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For years I endured significant pain in my right shoulder as a result of an accident that occurred while I was in the Army. After numerous doctor visits, I believed the pain was something I would have to endure for the rest of my life. Upon retiring from the Army, I moved to the Jacksonville area an...

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I sincerely appreciate your hard work. What I have learned from the internet, I understand how difficult of a shoulder procedure this was. I am not sure what insurance pays you, but its certainly not enough. Without your expertise, I would guess I would have an arm that would eventually be useless. ...

My story begins with tearing my labrum in my left shoulder while at the gym. I decided to let it “heal” on its own. Years later I got into a motor vehicle accident which worsened the previously injured site. Instabilibitly began to become a problem, popping and clicking was common. To pl...

Absolutely love Dr Kaplan. My shoulder has never been better after he fixed my rotator cuff. He strives to be on time with his appointments and even when I’ve had to wait it has been for no more than a few minutes past my appointment time. No matter how booked he was with patients he always sp...

Dr. Kaplan, I just wanted to let you know that I hit tennis balls this afternoon and my shoulder felt amazing! no pain nor discomfort . I used remarkable willpower (for me) to limit my play because I felt I could have hit for hours! I must admit I was very surprised at how great everything felt. I n...

Hello, my name is Lewis Bellas, who is writing this to praise a great surgeon, Dr. Kevin Kaplan of Jacksonville Orthopedic Institute.

Back in February 2012, my wife and I were hit by a drunk driver almost head on at night. We were very lucky to be alive after that accident.

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My name is Ira Powers and I am 67 years old. I have a very active lifestyle gardening and playing golf three to four times a week. In July 2012, I experienced a castrophic injury to my right shoulder while swinging a five iron during a golf outing. I knew the injury was serious with the loss of use ...

I waited about a year after surgery to give an honest assessment. Dr. Kaplan did a rotator cuff surgery on my left shoulder. I will say that Jacksonville is very fortunate to have such a quality surgeon. I really
didn’t know what I was in for, but, Dr. Kaplan pretty well walked me throu...

My name is Kirk Tovey and I am 48 years old. I live an extremely active lifestyle with surfing, kitesurfing, and stand up paddling as some of my favorite sport activities. Weight lifting is something that I enjoy also, and I injured my shoulder doing incline bench press. I had pain with severe weakn...