Physical Therapy for Arthritis
One of the key components to a successful arthritis management program is physical therapy and a home exercise regimen.
Arthritis Non-Surgical Management Program
When you go to see your doctor about your arthritis pain, they may send you to see an orthopedic surgeon. Why? To figure out if you’re a surgical candidate or not.
Iovera Cryotherapy for Arthritis
The cutting edge of needle-based treatments is IOVERA, a focused cold-therapy needle procedure.
Prolotherapy Injection
Needless to say, this is not a therapy that we learn about in medical school or orthopedic residency or fellowship. Most of the folks I have spoken with about this treatment practice in the alternative medicine or naturopathic sphere.
Stem Cell Injection
Have you heard about stem cells before? Stem cells are cells that exist in the body at an early stage of development and can “differentiate” or turn into multiple possible cell types.
Hyaluronic Acid (HA) “Gel” Injections
The next commonly administered category of arthritis injections are hyaluronic acid or “gel” injections.
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection
What’s the story with PRP (platelet-rich plasma) injections for arthritis?
Knee Injections
I had a mentor in residency who used to say we can offer a patient three things when they come to the office:
1. 🔪 (Surgery)
2. 💉 (Injection)
3. 👋 (Physical Therapy)
Closing an Incision Without Stitches
We get asked by patients all the time, “Do you close with glue?” What they usually are asking is, will there be stitches or staples after the surgery to remove?
Play Dough – Total Knee Replacement
ere we see the incision through skin and subcutaneous tissue. Next is the “arthrotomy” incision through the knee joint capsule revealing the knee joint (femur, tibia, and patella). They refer to the medial parapatellar approach which means incision next to the knee cap on the medial side (toward the body’s midline). This is the most common approach for a total knee.