Total Joint Replacement Patient Stories
A New Hip, A New Life
Digging in the garden is fun again for Roger Schumacher. After a year of pain that turned his hobby into a chore, total hip replacement has let this Sioux Falls man put his green thumb back to use.
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Bike Man
Tools, parts and more fill Keith Schoon’s bike repair shop. But the fix for his severely arthritic knee? He counted on Sanford Orthopedics -- and now the kids can count on him.
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Pain on the Farm
After a step down from a tractor pulled apart his hip joint, Roger Poppema lived life with constant pain. Would hip replacement surgery help him feel and move the way he wanted?
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Swinging Back into Life
Shoulder pain was stopping Sharon McCarthy from getting on the golf course and living life the way she wanted. How would a total shoulder replacement help her get back on the links and make life better?
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Back in the Game
Walking, traveling, working. Peggy Faust loves her active life. But what happens when agonizing joint pain gets in the way? Peggy turns to the team she knows.
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