Hello, I have had problems for many years with my left shoulder. I had arthroscopic surgery for impingement in 1990, and it has been sore when I swim on and off since then. I hurt my shoulder when swimming last summer and have not been able to swim since. I have been seeing an orthopaedic surgeon since last summer lots of injections and physical therapy - he now suggests surgery on my AC joint but I am not sure he fully knows what is wrong with my shoulder. Can someone please suggest a surgeon who is very well known to be a leader in shoulder surgery, especially for swimmers, who works in or near Maryland? Any help appreciated, thanks Paul. :bliss:
Nancy,
You beat me to it. I agree with your advice 100%. Major league baseball teams have a huge investment in their players and usually have excellent docs that also understand athletes and their desire to get back to competition. These docs also get the best radiologists to read the mri's (mine got sent to some docs at UCLA) and also work with great pt's. At least that has been my experience here in Denver.
Rich
Nancy,
You beat me to it. I agree with your advice 100%. Major league baseball teams have a huge investment in their players and usually have excellent docs that also understand athletes and their desire to get back to competition. These docs also get the best radiologists to read the mri's (mine got sent to some docs at UCLA) and also work with great pt's. At least that has been my experience here in Denver.
Rich
