Playing sports, cooking, driving, and pretty much every single daily activity employs the use of your shoulders. However, the shoulder’s mobility and usefulness also make it prone to instability and injuries. Chronic shoulder pain, stiffness, arthritis, and limited mobility can now be resolved with minimally invasive surgical repair. Today, orthopedic surgeons can examine your shoulder…
Arthroscopy
Benefits of Arthroscopic Surgery
If you have been advised by your doctor to undergo arthroscopic surgery, you may be wondering how it is different from regular surgery and how it can help you. Let’s talk about how arthroscopic surgery works and how it can be an excellent solution to help relieve your joint pain. Why Get Arthroscopic Surgery? If…
Minimally Invasive Surgical Options for Hip Replacement
The prospect of undergoing a total hip replacement can be worrisome for some patients. Even though it’s a common orthopedic procedure, the traditional surgical approach to total hip replacement involves making a long incision – 10 to 12 inches long – to replace the hip joint with an implant or “prosthesis” to relieve pain and…
Arthroscopic Techniques Over Time
The trend in orthopedics over the last several decades had been toward less invasive and minimally invasive surgeries which, by sparing muscles and tendons, allow procedures to be done with a shorter hospital stay or most often on an outpatient basis. Patients typically experience less pain with quicker recovery and return to normal activities. One…
The Benefits of Arthroscopy
Arthroscopic surgery has revolutionized orthopedic medicine over the years. This versatile procedure can both diagnose and treat many conditions of the joints, greatly reducing both treatment and recovery time. Before arthroscopy was developed, an orthopedic surgeon could not see the muscles and tendons inside of a joint with a high level of accuracy without actually…