Dr. April Dawn Armstrong, MD

My MRI review: a 60% tear in the supraspinatus tendon meaning an eventual 100% tear, and two other minor tears. I chose surgery thinking it would be an easier procedure since it wasn't completely torn. After one year and 10 months my shoulder is worse than before. I have less strength, less mobility and intense pain depending on how I move my arm. I went back for an assessment. They wanted to do an x-ray which will show nothing. I have built strength, so they say it is fine. I have worked extremely hard to build strength even with my new limitations. What remains, is intense pain when I move my arm a certain way. I have not been able to return to sports. I wish I would have never had the surgery and I would have simply lifted and protected the 40% of the tendon that existed. I had less pain before surgery.

Dr. April Armstrong performed my "Tommy John's " surgery a few years ago. Recently, she repaired my distal bicep rupture. She is very professional and highly educated in her field. I find her personable and considerate. I feel like she listens to my concerns and genuinely cares about my care.

A job well done on my radial tuberosity. I have no problems and my arm works great. She went above and beyond her job to not only get my MRI done asap, she booked the OR so that as soon as results were in she could operate. I am thankful for her!! Her assistant sucks!!

I have had many people give me raving reviews about Dr. Armstrong's competency ans skills as a surgeon. I have even been told about her great personality and bedside manner. That being said, I think I must have met the wrong doctor. Dr. Armstrong has been my Dr. For about 2 1/2 years and after many appointments, I have personally only seen/spoken to her one time! Her PA has been the only one caring for me. I have been in pain with severe osteoarthritis and absolutely no joint space left for 5 years. My steroid injections have no longer given me any relief and I have barely any mobility of my arm anymore. I am told to wait another "10 years" for surgery because I'm too young right now and would require too many replacements over my lifetime. Fortunately I finally decided to get a second opinion and am happy to say that 1 month from my first appointment with this new doctor- I will be having a total shoulder replacement!

I'm very happy that I finally got proper-ly diagnosed! After almost two years of having the run around with my shoulder. My own family dr.gave me Celebrex and I am allergic to sulphers! I had heart pal-pitations,rash,and hives. I got three different shots of cortazone in that time frame,a x-ray,taper packs of Pred-isone, and a second dr.!! I asked for a m.r.i. because I do have insurance, and that is how they found my brothers' torn rotator cuff years ago. So after the re-sults came back from the m.r.i. I got sent to my third dr. and she fixed my torn rotator cuff and reattached my mus-cle to the bone! I think Dr. Armstrong is GREAT and I'm going to p.t. to get the use of my right arm back. By the way I'm right handed but had to use my left for months as my right arm became more and more weaker!

For anyone needed her specialty, she is without any doubt, the best surgeon in the country. She took on operating on my shoulder with all tendons snapped, not just torn. I owe her so much for her expert ability undertaking an impossible task of repair. My arm and shoulder are doing well and now it is up to me to complete the usage with weight training.