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Recovery For a Torn ACL: The Road to Rehabilitation

Although it’s a common sports injury, you don’t have to be athletic to tear your anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). In fact, there are about 350,000 accounts of ACL injuries annually in the United States. Whether your tear is due to sports, from trauma like a car accident, or from rapid movement, jumping, or swiftly rotating your knee,

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When Do Bunions Require Surgery?

Many people struggle with bunion pain, which tends to look like a bump on your foot. But, bunions are more than just a bump. They occur when the bones in your foot start to spread apart, which causes a change in the orientation of the bones in your foot. The big toe and the smaller toes start to grow in opposite directions.

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Shockwave Therapy Treatment & Benefits

Purposely injuring an injury may not sound like a treatment that can help you get better, but that’s exactly how shockwave therapy works.

At Texas Orthopaedic Associates, LLP in Dallas and Plano, Texas, our sports medicine and regenerative specialist, Robert J. Dimeff, MD, uses shockwave therapy to treat many musculoskeletal conditions, including tennis elbow and rotator cuff tendinitis.

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How to Train to Prevent Running Injuries in Your Feet and Ankles

Running is one of the best ways to stay fit and keep your weight in check, but it isn’t without a few hazards. If you’d like to add running to your exercise regimen, our goal is to help you prevent stress (or any other) injuries so that you can reap the benefits.

At Texas Orthopaedic Associates,

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Preventing Repetitive Stress Injuries in Youth Athletes: What Every Parent Should Know

Participating in sports gives kids of all ages a safe and structured way to improve their athletic skills, expand their physical limits, become more disciplined, and learn how to be part of a team.

These early life lessons are invaluable, but before your child jumps into their sports season, it’s important to recognize that all young athletes carry some amount of risk for developing a sports-related repetitive stress injury.

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Should You Have Both Knees Replaced at the Same Time?

When your knees are stiff, painful, and can’t perform their job anymore due to arthritis, a complex fracture, or an injury that won’t heal, you may need knee replacement surgery. If both knees are shot, you face a dilemma: Should you replace them at the same time and get the whole thing over with, or deal with one surgery at a time?

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When does a Rotator Cuff Injury Require Surgery?

The group of muscles and tendons that make up the rotator cuff are often and easily injured or torn. Athletes, construction workers, and anyone who lifts heavy objects are most at risk to injure their rotator cuffs, but age is also a contributing factor.

For most, physical therapy is the only intervention needed to heal and alleviate the pain that accompanies a rotator cuff injury,

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When to Seek Help for Pain in Your Hand, Wrist or Elbow

Nowadays, you can develop pain in your hand, wrist, or elbow from seemingly any number of causes. For example, if you’re typing frequently on a computer keyboard, you may have an aching feeling in your palms and fingers at the end of a long week.

On the other hand, if you’re a high-intensity athlete,

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Tips for Returning to Sports After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

No one likes the thought of surgery, but your rotator cuff injury had you sidelined and conservative treatments just weren’t the answer. You wanted to continue playing the sports you love, so arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery was the best choice. With surgery behind you, it’s time to start working your way back into your sport.

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How to Prepare for Recovery After Knee Replacement Surgery

If you’ve decided to take the leap and replace your aging or damaged knee joint, our goal is to get you back up on your feet and moving as quickly as possible. After all, the whole goal of the surgery is to regain pain-free mobility — and 90% of those who undergo knee replacement enjoy dramatic improvement in pain reduction and function.

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Life Without Pain: The Impact of Hip Replacement Surgery

Dealing with chronic pain isn’t easy no matter where it originates. Pain that originates in your hip, however, can be debilitating given how important your hip joints are for mobility.

Regardless of the cause behind your hip deterioration, there comes a point where chronic pain makes hip replacement surgery a viable alternative. While you may hesitate to take the step,

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How Stem Cells Can Speed Recovery After Orthopedic Surgery

Recovery is typically the longest and most arduous part of any surgery. One of the priorities of many surgeons is, after correcting the primary issue, minimizing aspects of damage to surrounding tissue.

This is often the reason for long recovery times, particularly in orthopaedic procedures, such as joint replacement surgeries. Procedures are constantly refined to reduce the size of incisions,

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Recovery For a Torn ACL: The Road to Rehabilitation

When Do Bunions Require Surgery?

Shockwave Therapy Treatment & Benefits

How to Train to Prevent Running Injuries in Your Feet and Ankles

Preventing Repetitive Stress Injuries in Youth Athletes: What Every Parent Should Know

Should You Have Both Knees Replaced at the Same Time?

When does a Rotator Cuff Injury Require Surgery?

When to Seek Help for Pain in Your Hand, Wrist or Elbow

Tips for Returning to Sports After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

How to Prepare for Recovery After Knee Replacement Surgery

Life Without Pain: The Impact of Hip Replacement Surgery

How Stem Cells Can Speed Recovery After Orthopedic Surgery

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