Total joint replacement surgery is one of the biggest leaps in modern medicine. Thanks to the incredible advances in surgical technology and techniques, it has become one of the most popular and consistently successful surgeries performed in the field of orthopedics. Millions of people who have suffered from debilitating arthritis in the hip, knee, and […]
Joint Replacement
Total Joint Replacement Post-Op Care
Total joint replacement surgery is generally meant to accomplish two main things: (1) to help you regain function in that joint, and (2) to reduce or eliminate your pain. After the surgery, you’ll want to take certain steps to keep yourself comfortable while you recover fully. The following are a few things you can expect […]
An Overview of Total Joint Replacement
If you’re like most people, you might think of joint replacement as a modern medical miracle when, in fact, it has been performed by orthopedic surgeons since the early 20th century. What is significant, however, is the advancements that have been made in total joint replacement technology in recent decades, enabling millions of people who […]
Types of Total Joint Replacements
For patients with joints that have considerable damage, symptoms can be severe and debilitating. Oftentimes, the existing damage can prevent pain-relieving methods from working. As a result, patients with joint damage experience limitations that can affect their quality of life. If you are like many others who are suffering from advanced-stage arthritis, you may be […]
Common Types of Total Joint Replacement
Joint replacement surgery refers to highly advanced surgical procedures that replace damaged joints to relieve pain and restore joint function and mobility. It is often recommended after all conservative methods of treatment have been exhausted and fail to bring relief. Joint replacement is a safe and effective solution that offers long-term relief from chronic joint […]
Benefits of Joint Replacement Surgery
People with chronic joint pain often have damaged joints. While a lot of joint pain can be relieved with medication, physical therapy, and other treatments, there comes a point when the damage progresses enough for such treatments to become ineffective. For such situations, joint replacement surgery may be the answer. Joint replacement surgery involves removing […]
Restrictions after Hip Surgery
Most people who need hip surgery can’t wait for the day it finally happens. They wake the morning of the procedure, nervous but excited that soon, the pain they have been experiencing for quite some time will finally go away and that the road to recovery is right around the corner. Having hip surgery – […]
Tests Needed Before Joint Replacement Surgery
So your orthopedic surgeon has recommended joint replacement surgery for your condition – likely due to severe arthritis, osteoporosis, or injury. Not everyone is a suitable candidate for the procedure, so if you are, you can rest assured that it has had decades of improvements and now provides outstanding results. Today, joint replacement surgery can […]
Joint Replacement Surgery and its Types
A joint is where two or more bones meet. Joint replacement surgery is a medical procedure that removes diseased and damaged tissue in joints and replaces them with artificial parts called prostheses. The prostheses are designed to replicate the movement of natural components of the joint. Joint replacement surgery is typically used to treat chronic, […]
Hesitant About Joint Replacement? Don’t Be – You’re in Good Company
Arthroplasty, a surgery to replace a damaged joint with a prosthesis, is now performed on a daily basis throughout the United States. In fact, there are well over 1 million arthroplasties performed each year in the nation according to the National Institutes of Health and that number is expected to grow to 4 million by […]
