Patient Reviews

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...

I was referred to Dr. Kaplan by a friend when I suffered a broken clavicle in a horseback riding accident. As a competitive rider, injury is always a concern but I had previously suffered only minor and occasional injuries. I was understandably distressed and concerned when I learned the extent of m...

I had injured my right shoulder in a fall and was in constant pain. I was unable to get a full night’s sleep being unable to get a comfortable position. I had limited use of my right arm because of the shoulder and even shaking hands or waving at someone required the use of my other arm to ass...

I began to wonder if I would ever throw a baseball again without pain. I have played baseball and golf for as far back as I can remember and love both equally. I began having numbness and tingling into my right fingertips and extreme pain in my elbow when throwing so I made an appointment to see Dr ...

Dr.K,

As your knew nickname says thanks for the KK’s!!

You performed my son Easton’s Tommy J surgery and he threw in his first live game last night. He struck out his 1st 2 batters he faced and the 3rd popped up to pitcher. We just want to share the exciteme...

In May of 2012, while lifting weights at the gym, I was curling a fair amount of weight on the preacher bench when I felt something tear in my right arm as I set the bar down. It felt like a rope tore in my arm, and I immediately knew something was wrong.

I first spoke to Dr. Howard W...

It was late December and I was on a duck hunting trip with my family. I was waist deep in a swamp and knee deep in mud when the first ducks flew overhead. As I swung my gun to take my first shot my foot stuck in the mud. I kept swinging as I followed the ducks and as I shot the second time I lost my...

It was in my 9th grade summer when I had a pain in my elbow every time I threw a baseball, it started out only a few times during a game but when the pain hit, it was so bad I couldn’t straighten my arm out. I never experienced pain while I was batting or playing the field whether it was outfi...

March 2011 I was working out on the bench press and suffered a complete tear of my right triceps tendon. I made a call the next day and explained what had happened to staff at JOI and Dr. Kaplan made time to see me that day. He also scheduled a MRI that afternoon and adjusted he schedule to fit me i...