From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 12/4/2024 11:31 AM, bfh wrote:   
      
   >> Thanks to both of you for the kind words.  Unfortunately, this one has   
   >> gone too far and I have to do a reverse shoulder.  At this point I   
   >> don't even care.  Just gotta move forward.   
   >   
   > Reverse shoulder. Does that mean you'll be able to scratch your back as   
   > easily as you could scratch your chest?   
      
   My doctor refers to the traditional as the "young mans shoulder" and I   
   was able to do that last year on the right side.  He calls a reverse an   
   "old mans shoulder."   
      
   If it's your body and you want as close to original function as you had   
   before you want the traditional if at all possible.  The traditional   
   replaces the existing ball on the arm portion of your shoulder with a   
   ball and places a cup in the shoulder socket portion just like you have   
   now.   
      
   A reverse procedure places the ball portion on the shoulder part and the   
   cup on the arm part.  The reverse of what you originally had.  You get   
   less movement, though with some hard work you can get close.  The rehab   
   is actually much easier doing a reverse, and they don't even care if you   
   do rehab.  I will do it to get as much motion as possible, but the   
   important thing is the pain is gone immediately.   
      
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