ProHealth Care Leads the Way in Innovative Shoulder Replacement Options 

Do you have limited movement in your shoulder? Or a previous shoulder replacement that is no longer effective? New treatment options may help.

ProHealth Care's Orthopedic Center is the local leader in advanced surgical options like tendon repair and reverse shoulder replacement, procedures which can help patients with chronic rotator cuff injuries or arthritis. Working together with specialty trained surgeons Dr. Rick Papandrea and Dr. Scott Schneider from Orthopaedic Associates of Wisconsin, both procedures are offered at Oconomowoc and Waukesha Memorial Hospitals.

"These leading-edge procedures offer hope for many who have exhausted other options," says orthopedic surgeon Dr. Rick Papandrea. "They have the ability to dramatically increase our patients' quality of life by relieving pain and giving increased stability and range of motion to the shoulder."

In the reverse shoulder replacement procedure, orthopedic surgeons reverse the anatomy of the shoulder and upper arm bones. This switch allows the patient to use the deltoid muscle instead of the torn rotator cuff to lift the arm.

For more information, read the Orthopedic Center's information about reverse shoulder replacement.