The hip area can suffer damage ranging from minor injuries requiring minor treatment to more serious injuries resulting in the muscles detaching from the bone. When the hip flexor muscles are strained, torn, pulled, or injured, it can result in…
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Pelvis Pain Treatment
Pelvic pain develops more commonly in women. Pelvic pain treatment seeks to reduce symptoms and enhance the quality of life. If the doctor can identify a specific cause, the treatment will be centered on that cause. But in case a…
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Yelp Users Rank Dr. Garabekyan One of The Top 5 Best Orthopedists in Los Angeles, CA
Yelp is the world’s most recognized and reliable consumer rating and review website. Yelp has ranked Dr. Tigran Garabekyan of the Southern California Hip Institute (SCHI) as one of the top five orthopedic surgeons in Los Angeles, CA. The caring…
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The Nature of Sciatica Pain
Sciatica pain has many variations. It can start immediately following an injury or occur gradually and mysteriously over a few months. It may be immediate and acute (short-lived) or chronic (long-lasting). While over the counter medications can help address some…
IT Band Syndrome Treatment
When the long tendon of the fascia lata muscle, which goes down the outside of the thigh to the knee (known as iliotibial or IT band), rubs against the outside of the knee joint causing pain, friction, and swelling, it…
IT Band Syndrome Causes
IT band refers to a thick fiber bunch that goes from the outside of the hips to the outside of the thigh and knee down to the upper portion of the shinbone. If the IT band becomes excessively tight, it…
Revision Joint Surgery
Hip and knee joint replacement orthopedic surgery has a very high rate of success. However, there may still be a need for revision joint replacement surgery in cases where the prosthesis comes loose, the surfaces of the bearing wear out,…
Soft Tissue Repair Surgery For Torn Ligaments and Tendons
Out of the 33 million musculoskeletal injuries that are reported in the US annually, nearly 50 percent involve soft tissue injuries, including tendon and ligament injuries. The frequency of such injuries is likely to rise as progressively more people participate…
Joint Replacement Surgery
In total joint replacement orthopedic surgery, the surgeon will remove parts of an arthritic or damaged joint and replace it with a plastic, metal or ceramic device known as a prosthesis. The prosthesis replicates the movement of a healthy, normal…
Hip Arthroscopy Surgery Helps to Treat Hip Joint Infection
Septic hip is a bacterial infection inside the hip joint. It can develop in newborn babies and older children as well. Sometimes a fungal infection can cause this condition. Hip arthroscopic orthopedic surgery may have to be performed in a…
