Grant Garrigues, M.D.

04/07/2025

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09/06/2025

Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Diagnosis, Nonsurgical Medical Care, and Rehabilitation: A Clinical Practice Guideline.

This evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) aims to guide clinicians with recommendations covering the assessment, treatment, and prognosis of adults with shoulder pain with suspected rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy, the nonsurgical medical care and rehabilitation of adults with RC tendinop...

02/06/2025

16 Causes of Armpit Pain: When You Need to Worry.

Armpit pain can have many causes, ranging from injuries and irritants to infections that cause swollen lymph nodes. Less commonly, the pain—referred to as axillary pain—may be due to an autoimmune or arterial disease, nerve compression, and malignancies like breast cancer.

26/05/2025

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26/05/2025

Early active motion may be noninferior to immobilization for proximal humeral fractures.

Published results showed early functional rehabilitation with no range of motion or force restrictions yielded similar outcomes as sling immobilization after surgical fixation of a proximal humerus fracture.

23/05/2025

Honored to share that I’ve been named a 2025 Healthcare Research All-Star by Avant-garde Health. This recognition places me among the top 5% of surgeons publishing cutting-edge research in the country.

It’s incredibly rewarding to see our work in shoulder surgery and sports medicine at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush making a meaningful impact.

Grateful to my team, colleagues, and patients who inspire this work every day.

Read more: https://www.rushortho.com/news-events/news/dr-grant-garrigues-named-2025-healthcare-research-all-star/

Dr. Grant Garrigues, shoulder surgeon, has been named a 2025 Healthcare Research All-Star by Avant-garde Health.

19/05/2025

When Lateral Epicondylitis Is Not Lateral Epicondylitis: Analysis of the Risk Factors for the Misdiagnosis of Lateral Elbow Pain.

Lateral elbow pain, often attributed to lateral epicondylitis, presents diagnostic complexities. Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is the most frequent cause of lateral elbow pain, but a differential diagnosis among all the potential causes of lateral elbow pain is not easy.

12/05/2025

Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery: Everything You Need to Know.

A rotator cuff repair is a procedure in which torn tendons and/or muscles surrounding the shoulder are surgically fixed. Rotator cuff tears can cause pain and weakness.1 Sometimes these tears can heal without surgery, but severe rotator cuff damage can be permanent without surgical intervention.

11/05/2025

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05/05/2025

Why Shoulder Bursitis Happens and How You Can Treat It.

Shoulder bursitis is inflammation of a bursa, a fluid-filled sac, in the shoulder joint. The bursa provides padding between bones, tendons, and ligaments to reduce friction and improve joint movement throughout the body. There are multiple bursae in the shoulder, but this condition most commonly aff...

22/04/2025

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07/04/2025

How do you treat rotator-cuff tears?

Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most common cause of those shoulder symptoms? Rotator-cuff disorders. Nonoperative treatment, such as physical therapy, is the typical approach to treating rotator-cuff tears. However, surg...