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Joints, injuries and orthopedic imaging — staying active and recovering well.
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Sports medicine has grown far beyond treating professional athletes. Whether you are recovering from a knee injury, managing carpal tunnel syndrome, or simply want to stay active as you age, this hub shows how modern orthopedic care and imaging work together to help you heal.
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Sports & Orthopedic Medicine Sports medicine is a relatively new discipline that has evolved out of the need to diagnose and treat the ever increasing injuries suffered by countless fitness oriented people, amateur athletes and professional athletes worldwide.
Sports & Orthopedic Medicine Sports medicine evolved out of the need to diagnose and treat the ever increasing sports related injuries suffered by countless fitness oriented people as well as professional athletes worldwide.
Sports & Orthopedic Medicine More and more women are playing in fast-paced aggressive sports these days. From basketball to snow skiing to soccer, women are competing and "mixing it up" with the same ferocity as men.
Feeling overwhelmed? That’s normal.
Sports medicine evolved out of the need to diagnose and treat the ever increasing sports related injuries suffered by countless fitness oriented people as well as professional athletes worldwide.
More and more women are playing in fast-paced aggressive sports these days. From basketball to snow skiing to soccer, women are competing and "mixing it up" with the same ferocity as men.
New sports medicine techniques are allowing sensational come backs by all types of athletes from all kinds of injuries. Proper diet, lifestyle and appropriate exercise are at the root of all health care.
High resolution MR image of the wrist Carpal tunnel syndrome is characterized by numbness, tingling and pain in the thumb, index and middle fingers that often worsens at night. The condition may affect one or both hands and is sometimes accompanied by weakness in the thumb(s).
The knee is one of the most complex joints in the body. The rigors of sports require the knee to support motion and tremendous physical stress in a nearly unlimited number of directions.
Consulting with a sports medicine physician and radiologist at the first sign of abnormal shoulder pain or discomfort may help baseball pitchers and other athletes avoid or delay surgery.
Diagnostic imaging and orthopedic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in particular play a crucial role in the sports medicine. Many injured joints are first examined with x-ray imaging.
The New Magnetom Jazz is a patient-friendly orthopedic MR system from Siemens Medical Solutions (MR patient positioning: shoulder, wrist, ankle and image montage: shoulder, ankle, elbow) Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging can non-invasively diagnose a number of sports related injuries without requiring
MR imaging (MRI) is available to everyone, from the superstars like Michael Jordan to everyday people who, for instance, run or play tennis a lot. Many sports related injuries are simply mild aggravations of the bones, muscles and joints.
Arthroscopic probing of the knee (posterior horn complex meniscal tear with multiple flaps) (image courtesy of Orthopedic Associates of Portland: www.orthoassociates.com) Arthroscopy is now used by surgeons to guide the insertion of tiny surgical instruments into a joint, for example the knee, to re
Arthroscopy is inspection through an endoscope (a flexible viewing tube) of the interior of a joint. Endoscopes now use fiber optic cables and powerful lens systems to provide improved lighting and better visualization of the interior of a joint.
Patients should become comfortable with crutch walking before an arthroscopic procedure on the knee or other joint of the leg. Complications from arthroscopy are rare, but risks may include infection, swelling, synovial rupture, blood clots, numbness, and joint injury.
