Upper Extremity | Articles

You don’t have to look like Popeye or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to experience a torn biceps muscle. While some are definitely bigger and more prominent than others, everyone has biceps muscles and can be prone to injuring them. ...

Spring break for college students often means taking trips for fun in the sun, but that wasn’t the plan for one hardworking elite student-athlete. This year, Josh H., a 20-year-old IU student, spent mid-March training on a track for his...

For Doug P., not getting back on the dance floor wasn’t an option. Doug took the lead on his recovery after others told him his dancing days were over because of a bicep tear injury. He sought a second opinion...

Dr. F. Thomas D. Kaplan, the Fellowship Director at the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center, is the first surgeon in the Indiana to perform patient-specific reverse total shoulder replacement surgery. The surgery is first planned prior to the day...

Dr. Kaplan, the Fellowship Director at the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center, is the first surgeon in the Indianapolis metropolitan area to perform patient-specific shoulder replacement surgery with real-time intra-operative navigation. Using the Exactech GPS (Guided Personalized Surgery) tools,...