Physical therapy and medications are often the first treatment for shoulder injuries. However, shoulder surgery is also an option to repair joints, rotator cuffs, or dislocations, to name a few. The ...

Dr. Michael J. Bercik Jr., MD, a Lancaster shoulder surgeon, completed 4× the annual case volume tied to high-volume status and lower revision rates. When you perform this surgery week after week, you ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - July 2025, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication.

SHOULDER PAIN CAN BE TOUGH TO HANDLE, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR JOB REQUIRES HEAVY LIFTING, BUT THERE ARE NEW PROCEDURES THAT DOCTORS SAY ARE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE. ONE VIEWER ASKED, WHAT EXACTLY IS ...

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.-based Geisinger performed the first reverse shoulder replacement surgery in the world with a guarantee for the full cost of care throughout the patient’s lifetime. The surgery and ...

Q: I recently fell off my bicycle and injured my left shoulder. I experienced severe pain, limited shoulder motion, and a bump on the top of my shoulder. I went to an orthopedic surgeon, who ...

further deterioration of your shoulder joint increased shoulder stiffness and weakness worsening pain, leading to greater reliance on other body parts (such as your back and other shoulder) bone ...

In its final rule, CMS added 11 procedures to the ASC-covered list that were not included in the proposed rule, including total shoulder arthroplasty. Bill Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery ...

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthopaedic surgeon Craig Miller, M.D., is now using a new technology to offer patients guided personalized surgery for their total shoulder replacements. ExactechGPS® ...

"It's called an alternate bearing surface, called Pyrocarbon," said Dr. E. Scott Paxton with University Orthopedics. Last year, he became the first in Rhode Island to use this new shoulder implant.

A Queen Creek man, Laine Dyess, avoided a full shoulder replacement thanks to a cutting-edge procedure using his own plasma and bone marrow to treat his long-standing shoulder pain. The innovative ...