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\f0\fs24 \cf0 \expnd0\expndtw0\kerning0 Hello and welcome.
My name is Dr. J. Michael Bennett.
I'm an orthopedic sports medicine physician practicing in the Houston, Katy, Sugar Land
regions.
I am a sports medicine trained physician.
I did my fellowship at the University of Miami at the UHZ Sports Medicine Institute.
I also finished an orthopedic surgery residency at the Baylor College of Medicine.
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During my fellowship and during my residency training we did a fair amount of shoulder
injuries or took care of a fair amount of shoulder injuries.
One of our specialties here at our clinic is dealing with shoulder injuries particularly
in active adults and our end result is to get you back to your quality of life.\
\ During my training I've dealt with everything
from the elite athlete to the weekend warrior to a baby boomer who is just trying to pick
up the grandkids.
We see everything from shoulder bursitis which is just an inflammation of the shoulder to
fractures of the shoulder, including a clavicle fracture or a proximal humerus fracture, which
is the top part of the shoulder to any kind of tendon injury, which is any rotator cuff
injury of the shoulder, or biceps injury of the shoulder.
We also see shoulder instability in a lot of our younger athletes, who have recurrent
dislocations of the shoulder.\ \
I've been in practice now for 7+ years in these areas, and we have done hundreds of
shoulder procedures.
We want you to be informed.
It is our goal here to make sure you're educated on your disease process, on your injury, and
step-by-step explain to you your options, and I want to make it clear that surgery is
not the only option and there are other options in addition to surgery.
As a matter fact the majority of the injuries we see are treated without surgery.
It's just a matter of changing your technique regarding your tennis swing, or how you hold
the bat or a tennis racket, or just strengthening certain muscles in certain areas or even changing
your shoe wear.
This actually can make a big effect in the kinematics of your body which in turn affect
the rate of injury.
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So many of these things just need to be explained to the patient and we want to make sure that
you understand this.
Like I said the majority of the injuries that we see can be prevented and and oftentimes
surgery is not indicated.
But if it is indicated we want to make sure that you that you are comfortable with proceeding
with surgery and you're comfortable with our office and with our abilities, and that you
understand every step of the way from the preoperative process to the surgery itself
to the postoperative postoperative process.
You'll be educated on how the injury occurred in addition to the anatomy and in addition
to the plan and will go through each option of the plan, there's always a Plan A, B, or
C in case something else is identified during the procedure, and then we will extensively
discussed the postoperative course which is actually outlined in a specific protocol that
you'll be given postoperatively to be taken to a licensed physical therapist in your area.
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So once again we want make sure that you understand that we want you to be comfortable.
We want you to have a very good understanding and be very well-educated on your pathology
and your injury so that you feel confident in making the decision to choose us and we
feel very honored and privileged to have you as a patient.
So please feel free to call our office at 281-633-8600 for a consultation or feel free
to visit the website at JMichaelBennet.com or orthopedicsportsdoctor.com.
Thank you very much.}