Patient Education Articles

  • Fungal organisms thrive in warm, moist places such as health club locker rooms and school gym showers. Nail salons that don’t maintain…

  • Neck pain is a common problem that can result from poor posture, wear and tear, overuse, or traumatic injury to the cervical spine. Neck pain can…

  • Neck strains and sprains are often commonly referred to as whiplash. In both conditions, the injury is usually caused by an impact or blow to the…

  • Before deciding on hip resurfacing, your physician may try several non-surgical, conservative measures to relieve the pain and inflammation in…

  • Do you have numbness and tingling in your hand and/or arm?

    It may not be Carpal Tunnel syndrome (CTS).  Although carpal tunnel…

  • Arthritis literally means “inflamed joint.” Normally a joint consists of two smooth, cartilage-covered bone surfaces that fit together as a…

  • Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease in which the cushioning cartilage that covers the bone surfaces at the joints begins to wear out.…

  • Osteochondral lesions, sometimes called osteochondritis dessicans or osteochondral fractures, are injuries to the talus (the bottom bone of the…

  • Osteochondral lesions, sometimes called osteochondritis dessicans or osteochondral fractures, are injuries to the talus (the bottom bone of the…

  • Partial hip resurfacing involves replacing diseased and damaged parts of the femur (thighbone) with a metal ball component.