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  • A Non-Opioid Way to Pain Relief After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries

    A Non-Opioid Way to Pain Relief After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
    Source:
    US News

    Two new studies on pain relief suggest there is a safer alternative to addictive opioid painkillers after knee and shoulder surgery.

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  • Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery

    Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery
    Source:
    News Medical Life Sciences

    Many patients who undergo surgery to correct a collapsing foot share the question: Will I be able to get back to doing the things I love? A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City provides attainable goals for return to sports and related physical activities for patients who have undergone procedures to correct progressive collapsing foot deformity (PCFD), a severe musculoskeletal pathology that can drastically inhibit a patient's daily function.

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  • 10 Easy Shoulder Mobility Exercises That Ease Pain and Improve Range of Motion

    10 Easy Shoulder Mobility Exercises That Ease Pain and Improve Range of Motion
    Source:
    Prevention

    Shoulder tightness can slowly creep up with age, affecting your ability to get adequate sleep, lift grocery bags, scrub the bathtub, or push open heavy doors. Maintaining shoulder mobility usually doesn’t become a focus until these daily activities of living become impacted—or pain and stiffness get unbearable.

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  • What You Can Do About Stiff Achy Knees (at Any Age)

    What You Can Do About Stiff Achy Knees (at Any Age)
    Source:
    healthessentials

    The most common cause of knee pain can hit you in your 30s as easily as it can in your 60s and 70s. Osteoarthritis, or “wear-and-tear arthritis,” is the most common cause of knee pain – and the most common form of arthritis.

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  • What are the best exercises for hip arthritis?

    What are the best exercises for hip arthritis?
    Source:
    Medical News Today

    Arthritis is a common cause of hip stiffness and pain that gradually affects mobility and quality of life. Doing gentle hip exercises may help restore hip mobility, ease pain, and strengthen the hip.

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  • 80% return to baseball after meniscectomy: New study

    80% return to baseball after meniscectomy: New study
    Source:
    Orthopedics This Week

    Professional baseball players are likely to return to sport after a meniscectomy, according to a new study. The study, “Performance and Return to Sports After Meniscectomy in Professional Baseball Players,” was published online on February 11, 2022, in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

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  • How you hold your bat, determines your risk of injury

    How you hold your bat, determines your risk of injury
    Source:
    Orthopedics This Week

    The use of the palmar hamate grip may increase the risk of hook of the hamate fracture in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I baseball players, according to new research.

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  • Stem Cells Used to Treat Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head

    Stem Cells Used to Treat Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head
    Source:
    Yale School of Medicine

    Collapsed femoral heads caused by osteonecrosis—otherwise known as avascular necrosis— unfortunately represent the root cause for approximately 10% of all hip replacements nationwide. Daniel Wiznia, MD, is utilizing a stem cell treatment at Yale School of Medicine and integrating new techniques along with 3D imaging technology as part of a joint-preservation procedure.

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  • 5 Options for Knee Cartilage Replacement and Repair

    5 Options for Knee Cartilage Replacement and Repair
    Source:
    Healthline

    Advances in orthopedic medicine provide many options for treating knee injuries. Some long-standing approaches include surgery to repair torn cartilage or knee joint replacement. In addition to these, there are now minimally invasive treatments using cartilage taken from elsewhere in the body or regenerated from a person’s own cells.

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  • Common causes and treatments for a separated shoulder

    Common causes and treatments for a separated shoulder
    Source:
    Verywell Health

    A shoulder separation is an injury to the acromioclavicular joint on the top of the shoulder. The shoulder joint is formed at the junction of three bones: the collarbone (clavicle), the shoulder blade (scapula), and the arm bone (humerus). A shoulder separation occurs where the clavicle and the scapula come together.

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