It is common to have ankle pain particularly from sprained ankles which can occur with many sports activities or from injury in everyday life. A twisting of the ankle is the common cause of injury resulting in pain. The traditional treatment for an ankle sprain...
Regenerative Medicine Treatments for Knee Pain: PRP or Cellular Therapy? Which to choose before considering a total knee replacement. By Paul Eliot Hughes, M.D., Founder and CEO of Hughes Orthopedics in San Mateo, CA Knee pain can be caused by arthritis, degenerative disease, or other conditions including injury...
If you think about all the different ways your shoulder can move, you’ll realize why it’s the most mobile joint in your body, such as giving your arm a huge range of motion. But, all that mobility makes your shoulder more prone to injury. One of...
In an effort to treat musculoskeletal issues of all kinds — from injury to degenerative diseases — doctors are finding great success in using the powerful resources inside your own body to help you heal from within. Called regenerative medicine, this approach is showing great...
An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury or tear is bad news for any athlete, often requiring months of rehab and even the potential of surgery. Given that there are very few differences in the knees of both sexes, why are women up to 10 times...
If it hurts to straighten or flex your elbow, or if your hand has trouble gripping or turning, you may have a repetitive movement injury known as lateral epicondylitis, also called tennis elbow. You can get tennis elbow even if you’ve never played a game...
As a serious athlete, the last thing you want is to sustain the kind of repetitive-stress joint injury that takes you out of the game — that’s why you cross-train, schedule adequate rest time, listen to your body, and respect your physical limits. But even when...
When your knee pain just can’t be managed with medication, physical therapy, or injections, joint replacement surgery may be necessary. Recovery from this major surgery usually takes at least 12 weeks and as long as 20 weeks, or six months. You’re eager to get back to...
When does elbow pain require arthrocopic surgery? When your elbow pain is more than just an occasional twinge, it may persist regularly enough that it interferes with your daily function. The prospect of arthroscopy, a minimally invasive surgery, as a way to address this pain may...
If you’re one of the 31 million Americans suffering from osteoarthritis, you’re probably all too familiar with the joint pain, stiffness, and inflammation that have become a part of your daily living. Traditional treatments for arthritis typically include over-the-counter medications to reduce pain and inflammation,...