ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – An Anchorage woman who feared a painful recovery from shoulder surgery says a new surgical technique made her procedure easier than expected, as local doctors say Alaska no longer lags behind other states in some advanced orthopedic care.
Amy Frackman didn’t think twice about her shoulder until she could no longer swim backstroke.
“It wasn’t a thing that I could just suffer through anymore,” Frackman said. “I started having trouble getting out of bed and had trouble with backstroke when I was swimming.”…