Your shoulder is a ball and socket joint that operates with amazing complexity. It moves your arm in a full 360-degree range, allowing you to lift, carry, reach, and swing a tennis racket. To recover from acute or chronic shoulder conditions, your Greater Chesapeake Hand to Shoulder orthopedic specialists offer comprehensive orthopedic assessments and treatments.
Let’s talk about what this exceptional care can involve and where you can go for comprehensive shoulder care in Maryland.
Physical Examination and Imaging
To determine why you have persistent shoulder pain, a noisy or unstable joint or deformity, or limited ability to do your normal activities, your orthopedic specialist will examine your shoulder, discuss your medical history and symptoms, and do digital imaging assessments if necessary. Our onsite services include:
- Nerve conduction tests
- Digital X-rays
- Fluoroscopy to close fractures and install hardware
Non-operative Procedures
Contrary to what many people believe, not all shoulder conditions require surgery. In fact, through careful assessment and diagnosis of your symptoms, your physician may recommend other kinds of treatments for conditions such as:
- Fractures, sprains, and strains
- Rotator cuff tears
- Bone spurs, arthritis, and tendonitis
- Shoulder dislocation and instability (due to multiple dislocations)
- Degenerative diseases related to arthritis or vascular problems
- Job-related injuries, falls, and collisions
- Trauma from car accidents or sports
- Joint deformity
- Nerve impingement
You may benefit from pain medications, assistive and stabilizing devices, physical therapy, regenerative injections (platelet-rich plasma therapy), or other non-surgical treatments. In fact, shoulder care is a real team approach with input from the patient, doctor, and therapists.
Shoulder Surgery Options
Sometimes surgery is a patient’s best choice for return of optimal shoulder function and relief of pain. Operative solutions depend on the exact diagnosis, age, health and activity level of the individual and of course, the outcome the patient expects and desires.
Our orthopedic staff is renowned for the most technically advanced upper extremity procedures. Regarding the shoulder, we offer:
- Shoulder arthroplasty, or total joint replacement, for severe fractures, advanced arthritis, and other conditions
- Reverse shoulder joint replacement, an innovative approach that installs a new socket on top of the humerus or upper arm. and a new ball on the acromion or shoulder blade
- Reduction procedures for severe fractures in the shoulder joint
- Shoulder stabilization for repeat dislocations
- Arthroscopic (small incision) repair of torn rotator cuffs and removal of damaged cartilage and other connective tissues
- Plastic surgery to improve the appearance
- Microvascular surgery to improve blood flow
Top Notch Shoulder Care in Maryland
You can find relief for your shoulder pain, injury, and poor function by visiting Greater Chesapeake Hand to Shoulder. Our nine orthopedic surgeons are board-certified, fellowship-trained, and highly experienced in all aspects of the upper extremities–shoulder, arm, elbow, wrist, hand, and fingers.So, whether your shoulder pain is due to arthritis, workplace injury, sports, or even a congenital deformity, we can help.
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation, contact us today at (410) 296-6232 or request a visit online by filling out our appointment request form now. We have convenient locations in Lutherville, Bel Air, Pasadena, Clarksville, Eldersburg, Westminster, and Baltimore, and we look forward to serving you!
