Elbow surgery

tennis elbow pain

Anyone who regularly lifts, reaches, pushes, or pulls can sustain tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow.

As the weather warms, you’re probably going to be working out, playing more sports, using those legs and especially arms even more than before. But if your elbows start to ache remember that drugs won’t really let you get past the pain. Try this...

Tennis elbow is actually a misnomer in that it occurs in roughly only five percent of people who play tennis, most common in adults between the ages of 30 and 50, but can affect people of all ages. Anatomically, the cause of tennis elbow is repetitive use of the forearm extensor muscles, especially if they weren’t used much previously. Practically any occupation, sporting endeavor, or household activity that has repeated use of the forearm and wrist may lead to this condition.

Elbow dislocation. No further info. Thanks to Paramedics on Facebook!

Some joints are easy to ignore — until they cause problems. That's true in plumbing, and it’s certainly true in our bodies.

Hip replacement surgery (hip arthroplasty) removes a damaged or diseased hip joint and places an implant. Know what's involved before, during, and after.

The following case is a 50 year old male who presented in a office with a 4 part proximal humerus fracture after a fall. He underwent ORIF of the fracture using a proximal humerus locking plate. His preoperative and postoperative imaging studies as shown below. At 8 weeks post operatively he has active forward elevation to 90 degrees and assistive passive forward elevation to 160 degrees. He has an intact axillary nerve on exam and he complains of minimal pain. The postoperative Xrays…

You will return from surgery with a large dressing on the knee area. A small drainage tube will be placed during surgery to help drain excess fluids from the joint area. Your leg will be placed in a continuous

Shoulder Separation or Collar bone dislocation Most patients have in mind the ball and socket mechanism of the shoulder when the word separation comes to their minds. A shoulder or collar bone separation is not an injury to the ball and socket mechanism of the shoulder. The injury refers to the acromioclavicular joint (also called the AC joint). The AC joint is where the collarbone (clavicle) meets the highest point of the shoulder blade (acromion). In most patients this is visible as a…