Surgery, while commonly performed to treat a broad range of musculoskeletal problems, including arthritis, sports injuries, and occupational injuries, is not always the best approach. First of all, surgery is often the last resort recommended by doctors, barring severe injuries. For example, displaced fractures usually need surgery. For arthritis patients, non-surgical approaches are usually exhausted…
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Stem Cells: An Overview of Recovery After a Transplant
Stem cells have many uses in healing – but in sports medicine, this treatment is often used to help speed up the recovery period after an injury. The most effective and efficient way to harness stem cells is by retrieving the cells from the patient’s own body, usually the bone marrow. This is usually done…
How Can PRP Injections Help Treat Tennis Elbow?
If your job or sport puts repetitive stress on your elbow – such as with painting, plumbing, cooking, or playing tennis – then you may develop tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis). This condition occurs when the tendons which attach your forearm muscles to your outer elbow become inflamed. The pain can extend from your elbow to…
Sports Injury Prevention and Treatment
By their very nature, sports are physically demanding and require a great deal of stamina. If you’ve ever been involved in sports, you may be very familiar with your own susceptibility to injuries. However, just because your sport is risky doesn’t mean you should stop playing it. Having adequate knowledge of preventive strategies and first-aid…
How Successful Is PRP Therapy?
Just like with any medical treatment, patients’ results vary after having platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy injections. So, you may be wondering whether there’s any way to make an educated guess insofar as whether PRP might work to provide relief from your joint pain. For one thing, patients appreciate the fact that PRP harnesses platelets from…
Common Winter Sports Injuries: Prevention and Treatment
Winter sports are one of many things to enjoy in cold weather. However, it is important to keep in mind that winter sports often cause injuries. Before you begin playing a winter sport this year, be sure to understand the types of injuries you are at risk for and what you can do to prevent…
Recovering from Rotator Cuff Surgery
Recovering after a rotator cuff surgery is a long process. During the first several days after the procedure, your shoulder will likely be swollen and appear discolored. Although postoperative pain and swelling will gradually subside, full recovery can take up to half a year, and you may need to wear a sling for over a…
Shin Splints, Stress Fractures, and Compartment Syndrome: How to Tell the Difference
Pain along your lower leg could have many different causes. Three of the most likely causes are shin splints, stress fractures, and chronic exertional compartment syndrome. So, which of these three do you have, or is your condition something else entirely? Let’s talk about the differences and similarities among these conditions, and where you can…
Did I Tear My Meniscus?
Whether you have performed squatting motions or knee rotations, or if you’ve perhaps recently played sports that involve making sudden stops and turns with your legs and knees, you may have torn a meniscus in your knee. Each knee has two menisci, which are each C-shaped sections of cartilage that provide a cushion between your…