Doumas, a passionate hockey player and fan himself, understood why it was important for Nick to finish the season. Doumas.”Īlthough the diagnosis was made in February, Nick still finished his hockey season. “Working in the hospital, I checked with multiple staff members for recommendations, and they all recommended Dr. Doumas through her work as an ICU nurse at Jersey Shore Medical Center. Nick’s mother, Carole DiStefano, had heard of Dr. Christopher Doumas, a hand and upper extremity orthopaedic surgeon at University Orthopaedic Associates. When there is an injury in this area, the labrum and bicep tendon are both damaged, causing significant pain and discomfort. The biceps tendon attaches to the shoulder, where it joins with the labrum. In injuries like Nick’s, the biceps tendon is also involved.
When the labrum is torn, the ball of the shoulder can slide partially or all the way out of the socket, referred to as a subluxation or dislocation. The labrum is a fibrocartilage structure found in the shoulder joint. Then, earlier this year, he took a hit during a game and it sent him to the hospital. For two years, he had recurring pain in his shoulders. Nick was discouraged by the news, but had known something was wrong before the diagnosis of torn labrums in both shoulders. A varsity letterman at Wall Township High School, his future in hockey was unclear. The aspiring college and NHL hockey player would have a difficult road ahead of him in the following months. Nick DiStefano, a 15 year-old ice hockey player who has been playing since he was seven years old, received the news last winter that he would need not one, but two shoulder surgeries if he wanted to keep playing.
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