, thought maybe i'd be good to go. Then the very back of the shoulder Delt, tricep, lat area has gone to shit.

So, like I said, I'd like to see a Dr. who specializes in sports medicine/shoulders so my left arm can become functional again.
 
#18 ·
My doctor has never felt it was bad enough to do an MRI. I would like to have the shoulder specialist order it himself performed at a location that he trusts so that the images and results are consistent.

I will not do anything further until I can get an MRI.

I am kinda trying to not go back to my doc, although he has been great throughout the years (i've seen him for over 20 years) he is letting me down a bit with his lack of concern for my shoulder. I have tried explaining to him that I am not your average desk jockey/couch potatoe and that I lead a fairly active lifestyle and need my shoulder to be repaired (whether that means PT or surgery or whatever) and healed up fully.
 
#19 ·
my right shoulder went pop then rip as i was putting the spring back on the kickstand of my motorcycle. after a year of dealing with the pain, i finally saw my doc today. he sent me for an x-ray and made me an appointment with a specialist. i have no faith in the x-ray but it's a start and we'll go from there.
people never realize how much they use something until it's messed up. hope all works out for you.
 
#25 · (Edited)
Do yourself a favor and research ART or active release therapy. http://www.activerelease.com/ Then find a doctor/chiropractor that works on pro athletes.

I had ART done on my right shoulder about 12 years ago. I think I had three or maybe four sessions done. It worked great.

I had shoulder/rotator cuff injuries from playing waaaayyyy to much baseball from 14-21, lifting too many weights, and finally wrecking a crotch rocket. For me it was at a point where I had constant pain in my right shoulder, down my right bicep and my neck. I just lived with it for many years.

The injuries caused my right bicep to never grow even though I was a workout junky. I was right handed but my left bicep dwarfed my right in both size and strength. I could curl 55lb dumbbells for sets of 10 STRICT reps with my left arm and would struggle with 25lbers on the right side. I could not do any kind of overhead lifting at all.

A strength and conditioning coach at GVSU turned me on to ART after watching me lift one day and it cured the problem I had been dealing with for many years in a matter of weeks.

I would highly recommend you at least do some research on this technique before going down the surgery route. One word of warning... I hope you are HALF as tough in real life as your online persona is if you choose to try ART...as it is extremely painful.:teehee:
 
#26 ·
Do yourself a favor and research ART or active release therapy. Then find a doctor/chiropractor that works on pro athletes.

I had ART done on my right shoulder about 12 years ago. I think I had three or maybe four sessions done. It worked great.

I had shoulder/rotator cuff injuries from playing waaaayyyy to much baseball from 14-21, lifting too many weights, and finally wrecking a crotch rocket. For me it was at a point where I had constant pain in my right shoulder, down my right bicep and my neck. I just lived with it for many years.

The injuries caused my right bicep to never grow even though I was a workout junky. I was right handed but my left bicep dwarfed my right in both size and strength. I could curl 55lb dumbbells for sets of 10 STRICT reps with my left arm and would struggle with 25lbers on the right side. I could not do any kind of overhead lifting at all.

A strength and conditioning coach at GVSU turned me on to ART after watching me lift one day and it cured the problem I had been dealing with for many years in a matter of weeks.

I would highly recommend you at least do some research on this technique before going down the surgery route. One word of warning... I hope you are HALF as tough in real life as your online persona is if you choose to try ART...as it is extremely painful.:teehee:
I will definitely look into it. :thumb:

I don't know if I am tough, but I have a pretty good tolerance for pain.
 
#40 ·
Not surgically. I continued on in PT (holy shit that stuff gets expensive), visited my doc again to discuss surgery with him, and made a visit to my chiropractor.

Came to the conclusion that if it injures/acts up again that surgery will be the best option at the time. For now it has actually and FINALLY began to heal up pretty well....I've gone almost 2 months 80+% pain free. We'll see how it holds up.
 
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