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 weakness and muscle atrophy in my right shoulder. After a MRI I was diagnosed with a labral tear and large cyst that was compressing my suprascapular nerve. I was an unusual patient for Dr. Kaplan. Being a co-founder of a medical device company and in the medical business for over twenty years, I am fortunate to have many medical contacts within the Jacksonville area and throughout the country. I also realize there is a large variance of surgical skill level within any specialty and the final outcome for the patient can be effected tremendously. Initially I was going to have my surgery done out of state by a world reknown surgeon who is known for being one of the best at shoulder procedures. Ideally, I wanted to have my surgery done locally for follow up visits and obvious reasons.
My goal was to find out who were the top two shoulder surgeons in Jacksonville with the best patient post surgical outcomes. After speaking to orthopedic coordinators, operating nurses, shoulder representatives and patients I was able to narrow my search down to the top two surgeons. My next and final step was to meet both surgeons and pick the final one to do my surgery. After my intense research Dr. Kaplan was my choice. He is confident, sincere and does not rush his patients. Dr. Kaplan earned my trust and is the kind of person that is enjoyable to be around. This was a stressful time in my life because I knew there was a chance that my water sport activities could be short lived. My surgery went perfect with a procedure textbook result. It has been 8 months from when I had my surgery and I am back kiteboarding and strong with zero pain. I am extremely blessed for the surgical skill that Dr. Kaplan has. He is truly a caring person that gets pleasure out of life by helping his patients. Thank you again Dr. Kaplan and I am so grateful to have a pain free shoulder.
Shoulder Pain – Labral Tear – Suprascapular Nerve Impingement
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 weakness and muscle atrophy in my right shoulder. After a MRI I was diagnosed with a labral tear and large cyst that was compressing my suprascapular nerve. I was an unusual patient for Dr. Kaplan. Being a co-founder of a medical device company and in the medical business for over twenty years, I am fortunate to have many medical contacts within the Jacksonville area and throughout the country. I also realize there is a large variance of surgical skill level within any specialty and the final outcome for the patient can be effected tremendously. Initially I was going to have my surgery done out of state by a world reknown surgeon who is known for being one of the best at shoulder procedures. Ideally, I wanted to have my surgery done locally for follow up visits and obvious reasons.My goal was to find out who were the top two shoulder surgeons in Jacksonville with the best patient post surgical outcomes. After speaking to orthopedic coordinators, operating nurses, shoulder representatives and patients I was able to narrow my search down to the top two surgeons. My next and final step was to meet both surgeons and pick the final one to do my surgery. After my intense research Dr. Kaplan was my choice. He is confident, sincere and does not rush his patients. Dr. Kaplan earned my trust and is the kind of person that is enjoyable to be around. This was a stressful time in my life because I knew there was a chance that my water sport activities could be short lived. My surgery went perfect with a procedure textbook result. It has been 8 months from when I had my surgery and I am back kiteboarding and strong with zero pain. I am extremely blessed for the surgical skill that Dr. Kaplan has. He is truly a caring person that gets pleasure out of life by helping his patients. Thank you again Dr. Kaplan and I am so grateful to have a pain free shoulder.
Respectfully yours
Kirk T