Many situations can cause hip pain. The most common cause is inflammation. Often the pain can be alleviated by reducing the inflammation. In this video, Dr. Dan Albright, an orthopedic surgeon in Raleigh, NC, discusses ways to reduce inflammation throughout the body.
In the winter season, knee pain can sometimes aggravate to an unbearable extent disturbing the quality of life.
Knee replacement surgery is one of the effective treatments to regain an active and healthy life. With the ease in routine life movements and exercise flexibility provided after the procedure, knee replacement is a worthy choice for post-injury recovery or knee damage due to aging.
The patient's doctor determines the recovery plan, and there can be different requirements for different people. The following is the general plan followed by most knee replacement patients.
Low impact activities should be the norm to increase the lifespan of the knee replacement.
When recovering from a total knee replacement, it can hard for some people to give up their freedom to drive even for a short time. A big question for many patients is when they can start to drive again. There are several factors to consider when deciding when is the right time.
There are many possible causes for knee swelling. This swelling does not always cause pain, but it should not be ignored.
The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint. It supports the mobility of the legs for walking, running, and other movements such as sitting down, and that means that it's always moving. Here are common causes of hip pain.
Do you have a painful hip and wonder if a hip replacement operation is in your future? In this video, Dr. Dan Albright, an orthopedic surgeon in Raleigh, NC discusses what types of hip pain lead to hip replacement surgery and which do not.
In most cases, this surgery is successful. But there are cases of hip replacement failure which can be difficult to spot until after the rehabilitation period. Here are a few of the most noticeable symptoms that need to be checked
