Orthopedic surgeons perform surgeries and treatments on patients with bone, muscle, and joint issues. When treating the lower limbs – including the hips, knees, ankles, feet, and associated muscles and connective tissues – the goal is to restore the patient’s mobility and to relieve pain. Of all the joints in your body, the joints in your lower limbs are most prone to injury. And any such injury is usually accompanied by pain that limits your ability to move. Orthopedic physicians always [Read More]
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All About Total Joint Replacement Surgery
What is Total Joint Replacement Surgery? Total joint replacement is a surgical procedure involving the removal of damaged parts of a joint and the replacement of them with prosthetic pieces. The prosthetic pieces are designed to take on the functions of the damaged parts they replace, so the joint can function correctly once again. Joint replacement surgery is necessary when a joint is beyond natural healing and when other treatments fail to alleviate pain symptoms. It is a useful procedure [Read More]
Sciatica Pain, Causes, Risks & Treatments
Sciatica pain is often confused with other types of back pain. Sciatica pain is caused by and felt along the path of the large sciatic nerve, which travels from the bottom of the spine and down each buttock, leg, and foot. If you feel radiating pain along this path, you may be experiencing sciatica pain. Symptoms When the sciatic nerve is pinched or compressed anywhere along its path, it can cause a host of symptoms. This includes pain in the lower back, buttock, leg, or foot. You can also [Read More]
Benefits of PRP Injections
Among the many types of the new regenerative medicine therapies, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is a promising treatment in many ways. In the field of orthopedics, chronic knee pain is one of the major ways in which patients have reported significant improvements in their condition after receiving PRP injection treatments. Let’s talk about what PRP therapy is, what it is used to treat, and why it’s such an excellent option to help treat your joint pain. What Is PRP Therapy? Regenerative [Read More]
What a Concierge Orthopedics Is Like
Imagine arriving at a boutique medical center and being invited to enter through a members-only, private side door – with no waiting. No having to sit in a crowded lobby, but rather being taken right to a room for a visit with the doctor. And concierge orthopedics works the same way, specializing in the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic physicians specialize in diagnosing and treating injuries and health conditions involving the bones, muscles, and ancillary structures – everything from [Read More]
Regenerative Medicine vs. Functional Medicine
When a person thinks of the health care system, they normally think of preventive care after being injured – or treating an existing chronic condition. But what if we had the opposite approach to health care, with preventing injuries and health conditions in the first place? Or harnessing your own body’s ability to heal itself rather than taking medicine or having surgery? These approaches are functional medicine and regenerative medicine, respectively. Let’s talk about what they involve [Read More]
Reasons for Hip Replacement Surgery
There are more than 300,000 hip replacement surgeries performed every year in the United States, and that number is increasing as techniques and prosthetics get better and better. The hip is one of the larger joints in the human body, and the hips provide vital mobility and support between the torso and the legs – so when your hip is in severe or chronic pain, it can be debilitating. The hip joint is formed by the acetabulum socket – which is the outer edge of the pelvis – and the rounded [Read More]
Knee Replacement Surgery
The knee is the largest joint in the body and as such, undergoes a lot of stress. Whether it’s from wear and tear, an injury, carrying too much weight or degenerative joint disease, there is a good chance you or someone you know will be one of the more than 500,000 people each year who undergo a knee replacement procedure. If your knees are starting to bear the brunt of the pain and aren’t what they used to be, your orthopedist may recommend knee replacement surgery. Not to worry, though, these [Read More]
Custom Knee Replacement Surgery
While all joint replacement surgeries involve prosthetic materials, there are steps that can be taken to have a truly custom-fitted replacement joint prosthetic. It is specially fitted based on the patient’s height, the amount of activity they participate in daily, and their gender. Prosthetic knee replacements were first introduced decades ago. The choice of implant was based on the level of deformity in the patient's knee. There are also anatomical differences between men’s and women’s [Read More]
What Is Physiatry?
Physiatry is a relatively new field of medicine created within the last 60 years, and it is the practice of physical medicine and rehabilitation. It entails not only the diagnosis and treatment of disabling physical maladies (whether temporary or permanent), but also the prevention of them in the first place. Its focus is on the patient’s body as a whole – and how the injured area affects and is affected by other parts of the body – as compared to focusing solely on “fixing” the injured body [Read More]
