Orthopedic Conditions

40% of Shoulder Replacements in Patients Younger than 55 Fail by 10 Years!

The web shows young and active people who are advertising shoulder replacements for clinics and manufacturers. But does that square with the research about young and active people and shoulder replacement recovery? First, total shoulder replacements are big surgery, and like hand joint replacement or an ankle joint replacement surgery, shoulder replacements can be problematic. The big…read more

Knee Plica Surgery?

A Google search under Knee Plica Surgery yields many other searches such as Knee Plica Recovery and Knee Plica Surgery Recovery Time. First, what the heck is a plica and why are so many patients concerned about recovery and recovery time? The general concept is that the normal synovial covering of the knee joint is getting pinched and irritated…read more

Shoulder Impingement: Are You getting Trapped by Your Trap?

Should you be looking for a shoulder surgery alternative? For the last several decades, many of the patients who have been told that they have shoulder impingement have had surgery to “release” the shoulder. In many ways it’s this phenomenon which led to our current hip impingement surgery craze. So what is shoulder impingement? The…read more

How Important is it for Athletes to Fix Lax Ankle Ligaments after a Sprain?

Loose ankles? We’re often told that after an ankle sprain, we should just let it heal. Even after they heal, is the laxity caused by these stretched out ligaments causing more problems? What effects do loose ankles have in athletes? A recent study sought to answer this question by looking at 86 volunteers at a military academy…read more

Entrapped Ulnar Nerve Treated through a Needle with Less Recovery Time

DD is a 51 year old athletic woman with a two year history of neck and arm/hand pain. While she had bulging discs in her neck and had Dr. Schultz perform cervical epidurals to help that issue, she continued with pain in the elbow and into her hand. She was diagnosed with ulnar neuropathy (a…read more

Do you Really Have Hip FAI or CAM Impingement?

A physician discusses how an MRI reading that says the patient has hip FAI or impingement may not correspond to a real diagnosis or the hip impinging and a need for hip surgery.

Chronic Knee Cap Pain after Total Knee Replacement Suprisingly Common

A doctor discusses the common complication of chronic knee cap pain after knee replacement surgery and looks at why this happens in more than 1 in 10 knee replacement patients.

Can a Baker’s Cyst be Treated without Surgery?

A doctor discusses a new method to get rid of a knee Baker's cyst using less invasive imaging guided injections rather surgery.