by New Jersey Advance Media | Jun 21, 2017 | Ortho Blogs |
In many cases, patients who injure their knee think that their pain is due to a strained or torn knee ligament, tissue, and/or tendon. But what they don’t know is that they might not have a knee injury at all. The truth is that pain felt in the back of the knee is...
by New Jersey Advance Media | Jun 21, 2017 | Ortho Blogs |
Not performing exercises with proper form or performing the wrong types of exercises are sure-fire ways to hurt your knee while at the gym. In order to stay injury-free, you should know that the following four exercises can cause knee injuries: Illustration 1-Leg...
by New Jersey Advance Media | Jun 21, 2017 | Ortho Blogs |
Although the terms dislocation and separation are used often used interchangeably, they do not refer to the same shoulder injury. The shoulder is made up of three bones: the humerus (arm bone), clavicle (collar bone) and scapula (shoulder blade). The bones are...
by New Jersey Advance Media | Jun 2, 2017 | Ortho Blogs |
Hip fractures are the most serious type of osteoporosis-related fractures. Because they usually occur in patients over 50, they can be life-altering, debilitating injuries. For this reason, it’s important that patients educate themselves and take relevant...
by New Jersey Advance Media | Jun 2, 2017 | Ortho Blogs |
The patella bone connects the muscles of the thigh to the front of the tibia, or lower leg. As the muscles work to aid in flexion and extension of the knee, the patella slides across a small groove, known as the femoral groove, on the thigh bone. When the patella does...
