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• FAQs: Total Shoulder Replacement

  is a serious risk of any surgery, including shoulder replacement surgery. The risk of infection is typically low, but it can be serious if it does occur. Infection can lead to pain, swelling, redness, and warmth around the incision site. It can also...

• Valuable Tips for Patients Managing Their Rotator Cuff Injury Recovery

  When lifting your arms to put on a sweater feels like a chore and all your dishes need to be placed on the lowest shelf due to shoulder pain, your rotator cuff injury is obviously impairing your daily activities. What may not be so obvious is the...

• Fusion for Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Trauma

  fusion surgery. It is a major surgery that is performed only when all more conservative treatment measures have failed, but it can help people suffering from chronic back pain or severe spinal deformities live normal lives again. Now, orthopaedic spine...

• Hip Replacement vs Hip Resurfacing

  a serious risk of any surgery, including hip resurfacing or replacement surgery. The risk of infection is typically low, but it can be serious if it does occur. Infection can lead to pain, swelling, redness, and warmth around the incision site. It can...

• How to Prepare for Anterior Cervical Fusion Surgery

  When something goes wrong in the cervical region of the spine, it is often the result of a herniated disc compressing a cervical nerve as it exits the spinal canal. The symptom that is often most noticeable is severe arm pain, but some patients also...

• Top 10 FAQs About Swimming Concussions in Philadelphia

  A Concussion? A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that occurs due to impact. The impact can be directly to the head, but it can also occur elsewhere and cause sufficient jarring to the brain. Concussions range from mild to severe and may present a...

• Your Questions Answered by Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Physicians

  Have you experienced severe pain in both of your knees? Does the pain and stiffness of arthritis keep you from doing the things you love? Is it beginning to interfere with even simple actions like standing or walking? If this pain and limitation has...

• Common Injuries and Treatment Options for Tennis Injuries

  The U.S Open, the last tennis major of the year, starts this week, putting tennis at the front of sports fans’ minds for two solid weeks. It also makes it a great time to discuss the most common injuries we treat in tennis players—from pros to the...

• When is carpal tunnel syndrome bad enough for surgery?

  is rarely needed following carpal tunnel release surgery. The surgery overall has a greater than 90% success rate, but it can take up to 1 year to see symptom relief after the surgery. Some patients do not get complete relief of their symptoms if the...

• Thumb Twitching: Causes and Common Triggers

  Twitching. Essential Tremor: repeated movement of a body part with a consistent frequency. The cause of this is unknown but it can run in families and is typically benign. Neurological Disorders (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s...

• Discover How Patients With Degenerative Joint Disease In Delaware Are Getting The Best Care

  If you or someone you love is suffering from degenerative joint disease in Delaware, now is the time to get the facts, and the help, you need. At Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, our orthopaedic experts want to help you discover the steps you should take...

• Wondering What Causes Volleyball Injuries? The Critical Info You Need

  Understanding what causes volleyball injuries is key to preventing them. Volleyball is a fun and exciting sport. And no one wants their fun and excitement interrupted by an injury. Most people don’t think of volleyball as a particularly injury-prone...

• The Good News About Increasing High School Concussion Rates

  If you’re a parent, it seems like your list of cares grows daily. With every stage in your child’s life, there comes new ways to possibly destroy their chances of a happy and successful future. You have to weigh issues such as private school vs. public...

• Sunny Skies and Exercise: How to Avoid Common Injuries to Your Upper Extremities in the Gym

  While it’s always a good time to get or stay active, spring is the season of growth and new beginnings for all things, especially for all of us trying to get in shape for the summer. And as the weather warms up, our sleeves get shorter and shorter. As...

• Foot Injuries and the Martial Arts

  Individuals participating in martial arts unfortunately experience injuries when training for an extended period of time. Muscle strains, tendon ruptures, and broken bones become all to familiar to hard working martial artists. When these type of...

• How High-Impact Activities Can Cause Orthopaedic Injury

  Exercise Injuries that Can Incapacitate Athletes Exercise is incredibly important for your health and overall well being but it can also take a toll on your body. The benefits of exercise have incredible long term effects but can also cause stress to...

• Ozempic for Joint Pain: Benefits, Risks, and Orthopedic Considerations

  that can do this: weight loss and physical therapy. Maintaining a healthy weight not only helps you feel better now, but it can also prevent future joint degeneration, lowering the need for joint replacement surgeries down the road. Potential Risks of...

• Meniscus Tear Treatments to Get You Back on Your Feet

  happen when you twist your knee sharply without moving your foot the same direction. This is most common for athletes, but it can happen to anyone, even when doing regular tasks like standing up. These injuries can be acute, happening in the moment, or...

• Skating Injuries: Five Risks and Five Safety Tips

  instinct is to put our hands out to catch ourselves--which is good, because it protects the more important head and face. But it can also result in serious injury to the hand or wrist from the force of the impact. Four Key Skating Injuries Safety Tips...

• What Parents Should Know About Soccer Concussions in Philadelphia Youth

  happens when the brain is twisted or bumped around in the skull. This can be a result of a blow to the head or neck, but it can also be the result of a sudden change in direction or trauma to the whole body, such as what happens during a car accident....