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Shoulder Replacement
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Also known as: total shoulder arthroplasty · shoulder prosthesis · artificial shoulder · shoulder joint replacement · shoulder endoprosthesis
Your Body Is Speaking
Your shoulder has given up. Not metaphorically — literally. The joint that once allowed you to reach, hold, carry, embrace has worn down so far that it must be replaced by an artificial one. Metal and ceramic take the place of bone and cartilage. Medicine calls this an endoprosthesis — a technical success that restores mobility and relieves pain.
But why the shoulder? Why did this particular joint fail — the joint with more freedom of movement than any other in the human body? And why did it wear down so far that nothing of its own could be preserved?
The psychosomatic perspective asks an uncomfortable question: what have you been carrying on these shoulders that was never yours? And since when have you been carrying it?
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