Orthopedic Learning Center

What Is Ankylosing Spondylitis? (Signs, Symptoms, Risk Factors)

Heat & Ice Therapy Tips and Tricks

Quiz: If you’ve just hurt yourself — for example, sprained your ankle or tweaked your shoulder hitting a tennis serve — do you ice the injury or...

Knee Sprains: Causes, Risk Factors, and Symptoms

Knee Sprains: Prevention and Treatment

A knee sprain is a sudden overstretching of one of the ligaments of the knee, leading to a tear, inflammation, and pain. Knee sprains often affect...

Torn Cartilage in My Knee? (Symptoms, Treatment, and Surgery)

Knee cartilage tears are often caused by sports injuries, but they can result from any activity involving twisting or bending of the knee. As you...

What is considered an orthopedic emergency?

Simply put, an orthopedic emergency occurs when you injure bone or soft tissue in a way that requires immediate treatment to avoid further trauma or...

Common Sports Injuries Involving the Shoulder

In virtually all sports, the shoulders are disproportionately called upon to perform feats of strength, speed, and endurance—feats for which they are...

Cortisone Injections vs Viscosupplementation: Indications, Benefits, Usage, and Risk Factors

DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE: TREATMENT OPTIONS

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a medical term used to describe the gradual, natural breakdown of intervertebral discs separating the bones of the...

Fracture Care Treatment: When is a cast not good enough?

Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: Treatment and Management

If you have rotator cuff tendinopathy (also called tendinopathy of the shoulder), you have cellular level degeneration of the tendon collagen in the...

What is a SLAP Lesion Tear? (Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment)

A SLAP Lesion Tear means that the cartilage that connects your arm to your shoulder has been damaged. This ring of shoulder cartilage is called the...