by empirical360 | Apr 12, 2021 | Knee Pain, Outpatient Total hip and Knee Replacement
Chronic knee pain is a very common and serious concern in our society. Statistics show that knee pain affects significant numbers of people, with one study reporting a prevalence of 58% among older females. While some people with knee problems can live a relatively...
by empirical360 | Apr 7, 2021 | Outpatient Total hip and Knee Replacement
People seek out orthopedic surgeons for a wide variety of reasons, from spine surgery to shoulder to knee replacement procedures. In most cases, patients should only consider surgery if conservative treatment options have been fully exhausted without bringing the...
by empirical360 | Apr 6, 2021 | Outpatient Total hip and Knee Replacement
Orthopedic surgery covers a broad range of treatment types, from spine surgery to knee replacement. People require orthopedic care for sports injuries, age-related “wear and tear” conditions and traumatic injuries as well, and there are orthopedic surgeons who...
by empirical360 | Mar 31, 2021 | Hip Pain, Outpatient Total hip and Knee Replacement
The hips are major joints in the body and are essential to carrying out nearly any everyday movement. As the attachment point for the legs to the pelvis, the hip joints perform a wide range of motion while enduring a large amount of stress. This is why hip injuries,...
by empirical360 | Mar 29, 2021 | Outpatient Total hip and Knee Replacement
If you’ve encountered the terms Orthopaedic and Orthopedic and wondered if there was a difference between the two, there’s a simple answer. These are simply two alternate, and correct, spellings for the same branch of medicine. While orthopedic is the more commonly...
by empirical360 | Mar 24, 2021 | Outpatient Total hip and Knee Replacement
Tendonitis is a term describing pain and inflammation from injury to a tendon in the body. Tendons are the soft tissues at the end of muscles that attach to the bone. Without tendons, any range of motion would be impossible, as they allow the muscles to bend and...
