A Practical Guide to Shoulder Arthritis: Relief, Recovery, and Long-Term Shoulder Health
By Mohamed Imam
Your shoulder hurts. Now you need the full picture. Shoulder arthritis rarely arrives overnight. It builds — a deep ache that becomes a bad night, then a shelf you stop reaching for. By the time anyone says the word, you already have questions no ten-minute appointment can answer. This book answers them, plainly. Written by a consultant shoulder surgeon, it takes you from what is actually happening inside the joint, through everything worth trying before surgery, to how the modern replacement operations work — and how the choice between them is really made. Inside: What is wearing out, and why it hurts — the three kinds of shoulder arthritis, told apart What to try first, honestly assessed — pacing, physiotherapy, pain relief, injections, and how long each holds The red flags that cannot wait — the small number of situations needing help the same day Anatomic or reverse? How surgeons decide — the rotator cuff question that drives the whole choice Recovery, risks, and life afterwards — the real timetable, and the complications set out without spin Illustrated throughout. No jargon. No false comfort. Plain answers for the day everything changes. Part of The Clear Diagnosis series from Meridian Publishers.