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Whether you are a weekend warrior, recreational player, professional athlete, or someone who wants to stay fit in the golden years of your life, sports medicine is the key to your function and longevity. Sports medicine focuses on evaluating, diagnosing, and treating injuries you sustain during exercise or sports. Sports medicine doctors provide the diagnosis,…
Your feet bear the brunt of your entire body weight, so it’s no surprise that problems with them are common. From bunions and heel spurs to ingrown toenails and plantar fasciitis, plenty of issues can crop up. These conditions can prevent you from participating in activities you love and can make everyday tasks excruciating. When…
While epidural steroid injections (ESIs) have been around for quite some time now, they remain an invaluable pain management modality – a godsend for people who suffer from neck or back pain that is not responsive to pain medications or physical therapy. In this post, we will explore how epidural steroid injections are used and…
No matter how twinge in your shoulder or ache in your knee or hip occurs, once your joint pain becomes consistent and gets in the way of activities you love to do, you want to consider joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty) as a treatment choice. Many potential causes result in joint pain and make you decide…
An aching hip or knee can make even the simplest tasks challenging. Orthopedic doctors will first recommend conservative treatments like physical therapy and medication to relieve patients’ symptoms. However, if these are not enough to ease pain and improve a patient’s quality of life, joint replacement surgery may be the next step in the treatment…
If your doctor recommends surgery, it doesn’t always mean you’ll need to stay in the hospital for a few days with an extensive and painful recovery to follow. Advancements in medical technology have given rise to new treatment methods and surgical techniques that feature shortened recovery times. More importantly, they also reduce or eliminate the…
Jumper’s knee is a condition that typically affects people who lead active lifestyles, particularly athletes who participate in high-impact sports. It is also known as patellar tendinopathy, which occurs from repeated trauma to the patellar tendon that connects the kneecap to the bone in the shin. Microtears form within the tendon fibers, compromising their function…
You use your musculoskeletal system (bones, joints, muscles, and other soft tissues) for just about every movement you make. Such heavy reliance can set you up for injuries and conditions, which can cause pain and other symptoms that can threaten your mobility and interfere with your quality of life. While conservative interventions are the first-line…
Joint replacement surgery, also called joint arthroplasty, is a remarkable way for patients to regain musculoskeletal function, relief of pain and other debilitating symptoms. Arthroplasty, as a real boon to many of the 21 million Americans suffering from arthritis, replaces a diseased joint in the part or whole with synthetic components. Let’s look at 5…
Foot pain can happen due to various conditions, such as sprains, fractures, ingrown toenails, ulcers, infections, or bunions. If you have foot pain, it’s important to seek out the help of a podiatrist who can perform a comprehensive foot and ankle exam. Your podiatrist can recommend treatment options, so your foot pain doesn’t worsen. Let’s…
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