Besides trauma and fractures, orthopedic care includes spinal (back) problems, arthritis, hand surgery, foot surgery, industrial injuries, and sports medicine.
Several specialized surgical techniques such as arthroscopic surgery and total joint replacement are sometimes required to treat these problems.
Because of the size and the varied interests of our members, we will almost always have a physician with the specific training and experience to treat your orthopedic problem.
To learn more about certain Orthopedic procedures, conditions, illnesses, and treatments - click on a link.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Patient Information
Click on a link for more information at the AAOS patient information site:
ARTHRITIS: inflammation of a joint
Osteoarthritis also known as degenerative joint disease - occurs in the joints when cartilage is lost, damaged, and bones undergo abnormal changes.
Link
to patient information about arthritis as AAOS
Inflammatory
Arthritis of the Hip
Rheumatoid
Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle
ARTHROPLASTY
Arthroplasty - The
visual examination of a joint with an arthroscope, a fiberoptic instrument
with a lighted tip. Arthroscopy may be used in the knee, shoulder, elbow,
ankle, hip, or wrist to diagnose an injury or disease, remove bone or cartilage,
or repair tendons or ligaments.
Reconstructive surgery of a joint or joints to restore motion because of ankylosis
or trauma or to prevent excessive motion.
Osteotomy
and Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty -Total joint replacement (arthroplasty)
is a common and very successful surgery for people with degenerative arthritis
(osteoarthritis) of the knee.
LOWER BACK, PELVIC,
and HIP PAIN
Ankylosing
Spondylitis (AS): AS is a chronic inflammation of the spine and the sacroiliac
joint (the point where the spine meets the pelvic bone) that can also cause
inflammation in other joints.
Sciatica: If you suddenly start feeling pain in your lower back or hip that radiates down from your buttock to the back of one thigh and into your leg, your problem may possibly be due to a protruding disk in your lower spinal column pressing on the roots to your sciatic nerve.
Joint Replacement: A surgical procedure to remove a diseased or injured joint and insert an artificial ball-and-socket joint. Joint replacement is often performed to alleviate hip pain and disability from arthritis.
NECK PAIN
Cervical Spine Degeneration: The deterioration of quality of the seven segments of spinal tissue between the base of the skull and the thoracic spine.
SPORTS MEDICINE
Including:
Achilles tendonitis: Inflammation of the heel cord that is the extension from the triceps surae group of muscles.
Torn anterior cruciate ligament: Tear in one or both of the two deep ligaments within the knee that are crossed.
Torn medial collateral ligament: A tear in the strong fibrous ligament on the medial side of the knee connecting the femur with the tibia.
Torn meniscus: A tear in the crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous disk between the two joint surfaces.
Achilles tendonitis:
Inflammation of the heel cord that is the extension from the triceps surae
group of muscles.
Sprains and Strains: Damage to ligaments, tendons and muscles
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