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Acute Left Shoulder Pain After a Weight Lifting Injury

Michael R. McNeely, MD
Andrew P. Statkevich, PT, DPT

American Family Physician. 2025;111(3):275-276.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

MICHAEL R. MCNEELY, MD, and ANDREW P. STATKEVICH, PT, DPT, 673d Medical Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska

Address correspondence to Michael R. McNeely, MD, at michael.r.mcneely3.mil@health.mil.

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