The complexity of the shoulder joint allows it to handle relatively heavy loads while maintaining a wide range of motion. However, this ability also makes it prone to injuries. Some conditions can leave the shoulder in a painful and deteriorated condition beyond what the body can heal naturally. For [Read More]
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Recovery From An Ankle Replacement
An orthopedic surgeon may recommend ankle replacement surgery to patients with extensive damage to the soft tissues in the ankle, usually caused by arthritis. At an advanced stage, a patient’s progressive condition will cause severe pain and be accompanied by other disabling symptoms. During an [Read More]
How to Prevent Summer Sports Injuries
Summer is the perfect time to enjoy the great outdoors with friends and family. The weather is ideal, the kids have their summer break from school, and it doesn’t take much preparation to go out and start having fun. However, amid all the excitement, it is essential to practice some caution in [Read More]
Causes of Low-back Pain
Everyone experiences lower back pain at some point in life, and for a lot of people, the pain goes away quickly. Lower back pain is not always severe and often gets better on its own. However, for some people, lower back pain can be chronic, which means the pain does not go away or continues to come [Read More]
What to Expect After Arthroscopy
Arthroscopic surgery allows orthopedic surgeons to look inside a joint and make the necessary repairs through an incision that is only the size of a buttonhole. This revolutionary type of outpatient surgery requires less cutting through tissues, thereby causing less bleeding during the operation and [Read More]
Spine Surgery and Recovery
Spine surgery is serious, and because it’s a serious procedure, it is understandable that it is often approached with trepidation. There are many considerations that patients must think over if they’ve been diagnosed with a condition that requires surgery. For instance, what type of spine surgery is [Read More]
Symptoms of a herniated disc
If you are experiencing back pain, especially pain that travels to one or more extremity, you may have a herniated spinal disc. Each one of your spinal discs has a nucleus encased in a tough exterior called the annulus. When the nucleus, which has a jelly-like quality, pushes out through the annulus [Read More]
Common Treatments for Knee Pain
Knee pain can happen to anyone, anytime. The complexity of the knee and the constant pressures placed on it throughout the day make it vulnerable to injury, including overuse injures such as osteoarthritis. There is a multitude of options that people can use to alleviate knee pain and address the [Read More]
When Should You Worry About Neck Pain?
If you’re an adult, chances are you’ve experienced neck pain at some point in your life. The neck is prone to pain because it has to constantly hold up and support the head, which weighs about 10 pounds. While neck pain usually goes away on its own, especially if it’s just a strain, chronic neck [Read More]
Back Pain Treatment Options
Has persistent back pain got you down? Are you no longer able to enjoy the activities you love the most? If you wish to get back to a fun and active lifestyle, have your back pain assessed by a physician, particularly an orthopedic physician or spine specialist. Without a diagnosis, you are in [Read More]
