Steve A. Mora, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgeon

10/23/2025

I am blessed to be in a position where I can help patients of all activity level levels, including elite athletes. Please let me know if I can help you with your elbow pain. 

09/20/2023

Thank you to my dear patient who came from afar to see me for treatment. Wishing him safe travels and a speedy recovery. Looking forward to seeing him fully recovered. And lastly thank you for giving me permission to post.

08/05/2023

Thank you pops for teaching me about our peruvian culture and history.

Love this picture of my pops and his Peruvian Cajon drum. It was taken in honor of Día Del Cajon Peruano, The Peruvian Cajon-drum Day. The Cajon is the Woden box my pops is sitting on. It is used as a percussion instrument especially in Afro-Peruvian music.

Que viva Peru!

About the Cajon:
The cajón, Spanish for box, is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks. Cajones are primarily played in Afro-Peruvian music (specifically música criolla), but have made their way into flamenco as well.

07/26/2023

I think you’re going to like seeing this video of one of my patients who flew in from Iceland in preparation for a huge surgery. He also happens to be one of the strongest men in the world. 

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07/26/2023

I heard the greatest rock climber in the world, Alex Honnold, is looking for a Thumb War opponent!

07/25/2023

in the News:

Hafthor Bjornsson, bodybuilder and strongman gives an update on his recovery from a very nasty pectoral injury. He had undergone surgery.

06/02/2023

Nostalgia happiness. It can be as easily as doing something you always liked doing.

05/24/2023

Pec major tear surgery experience seen from the eyes of one of the strongest men in the world.

Operating on a 6 ft 9, 285 lb gentleman who has been considered one of the strongest men in the world can be challenging for many reasons.

Especially one known as “The Mountain”

The patient has given me permission to post about his surgical experience. This is his personal video posted on his YouTube channel.

Let me know if I can help you with your sports injury.


https://youtu.be/OvOXFNxqQ7E

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05/13/2023

20 year old tear! Extremely challenging case. But in the end it looked solid. Wishing my dear patient a speedy recovery. I do my best to help patients get through the his chapter. I know it’s hard. I do all I can to provide the attention that my patients need especially since hose is ho travel from far away lands !

04/27/2023

Blessed to be in a position to help some of the greatest athletes of all time.

11/05/2022

It’s possible.

08/26/2022

Chronic Pec Tears. It can be better
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Chronic Pectoralis Major Tear surgery is challenging. As the tear ages the muscle becomes scarred, shrunken rigid and almost impossible to pull back to its natural insertion site.
Once it becomes chronic a simple repair is not possible. The PecFlexFix reconstruction requires that cadaver grafts be used to bridge the gap and to mitigate scar formation. Tears as old as 10 years old can benefit from a reconstruction. No tear is too old.
A good result requires attention to numerous details.
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Surgical goals:
1-Restore strength by effectively reattaching the torn tendon/muscle back to bone with or without an allograft to reestablish muscle tension and length.
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2-Recreate the symmetry of the lateral chest wall by attaching the tendon at the anatomic footprint and bulking area up with graft.
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3 - Produce an aesthetic result by hiding the scar in the axilla and mitigating subcutaneous adhesions by using an amniotic membrane graft.
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It is possible even with tears GREATER than 10 years old.

For a face-to-face consultation please call 714-598-1745.

Virtual education sessions are also available by visiting Dr Mora’s website MyOrthoDoc.com