Like other joints, the elbow is held together by strong bands of tissue called "ligaments." On the elbow's inner side is the ulnar collateral…
Patient Education Articles
Listed below are numerous patient education articles that can help keep you healthy and active or address questions you may have regarding specific injuries, conditions, or treatments. However, it's important to remember and understand that no online article will or should replace direct communication between you and your doctor.
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Patient Education
This outpatient procedure, performed under general or regional anesthesia, repositions the ulnar nerve to prevent it from sliding against or…
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful and debilitating disorder that afflicts more than one million people. It is the result of a pinching of the…
This condition is a stretching or tearing of the volar plate, which can allow the finger to hyperextend and can interfere with normal hand…
Osteoarthritis of the knee, often referred to as wear-and-tear arthritis, is a condition in which the cartilage within your knee wears away.
…Swimming is the most popular summer activity, and the best thing you can do to help your family stay safe is to enroll in age-appropriate swim…
This procedure relieves the symptoms of claw toe, persistent metatarsalgia, metatarsal phalangeal (MTP) joint synovitis or MTP subluxation by…
Your neck is the upper portion of the spine, called the cervical spine. It is made up of seven small vertebrae, intervertebral discs to absorb…
A stress fracture is a common sports injury, often occurring in weight-bearing bones, such as the tibia or the bones in…
You see them in many different types of doctors' offices. They perform a wide variety of tasks and functions. With extensive schooling and years…