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Longtime athlete
Ronnie Beth Rump
had her left shoulder
replaced and is back on
the softball diamond.
Total Shoulder
REPLACEMENT
For Ronnie Beth Rump, it was softball that drove her to see a doctor. An
athlete all her life, the 69-year-old had
rediscovered her love of the game after
moving to Sun City and joining the
senior women's team, Golden Gals.
In addition to playing fast-pitch
softball in her 20s and 30s, Rump also
played tennis and was a competitive
swimmer. In her early 40s, she started
competing in triathlons.
"I've put a lot of wear and tear on
my body over the years," she recalls.
"During one triathlon, I had a serious
bike accident that totally trashed my
left shoulder."
After playing a full season with the
Golden Gals, she realized she would
need to get her shoulder repaired.
"I couldn't snag a ball in the air or
swing the bat all the way through," she
says. "It was messing up my game and
my life."
In March 2014, she went to see
Beaufort Memorial orthopaedic surgeon Mark Dean, MD.
"There was no cartilage left in the
joint," Dean says. "It was bone on
bone. The only choice she had was
to live with the pain or have a total
shoulder replacement."
In this procedure, called arthroplasty, the bone and socket are replaced
with an artificial joint, or prosthesis,
made of titanium and polyethylene.
"If you're good about doing your
physical therapy, you'll get most of
your mobility back," Dean says.
Rump proved him right at the
Senior World Cup Women's Softball
Championships last summer in
Roanoke, Virginia. Not only did her
team clinch the division title, but
Rump also had the highest batting
average in her division, earning her
one of four "All Tournament" awards.
"I couldn't have done it without the
surgery," Rump says. n
USE IT or
LOSE IT
Whether you're recovering from shoulder surgery or treating impingement
syndrome, you're going to need physical
therapy to get you back in the swing
of things.
"A physical therapist will teach you
what you need to do to maximize the
functional outcome of your treatment," says Diane Haigler, manager of
Beaufort Memorial Adult Outpatient
Rehabilitation. "If you don't do the
proper exercises at home, you won't
be successful."
The exercises are designed to help
you stretch the front of your shoulder
and strengthen the back. Impingement
syndrome typically requires physical
therapy two to three times a week for
four to six weeks. Following surgery,
you may need physical therapy for as
long as three months.
To make it convenient for patients,
Beaufort Memorial offers physical and
occupational therapy in Beaufort and
Bluffton and at a new Lady's Island clinic
scheduled to open this fall. Services also
include pre- and post-surgical rehab
and a Bridge to Therapy program that
provides surgical patients with in-home
rehabilitation before beginning outpatient therapy.
To learn more about Beaufort
Memorial's outpatient rehabilitation
services, call 843-522-5630.
CALL
Time to Visit an
Orthopaedist?
If your shoulder pain is waking you
up at night or keeping you from doing
the things you love, it may be time
to see a physician. You can reach
board-certified orthopaedic specialists Edward Blocker, MD, and Leland
Stoddard, MD, at 843-522-7100 and
Mark Dean, MD, at 843-525-0045.
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