Hip Pain – Conditions and Treatments Find in-depth information including the common causes of hip pain and treatments that can bring relief. Your hip is the joint where your thigh bone meets your pelvic bone. It is also known as a ball-and-socket joint. The hip moves in three planes; forwards and backwards, inwards and outwards, […]
Read MoreOnce other options and causes have been ruled out, surgery may be recommended to treat sacroiliac joint pain when non-surgical treatments are ineffective. When the pain becomes too much to handle, eliminating the SI joint’s motion by fusing the two bones with metal hardware may become a more viable solution. Your surgical team will continue […]
Read MoreApplies to: Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Hip, Knee, Foot/Ankle Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that may affect many tissues and organs, but most often attacks the flexible joints. About 0.6 percent of the adult population in the U.S. suffers from RA with women having susceptibility two to three times higher than men. Onset is typically […]
Read MoreApplies to: Back, Hip, Knee, Foot/Ankle Sciatica is a condition caused by compression of the spinal nerve roots of the sciatic nerves. Symptoms usually manifest on one side of the body only. They may include lower back pain, pain in the buttocks, numbness in these areas and pain and weakness in various parts of the […]
Read MoreApplies to: Back, Hip Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction or SI Joint Dysfunction generally refers to pain in the sacroiliac joint region. The pain is most often the result of abnormal motion in the sacroiliac joint, either too much, or too little motion. Most often it results in inflammation of the sacroiliac joint. Common symptoms include: lower […]
Read MoreThe Vertiflex Procedure was developed with patient safety and comfort in mind to give lumbar spinal stenosis sufferers the freedom to get on with their daily lives. In a clinical study 90% of patients reported satisfaction even after five years with the Vertiflex Procedure. The Vertiflex Procedure uses a small implant that creates as space […]
Read MoreApplies to: Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Hip, Knee, Foot/Ankle Tendinitis and bursitis are both common conditions that cause swelling around muscles and bones. Symptoms are most often experienced in the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee or ankle. Bursitis is caused when a joint is overused, or when direct trauma has been sustained, often at the knee or […]
Read MoreApplies to: Neck, Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Back, Hip, Knee Fifty-three percent of all patients with cancer experience pain and 59 percent of patients receiving anticancer treatment report pain. Most of the pain experienced when a patient has cancer is caused by the illness itself. Tumors can compress, invade, or infiltrate the bone, tissue, vascular and nervous […]
Read MoreApplies to: Neck, Back Spinal stenosis is an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal. This narrowing causes a restriction to the spinal canal, which in turn, results in a neurological deficit. Symptoms may include: pain numbness tingling, prickling, burning sensation loss of motor control The most common areas affected are the neck and the lower […]
Read MoreApplies to: Head, Neck, Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Back, Hip, Knee, Foot/Ankle Medication management includes assessing the patient and reviewing medications, creating a treatment plan and monitoring the safety of medications. Medication management also includes empowering patients through education about their medications and treatment.
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