Dr. Eric Stroemer with the Orthopaedic and Fracture Clinic will be on AM Minnesota today. One of the topics Dr. Stroemer wanted to talk about was shoulder injuries and treatments that are available. I have talked with Dr. Stoemer many times and it is amazing what medical treatments or surgeries have been developed over the years. I think this is called the wonders of medical science!

One of the misconceptions is that if your shoulder, knee or hip is bothering you the only treatment is surgery. Sometimes surgery is required but many times less "invasive" treatments are affective. I remember my grandfather's knees always were hurting him. In those days they just learned to live with it. We have options today. Dr. Stromer told me that the biggest reward of their profession is seeing that someone can resume the lifestyle that they had and lost because of some type of injury. That might be a young athlete or someone retired that can play tennis again!

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