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Have got shoulder impingement and been told either cortisone which I had and didn't help or surgery and long recovery what's best option?

Dr. Ronald Krauser, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University Answered Oct. 17, 2013
49 years experience in Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
see details. Arthroscopic surgery with correction of the impingement. One can try physical therapy but a significant impingement will likely not respond to pt.
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