Patient Booklet Krames® Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Features

• Supports shared decision and informed consent discussions with the health care team to formulate a treatment plan and reinforce patient roles and responsibilities Topics: explains causes and symptoms
• focusing on beginning stages of rotator cuff injury and early non-surgical interventions; nonsurgical treatment - active rest
• ice
• heat
• medications
• injection therapy
• electrical simulation and ulatrasound; 8 exercisises and stretches to increase flexibility and strength; if you need surgery
• addresses both open and arthroscopic; risks and complications
• when to call the doctor 16 pages
• full-color photography and enhanced anatomical artwork