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Donavon Thompson

PROCEDURE

Shoulder Surgery

Performed By

Moiz Manaqib, M.D.

Physical or Occupational Therapist

Taylor Simeone, PTA

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My name is Donavon Thompson, I own my own CPA practice. In December 2023 I slipped and fell in my shower and had to twist myself form hitting my head on the corner of the tub. My right shoulder took the majority of the fall. I shocked it off as just another fall but days later my arm was in pain. Again I shocked it off and told myself the I played high school football I'll be ok. By the ending of January 2024 while working at my desk, my entire arm down to my finger tips was tingling and in pain. I went to my PCP Dr. Jafar to check it out and he sent me for an X-ray. A day later he ordered an MRI and the following day I saw Dr. Manaqib. Dr. Manaqib ordered a more in-depth MRI and informed me I need surgery. I started my physical therapy a month before my surgery and this is when I met both my therapists Stephanie Edwards and Taylor Simeone. From the start both ladies treated me like I was family and made sure they got me ready for my surgery. My 2 hour surgery turned into 4 1/5 hours because my shoulder was damaged more than the MRI showed. My biceps were torn, my muscle torn to the point you could see my bone, had a 10 cm tire in the tendon on the rear of my shoulder and rotator cuff tendons tore off. Dr. Manaqib worked a miracle to repair my shoulder. Almost a month later I was back in therapy. From the end of May until the third week of November Taylor and Stephanie worked with me and helped me recover my mobility and strength. If an exercise was too difficult they found an alternate way of getting the same results. These ladies are caring, understanding, patient and constant professionals. It was a standing joke at PT because both my daughter and I was doing physical therapy at the same time and the same shoulder. I would recommend Orlin & Cohen to anyone for both surgical and physical therapy. Dr. Manaqib is an artist in his own right and my physical therapy team are rock stars. Donavon Thompson