Innovative shoulder replacement surgery gets baby boomer back in the gym

by E. Scott Paxton, MD | 8 years ago

Fitness buff Paul Zimmerman’s painful shoulder arthritis was hindering his workouts and keeping him awake at night. He researched orthopedic surgeons from New York City to Boston, but found the world-class care he wanted only 35 miles from his Newport, RI, home. Dr. E. Scott Paxton, a shoulder replacement surgeon with the Lifespan Orthopedics Institute’s Total Joint Center at The Miriam Hospital, used the latest in technology, the stemless shoulder implant, to restore the baby boomer to a pain-free, active lifestyle.