Patient Education & Information Resources

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the main stabilizer of the knee and is paramount in staying active in sports and safely ambulating each day. Injury to the ACL can be common in athletes but can also occur with simple falls. Luckily, there are many treatment options to stabilize the knee and get back to sport.

A healthy elbow can flex, extend, and rotate to perform normal daily activities. When the biceps tendon is torn at the elbow these motions are limited and surgery to repair the tendon is typically needed.

Causing numbness in the fingers and weakness in the hand, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a very common condition of the hand and wrist. Surgical intervention has become a very common answer to this syndrome and can get patients relief of these daily symptoms.

Knee arthritis is a chronic and slow evolving degenerative condition that can limit patient’s daily activity and exercise. The cartilage on the end of the bones that typically provides friction-free movement wears away and leads to pain, swelling, stiffness, and overall limitations to knee movement.

Shoulder arthritis is a condition which the cartilage of the joint degrades over a long period of time. The cartilage that lines the shoulder is what allows for smooth and pain-free movement, as there are no nerve structures within it. As that cartilage wears away, it results in friction leading to pain and stiffness of the shoulder.

The ball and socket construct of the shoulder joint allows for its impressive mobility. However, this wide range of motion, leaves the shoulder susceptible to dislocation events where the ball and socket lose contact with one another.