Patient Education

Orthopaedics is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases of your body's musculoskeletal system. This complex system includes your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves and allows you to move, work and be active.

Once devoted to the care of children with spine and limb deformities, orthopaedics now cares for patients of all ages, from newborns with clubfeet to young athletes requiring arthroscopic surgery to older people with arthritis. And anybody can break a bone.

• Sports Medicine Resources

• Muscle Cramp

• Shin Splints

• Sprains & Strains

• Stress Fractures

• Heat Injury

• Burners & Stingers

• ACL Recon

• Meniscal Tear

• Total Joint Replacement

• Total Knee Replacement

• Total Hip Replacement

• What Can You Tell Me About Bone and Tissue Transplantation?

• Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement

• Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement

• Foot & Ankle

• Foot & Ankle

• Achilles Tendonitis

• Bunions

• Corns

• Diabetic Foot

• Hammer Toe

• Heel Pain

• Ingrown Toenail

• Morton's Neuroma

• Broken Ankle

• Sprained Ankle

• Plantar Fasciitus

• Fracture of the Talus

• Fractures of the Heel

• Stiff Big Toe (Hallux Rigidus)

• Stress Fractures of the Foot & Ankle

• Prevent Scooter-Related Injuries

• The Shoulder

• Arthritis of the Shoulder

• Dislocated Shoulder

• Rotator Cuff Tears

• Shoulder Impingement

• Shoulder Joint Replacement

• Frozen Shoulder

• Shoulder Pain

• Hand and Wrist

• Hand & Wrist

• Hand Fractures

• Wrist (Scaphoid) Fractures

• Sprained Thumb

• Wrist Sprains

• Flexor Tendon Injuries

• Nerve Injuries

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrom Facts

• Arthritis of the Hand

• Arthritis of the Wrist

• DeQuervain's Tendinitis (Wrist)

• Ganglion (Cyst) of the Wrist

• Arthritis of the Thumb

• Dupuytren's Contracture (Fingers)

• Trigger Finger

• Electrodiagnostic Testing

• Wrist Arthroscopy

• Wrist Arthroplasty

• What is a Hand Surgeon?

• Spine Links

• Lumbar and Thoracic Spine Disorders

• Scoliosis

• Kyphosis

• Cervical Spine Disorders

• Herniated Cervical Disc

• Herniated Lumbar Disc

• Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis

• Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation

• Spinal Fusion Surgery

• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

• NSAIDs (Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs)

• Osteoporosis (Low Bone Mass)

• The Stinger

• Links for Total Joint Information

• www.aesculap.com
• www.soactivesofast.com

• Additional Resources

• AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)