orthopedic surgery

New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce is out indefinitely after an MRI exam surprisingly revealed a bulging disk in his neck.  

The Nationals say No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.  

The U.S. Ski Team said Friday that Stiegler, a 2006 Olympian from Jackson Hole, Wyo., had surgery for fractures to her tibia and femur. "This was a serious injury for Resi, but her spirit is strong," U.S. Ski Team medical director Richard Quincy said in a statement. "One of the first things she asked was if she could be ready for on-snow camp in New Zealand next summer."

This was a serious injury for Resi, but her spirit is strong   -Richard Quincy

 

Working on the Inland Waterways places great stress on crewhands' spines and bodies; especially if they're not utilizing proper body mechanics to perform their work duties. This comprehensive "Back to Fitness" training video has been designed by a leading industrial back safety expert, Dr. Rick Bunch, specifically for Inland Waterways personnel. Many days were spent on location analyzing and videotaping the ergonomic positions required by deck personnel to perform daily operational tasks (i.e.ratchet hand  

Kindergarten children at Arnett C. Lines School in Barrington got an interesting lesson in nutrition and the part it plays in maintaining healthy bones, Friday, from Dr. James R. Seeds, an orthopedic surgeon with the Midwest Bone and Joint Institute. Seeds showed children the importance of building healthy bones, the various bones in the body. He put a cast on his wife, Blake, and then cut it off with a cast saw, so show them it doesn't hurt and there's nothing to be afraid of.  

About 80 percent of Americans will experience low back pain at some point in their lives. Many times the cause is torn or ruptured discs. Now, a new option on the horizon could re-grow healthy discs in the spine.  

At the inaguration of the new knee clinic at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, the central cause of concern was the increasing detection of osteoarthritis in children. With the change in lifestyle coupled with lack of physical exercise, most children are suffering from osteoarthritis, a problem mainly seen in adults. City-based orthopaedic surgeons are of the opinion that due to lack of physical exercise and too much indulgence in sedentary lifestyle most children between the age group of 10-15 years are suffer  

I am post-op from June 3rd this year. I am still worried though about taking any drug that might interfere with the bone fusion because I had a fusion at same level (L3-4) in July 2008 that absolutely did not take at all. I spent months trying to convince my surgeon, who I trusted absolutely from a 2000 surgery with fusion at L4-5, that something was wrong.  

On Thursday, our family will gather round the table to renew our feast ritual that borders on gluttony. But you know Thanksgiving should be more than just a day of feasting. This year, our family has had to do some schedule shifting and re-arrange a few things, but in the end, I think it is all going to work out and we'll be together.  

Hundreds of people were given free screening tests for their bone health, when they turned up to a walk for osteoporosis on Friday. The walk, at Safa Park, was organised after it was revealed that 40 per cent of women scanned in the UAE and Saudi Arabia last year were at risk of fractures from osteoporosis. The company behind the survey, Anlene, teamed up with the UAE Ministry of Health, Dubai Bone and Joint Center (DBAJ) and Emirates Arthritis Foundation to raise awareness of the problem and to offer