I am a patient in my early 30's who recently had MR imaging of a shoulder that repeatedly sublaxes and has fully dislocated more than once. Watching both parts of this video took a while, but I greatly appreciate that someone is taking the time to produce this content. Talking through basically every word in the report, making a demonstration, and building up the full explanation of each sentence was surprisingly easy to follow. Your specific comment on the lack of sufficient demonstrative imagery of the labrum was something I encountered as well, and I am so happy that you made your own model to speak about it. My case involves some kind of labral tear, and I could not for the life of me get any handle on what the labrum actually was. Thanks to this series, I've been able to reread my medical team's notes and reports with a much better idea of what's actually happening. Thank you!
Thanks for your comment. I was worried that the length of the videos would be a turn off to people but I thought it was necessary to help people understand everything. These reports can get very confusing and going through them with the ortho surgeon is really critical to avoid over or under treating the problem!
Thanks for the question. Usually a joint effusion is a sign something is going on in the joint and not necessarily the cause of the problem. For example, after twisting your knee, you may have strained the joint and it gets irritated and you develop an effusion. If you tear something and it bleeds that would look like fluid in the joint but it would be blood (we call that a hemarthrosis). If you have rheumatoid arthritis, the joint gets inflammed and the effusion will develop. Hopefully that answers your question.
I am a patient in my early 30's who recently had MR imaging of a shoulder that repeatedly sublaxes and has fully dislocated more than once. Watching both parts of this video took a while, but I greatly appreciate that someone is taking the time to produce this content. Talking through basically every word in the report, making a demonstration, and building up the full explanation of each sentence was surprisingly easy to follow. Your specific comment on the lack of sufficient demonstrative imagery of the labrum was something I encountered as well, and I am so happy that you made your own model to speak about it. My case involves some kind of labral tear, and I could not for the life of me get any handle on what the labrum actually was. Thanks to this series, I've been able to reread my medical team's notes and reports with a much better idea of what's actually happening. Thank you!
Thanks for your comment. I was worried that the length of the videos would be a turn off to people but I thought it was necessary to help people understand everything. These reports can get very confusing and going through them with the ortho surgeon is really critical to avoid over or under treating the problem!
can joint effusion actually lead to inflammatory arthritis?
Thanks for the question.
Usually a joint effusion is a sign something is going on in the joint and not necessarily the cause of the problem.
For example, after twisting your knee, you may have strained the joint and it gets irritated and you develop an effusion. If you tear something and it bleeds that would look like fluid in the joint but it would be blood (we call that a hemarthrosis). If you have rheumatoid arthritis, the joint gets inflammed and the effusion will develop.
Hopefully that answers your question.