OUR SERVICES
OUR SERVICES AFFECT THE FOLLOWING AREAS:-
Bone problems may include:
- Bone deformities
- Bone infections
- Bone tumors
- Fractures
- Need for amputation
- Nonunions: failure of fractures to heal
- Malunions: fractures healing in a wrong position
- Spinal deformities
Joint problems may include:
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Dislocation
- Joint pain
- Joint swelling or inflammation
- Ligament tears
Common orthopedic-related diagnoses based on body part include:
ANKLE AND FOOT
- Bunions
- Fasciitis
- Foot and ankle deformities
- Fractures
- Hammer toe
- Heel pain
- Heel spurs
- Joint pain and arthritis
- Sprains
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Sesamoiditis
- Tendon or ligament injury
HAND AND WRIST
- Fractures
- Joint pain
- Arthritis
- Tendon or ligament injury
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Ganglion cyst
- Tendinitis
- Tendon tears
- Infection
SHOULDER
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Dislocation
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Impingement syndrome
- Loose or foreign bodies
- Rotator cuff tear
- Rotator cuff tendinitis
- Separation
- Torn labrum
- SLAP tears
- Fractures
KNEE
- Cartilage and meniscus injuries
- Dislocation of the kneecap (patella)
- Ligament sprains or tears (anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate, medial collateral, and lateral collateral ligament tears)
- Meniscus injuries
- Loose or foreign bodies
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Pain
- Tendinitis
- Fractures
ELBOW
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Dislocation or separation
- Ligament sprains or tears
- Loose or foreign bodies
- Pain
- Tennis or golfers elbow (epicondylitis or tendinitis)
- Elbow stiffness or contractures
- Fractures
SPINE
- Herniated (slipped) disk
- Infection of the spine
- Injury to the spine
- Scoliosis
- Spinal stenosis
- Spinal tumor
- Fractures
- Spinal cord injuries
SERVICES AND TREATMENTS
Imaging procedures can help diagnose or even treat many orthopedic conditions. Your health care provider may order:
- Arthrogram (joint x-ray)
- Bone scans
- Computed tomography (CT) scan
- Discography
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan
- X-rays
Sometimes, treatment involves injections of medicine into the painful area. This may involve:
- Corticosteroid injections into joints, tendons, and ligaments, and around the spine
- Hyaluronic acid injection to help relieve arthritis pain
Surgical procedures used in the treatment of orthopedics include:
- Amputation
- Arthroscopic surgeries
- Bunionectomy and hammer toe repair
- Cartilage repair or resurfacing procedures
- Cartilage surgery to knee
- Fracture care
- Arthroplasty
- Ligament reconstructions
- Repair of torn ligaments and tendons
- Spine surgery, including diskectomy, foraminotomy, laminectomy, and spinal fusion
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