Living With Hip Bursitis: Sleeping, Sitting and Exercise Choices That Calm the Flare
Living with hip bursitis mostly means managing load on the outer hip: avoid lying directly on the sore side, stop crossing your legs or…
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Sports Injuries & Surgery
Articles on sports injuries: ligament tears, meniscus and shoulder injuries, when surgery is weighed against rehabilitation and how a safe return to sport is judged.
The Brostrom Procedure: Fixing Chronic Ankle Instability, Step by Step
The Brostrom procedure is an outpatient operation that tightens and reattaches the stretched outer ankle ligaments, usually the anterior talofibular and calcaneofibular ligaments, to…
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When an ACL Graft Fails: Re-Rupture Causes and How Revision ACL Reconstruction Differs
ACL graft failure means a reconstructed ligament has torn, stretched or loosened enough that the knee is unstable again. Causes fall into three groups:…
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How Quickly Does Tenosynovitis Settle? Healing Phases From Splint to Full Use
Tenosynovitis usually settles over weeks rather than days. With early rest and a splint, mild overuse cases often ease within a few weeks, and…
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Shoulder Impingement vs Rotator Cuff Tear: How Doctors Tell the Two Apart and Why It Matters
Shoulder impingement is irritation of the rotator cuff tendons and the bursa as they pass beneath the bony roof of the shoulder blade; a…
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Anesthesia for Arthroscopy: General, Regional or Spinal and Why Same-Day Discharge Is Usual
Arthroscopy is usually done under general anesthesia (fully asleep), spinal anesthesia (numb from the waist down, often with sedation), or a regional nerve block…
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Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Step by Step: Anchors, Sutures and Reattaching the Tendon
The arthroscopic rotator cuff repair procedure reattaches a torn shoulder tendon to bone through several small incisions using a camera and thin instruments. The…
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When a Rotator Cuff Repair Fails: Re-Tear Signs and What Revision Surgery Involves
Rotator cuff repair failure means the repaired tendon has not healed to bone or has torn again, most often within the first months after…
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Who Is a Candidate for Cartilage Restoration? Defect Size, Alignment and Age Considerations
A cartilage restoration candidate is usually someone with a single, well-defined area of damaged joint cartilage, healthy surrounding cartilage, a stable and reasonably well-aligned…
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What X-Rays and MRI Show After a Shoulder Dislocation: Fractures, Labrum and Ligament Damage
An x-ray after shoulder dislocation confirms the joint is out, shows which direction it went, and checks for associated fractures of the humeral head,…
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Life After Cruciate Ligament Surgery: Stairs, Driving, Desk Work and Sport in Order
Life after cruciate surgery follows a fairly predictable order. Walking with crutches comes first, usually within days; stairs and desk work return over the…
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ACL Surgery Cost: What Reconstruction Really Costs, Market by Market
ACL reconstruction typically costs USD 20,000–50,000 in the United States, GBP 7,000–14,000 for private surgery in the UK, and EUR 3,900–7,150 within our guide…
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How Shoulder Impingement Is Diagnosed: The Exam Tests and When an Ultrasound or MRI Is Ordered
Shoulder impingement is diagnosed mainly by a clinician's history and hands-on examination: where the pain sits, which movements provoke it, and how the shoulder…
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Tendon Surgery Recovery: Why the Splint Stays On and How Gliding Exercises Begin
Tendon surgery recovery time is usually measured in months rather than weeks. A splint typically protects a repaired hand tendon for roughly four to…
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Preparing for Arthroscopy: Medication Review, Fasting and Arranging a Ride Home
Preparing for arthroscopy usually rests on three tasks: giving your surgical team a complete list of every prescription medicine, over-the-counter product and supplement you…
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When Can You Return to Sport After ACL Reconstruction? Why Tests Decide, Not the Calendar
Return to sport after ACL reconstruction is usually decided by passing objective tests rather than by reaching a date. Most rehabilitation guidance points to…
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Why Surgeons Ask You to Stop Smoking Before Rotator Cuff Repair: Tendon Healing Explained
Surgeons ask patients to stop smoking before rotator cuff surgery because nicotine narrows small blood vessels and carbon monoxide displaces oxygen, starving the repaired…
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Flying Home After Cruciate Ligament Surgery: Clot Precautions, Bracing and Timing
Most people can fly after ACL surgery once the surgical team has confirmed that swelling is settling, the wound is healing and clot risk…
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