ACL tears in children present the child, the surgeon and the parents with a set of difficult decisions to make. When the ACL tears, there is a risk of further injury to the meniscus and the articular cartilage or cushioning of the knee. Many adults can delay surgery because they will change their… Read More
ACL Tears in Children
Posted in: Pediatric Orthopedic Issues, Sports Medicine, The Orthopedic Minute Video Blog - Jan 31, 2012 No Comments
What is PRP or Platelet Rich Plasma
Many patient are battling severe pain due to arthritis or tendonitis, such as tennis elbow. When non surgical treatments such as physical therapy, medications, moist heat and exercises do not minimize your pain — AND — you pain is significantly affecting your quality of life then many patients consider surgery. Patients with arthritis… Read More
Tennis Elbow
What is this burning pain on the side of my elbow? Probably Tennis Elbow … or Lateral Epicondylitis. What is Tennis Elbow? Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a very common condition which falls under the broad category of something we called… Read More
Partial Anterior Cruciate Ligament ( ACL ) Tears
What is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament The the anterior cruciate ligament –ACL –is one of the more vital and more easily injured ligaments within our knee. Ligaments are very tough, fibrous tissue structures which hold our bones together and allow us to bend, twist, pivot and rapidly accelerate and decelerate and yet maintain stability of… Read More
Rotator Cuff Injuries
Shoulder Pain I see many patients every week with shoulder pain. In adults, the most common source of shoulder pain comes is the rotator cuff… a series of 4 small muscles that coordinate the motion of the shoulder. BUT… not all rotator cuff pain is because of a rotator cuff tear. Confused? Most patients, once… Read More
Does Stretching Prevent Injury?
The debate continues — does stretching diminish the risk of injury? The NY Times published a piece recently on the “Right Reason to Stretch”. If you read through to the end… the bottom line is, if you are stretching and like it — great, please continue. If you are not stretching –fine, stop feeling… Read More
MRI Over-Utilzation in Athletes … and *Us* Too! At what Cost?
Over-Testing and Over-Utilization of Healthcare Technology I have utilized this blog on multiple occasions to discuss the issue of overuse and over-utilization of technology in healthcare. In a very broad sense this has tremendous implications not only with regards to the obvious cost involved— but over-utilization and overuse will foster further overuse and over-utilization because an *abnormal* finding will frequently… Read More
What is the Rotator Cuff?
Frequently mispronounced …. frequently *injured*, hurts at night, and frequently *over-treated* — It’s important to have a basic understanding of what the rotator cuff is: Once you have a basic understanding of the rotator cuff and want to learn more… check out this section.
The Orthopedic Minute: Keeping Your Child Healthy When Exercising in the Heat.
Posted in: Pediatric Orthopedic Issues, Sports Medicine, The Orthopedic Minute Video Blog - Aug 11, 2011 No Comments
Safety Concerns for Exercising in Extreme Heat The American Academy of Pediatrics has some recommendations to keep your little athlete safe when exercising or practicing in extreme heat. They are well worth a look see. Among some of their recommendations: Providing risk-reduction training for coaches, trainers and other adults. Ensuring trained staff are… Read More
Decision Making for Labral Tears and Rotator Cuff Tears
…and we should NOT think like mechanics. Orthopedists and Twitter Thanks to an orthopedic colleague, Dr. Katherine Burns, the Orthopedic community and any other interested parties on twitter were given a chance to observe for the first a well done live tweeting of an orthopedic meeting — focusing predominantly on the shoulder. Now, those of… Read More
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