Rotator Cuff

Does Physical Therapy Work?

January 12, 2021

I sometimes have patients who are very reluctant to consider physical therapy. Sometimes they have had a bad experience with therapy–it hurt more or didn’t help. Certain patients felt that the therapist was not spending enough time with them, or that their therapy was too expensive. Others say that they feel like they could easily

Dr. Anthony Frisella is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in St. Peters, Missouri specializing in disorders of the upper extremity, elbow surgery and shoulder surgery and sports injuries. Dr. Frisella provides treatment for rotator cuff tears, bursitis and tendonitis of the shoulder, shoulder impingement, shoulder instability, separated and dislocated shoulder, arthritis of the shoulder, fractures, tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis), arthritis, job related injuries. At Advanced Bone and Joint, we offer physical therapy, cortisone injections, arthroscopy, rotator cuff repair, total shoulder replacement, and all types of general orthopaedic surgery.