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Medicare data shows OSI has the shortest length of stay after shoulder replacement of any provider in the Western US.
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In a pilot study on pain control after shoulder replacement, 32% of patients required no narcotics at all.
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About 30% of our shoulder replacement patients needed no narcotics at all. These are the methods behind that.
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By age 60, men and women lose bone at the same rate. Seven habits that protect joints as you age.
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30% of our patients take no narcotic at all after shoulder surgery. Here is the seven-part protocol behind that.
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Twelve foods with genuine anti-inflammatory evidence behind them — and honest limits on what they can do.
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67% of patients who had a repair on one side had a tear in the other shoulder, against 11% of controls.
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The reverse replacement solved problems that had no solution — but in younger patients it may be reached for too soon.
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For most patients it is not whether you return to work, but when. Desk work at 1-2 weeks; heavy lifting up to 6 months.
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The first 4 to 6 weeks in a sling are the hardest. Three positions that make sleeping possible.
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What works for a minor rotator cuff injury, and where the line falls into surgical territory.
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The line between pushing too hard and not doing enough. A timeline for getting back under the bar safely.
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