Patient Reviews

What was your injury?

Torn Left Labrum

What were the symptoms and difficulty you were having as a result?

My shoulder felt very unstable and it would slide out of place during normal physical activities and even j...

Dr. Kaplan,

I hope this message finds you well! I want to give you an update on my progress since my shoulder surgery on October 31, 2013 and just let you know how thankful I am for the great work you perform while repairing my completely torn labrum.

"I dealt with pain...

Prior to my senior season of high school baseball I had a problem with frequently dislocating my shoulder, which was later diagnosed as a torn labrum. My immediate thought was that I would be unable to play baseball again due to the severity of the injury, but with the help of Dr. Kaplan and his sta...

I’m a former 4 year Student Athlete (Sport- Football) Spring of my sophomore I tore my labrum in my right shoulder and played with it all through my Junior season. I came to JOI after the season, where I met Dr. Kaplan. He tested my shoulder for strength and stability and ordered an MRI. It wa...

I am currently a Junior at University of North Florida pursuing a degree in Exercise Science. I had been a competitive baseball player since I was 10 yrs old and was playing at St. Johns State College when I developed pain in my right (throwing) shoulder during my freshman season. I finished the sea...

Colby S

Our Son was a hard-throwing Pitcher who received a Baseball Scholarship to one of the best College Baseball programs in America in 2010. Within the first few weeks of practice in his first year of College, he began having discomfort in his throwing shoulder. After receiving an...

I met Dr. Kaplan during baseball season of my junior year. It was the first day of baseball practice and I swung at an outside pitch. Seconds after swinging I felt a slight dislocation of my left shoulder. I knew something was wrong right when it happened. So the next day I had an appointment with D...

In 2011, during my 8th grade Jr. High School baseball season and in the semi final game, a ball was hit to my left, as I dove to try to stop it. I landed on my left shoulder. Right when I hit the ground I felt a very uncomfortable dislocation in my shoulder. After awhile it didn’t seem to get ...

After a hard fall skiing in Lake Tahoe damaged my shoulder a number of years ago, I was left with a shoulder that was plagued by chronic instability. Almost anything would make it come dislocated which was both annoying and painful. I couldn’t enjoy playing sports such as basketball or go wake...

My name is Manuel Joseph and I tore my right pectoral tendon in September 2009 while lifting weights in the gym. The injury occurred while I was bench pressing. I felt the tear immediately and fortunately I was with a friend who was able to pull the weights off my chest. The pain from that type of i...