Orthopedic diseases are common. This medical branch deals with bone and muscle diseases. At some point in life, people go through bone decay, muscle pains, and many other related problems. Some people invite such problems due to an unhealthy lifestyle and others face orthopedic issues because of age-related problems. But what do we call it […]
Trauma Surgeries refers to the treatment of injuries caused due to traumatic situations, it includes injuries like fractures in bones, internal injuries, cuts, burns, and more. Trauma surgeries are crucial surgeries that can help save the injured limb from one’s body. Trauma Surgeries Procedure Tracheostomy: Tracheostomy refers to a surgical procedure that operates by cutting open […]
The hip is one of the strongest and most stable joints in the body that bears our body weight while we walk, stand, run, sit and perform our physical activities. Being a ball and socket joint it is extremely flexible and allows a large range of motion while also providing stability. And even a stable […]
Trauma Surgery is a specialized branch in surgery that deals with care and treatment of severe or life-threatening injuries that are caused by impact forces. The cause of these impact forces are most often accidents, crashes fall, sports injuries, stabbing wounds or even gunshot injuries. Given the unpredictability and severity of the injuries in catastrophic […]
Hips and knees are the joints that are most commonly affected during the lifetime either due to ageing related degeneration, injuries or diseases. Back in the day, the torment of the joint pains used to be silently endured by the elder adults as most of the treatments available back then failed to solve the problem […]
Joining the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia), knee forms one of the largest and most complex joints in the human body. The thigh bone, shin bone, knee cap essentially make the knee joint where the tendons connect these bones to the muscles, and ligaments join these bones to provide stability to the […]
Knee pain is one of the most common agonies suffered by everyone in the world at some point in time. In most cases, especially in older adults, the debilitating knee pain is the result of Knee arthritis that gets severe as age catches up. What starts as mild pain gradually develops into stiffness limiting the […]
I had been experiencing terrible knee pain for many years and the pain had been progressively getting worse. In 2016, I met a few doctors and all opined the same thing. I needed a Total Knee Replacement (TKR). Almost all the doctors suggested that I lose 20 kilos before the surgery in order for it […]
Joint arthroplasty or joint infection is a surgical procedure which can provide pain relief and increase the mobility of the joints like the hip and the knee. Even though most of the surgeries result in being successful, there is always a chance for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). This condition can make the joint arthroplasty a […]
Have you ever been in a state where oral medications are unable to provide you relief and the doctor has suggested taking injections for knee pain? Is it safe rather than opting for a knee surgery? It is a fact that doctors do suggest taking steroid injections for pain relief when surgery or oral medications […]