The aches, pains, and stiffness of knee arthritis can truly interrupt your activities throughout the day. Every time you stand up, sit down, walk, take the stairs, run errands, and do chores around the house can be accompanied by the distracting pain of knee osteoarthritis. The good news is that you can do several relatively…
What Can Orthopedic Doctors Diagnose?
Some pain is normal after long hours of training or working. However, chronic pain that doesn’t subside should be evaluated and treated by an orthopedic doctor, as this type of physician specializes in treating joint pain and muscle pain. Orthopedic doctors know how to assess and treat your injury or pain efficiently, without wasting your…
Hip Replacement Surgery: What Full-Year Recovery Looks Like
Hip replacement surgery is not only one of the most commonly performed orthopedic surgeries today, but it is also one of the most successful. If you suffer from the daily pain and loss of mobility from hip arthritis, you can look forward to enjoying a fuller, healthier, and more active life after having hip replacement…
The Total Knee Replacement Journey
If you are considering or preparing for knee replacement surgery, you most likely have been living with worsening pain in your knee – especially during movement – for a long time. You probably are well-versed in all the latest treatments for knee osteoarthritis, including physical therapy, exercise, medication, and therapeutic injections. At some point, you…
Total Knee Arthroplasty: Is This Procedure for Me?
If you suffer from arthritis in one or both knees, and you just can’t find a treatment that sufficiently reduces your pain, it may be time for knee replacement surgery. The pain of osteoarthritis affects more than 30 million Americans, hindering their ability to enjoy an active lifestyle – sometimes even leading to other health…
Symptoms and Causes of Knee Osteoarthritis
Have you been bothered by knee pain? Is the pain becoming bad enough that you are constantly taking over-the-counter medication? Does the pain prevent you from doing things you like to do or need to do? Knee pain is one of the most common complaints that doctors hear from their patients, and osteoarthritis (which is…
Stages of Knee Osteoarthritis
There are many different types of arthritis, but osteoarthritis is the most prevalent type worldwide. Over 32 million Americans have osteoarthritis according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and many things can contribute to its development – including injury, age, playing sports, or being overweight. It is, in fact, a major cause…
When Might an Orthopedic Surgeon Recommend Surgery for a Meniscus Tear?
Imagine a normal day at home, taking care of things around the house and running errands. Let’s say that while you are eating lunch, you remember that you have something upstairs in your room that you need to exchange at the store. How do you accomplish this? You would get out of your chair, stand…
What Can Cause a Meniscus Tear?
If you have injured your knee, your orthopedic doctor will typically ask you a couple of questions. Do you remember when the injury occurred? Did the pain come on suddenly or gradually? A meniscus tear is caused by a twisting action of the knee, which tears the knee cartilage called the meniscus. If your knee…
After Hip Replacement Surgery: Protecting Your New Joint for Years to Come
Congratulations! You have decided to stop living in pain and to have a hip replacement. The decision to have joint replacement surgery is usually made when other treatments have been unsuccessful in easing the pain of hip arthritis – pain that often leads to limitations in activity and a poor quality of life. So now…
