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…
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IT Band Syndrome Treatment
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…
Hip Arthroscopy Surgery Helps To Treat Dysplasia
According to the data from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in 2014, 70 percent of hip dysplasia patients who received hip arthroscopy orthopedic surgery did not need total hip arthroplasty 5 years after the procedure. This data…
Hip Arthroscopy Surgery Helps to Treat Loose Bodies of Bone or Cartilage
Loose bodies occur when fragments of cartilage and/or bone break off and stay within the joint. Such tiny, floating fragments can become caught in the hip during motion. This can make a person feel as if their hip is stuck…
Hip Arthroscopy Surgery Helps to Treat Snapping Hip Syndromes
Snapping hip refers to a condition in which the patient experiences a snapping sensation or hears a popping sound in the hip while walking, rising from a chair, or swing the leg around. This snapping feeling occurs when a tendon…
Hip Arthroscopy Surgery Helps to Treat Synovitis
Inflammation in the thin, smooth hip lining may cause debilitating pain. It usually occurs as a sudden onset. The joint’s abnormal rubbing and further inflammation will irritate the hip, at times down to the knee. The patient may walk with…
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