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Double Knee Replacement Surgeries: Lee Norris Experience

Lee Norris is a 76-year-old dedicated runner with over 50 years of experience and who has finished more than 50 marathons. He decided to take his skills to the next level by taking on ultramarathons, including challenging 100-mile races. However, during summer 2021, Lee began experiencing iliotibial (IT) band pain on the outside of his knee, prompting his first visit to a knee specialist.

Dr. Eric F. Berkman, MD, orthopedic surgeon at UT Physicians, recognized the severity of Lee’s condition. Due to the bone-on-bone contact in both knees, Dr. Berkman proposed a meticulous approach: two separate knee replacement surgeries to address the unique challenges posed by Lee’s extensive running history and genetic factors. In October 2021, Dr. Berkman successfully performed a comprehensive knee replacement on Lee’s right knee, and alongside physical therapy, Lee could successfully return to his previous athletic activities.

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Prolonged opioid use before knee or hip replacement surgery increases risk of poor outcomes
Source:
 Home

Patients who take prescription opioids for more than 60 days before total knee or hip replacement surgery are at significantly higher risk of being readmitted to the hospital and of undergoing repeat joint-replacement surgery, compared to patients with no preoperative opioid use, reports a study in the July 18 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.

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What you need to know about shoulder pain – and shoulder surgery
Source:
 Chicago Tribune

The part of the body we call the shoulder consists of several joints that work with tendons and muscles to allow the arm to move in many directions. We can bowl a perfect game or reach the top shelf thanks to this system of joints, muscles and tendons. However, it is possible to overextend the shoulder and end up with pain. When your shoulder is painful, everyday life activities become difficult.

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Strong Workout, Stronger Recovery!
Source:
 Ivanhoe

The American Heart Association says that running is good for your heart. But for every 100 hours of running, the average runner will sustain at least one injury. But, there are things you can do after a run to cut the risk of a future injury.

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2 Simple Shoulder Exercises Anyone Who Works Out Should Be Doing!
Source:
 Ivanhoe

Rotator cuff muscles may be small, but they’re majorly important.

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Researchers determine the rate of return to sport after shoulder surgery
Source:
 Medical Xpress

Athletes with shoulder instability injuries often undergo shoulder stabilization surgery to return to sport (RTS) and perform at their preinjury activity level. Returning to sports in a timely fashion and being able to perform at a high level are priorities for these athletes undergoing surgery.

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Reproductive, hormonal factors tied to knee OA in women

Source: Medical Xpress

Female reproductive and hormonal factors are associated with incidence of knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study published in the July issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology.

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No One-Size-Fits-All for Hydrating During Sports

Source: Health Day

Waiting until you’re thirsty to drink during sports could lead to dehydration and poorer performance, a new study finds.

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Depressive symptoms associated with disease severity in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Source: Medical Xpress

The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrate that among individuals with radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA), decreased physical performance and greater structural disease severity are associated with a higher risk of experiencing depressive symptoms.

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Deltoid pain: Types and treatment

Source: Medical News Today

The deltoid is a large muscle responsible for lifting the arm and giving the shoulder its range of motion.

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When Can I Return to Play After an Orthopedic Sports Injury?

Source: Healthline

As an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, the timing of when a player can “return to sport” is one of the most frequently asked questions of me – from the patients themselves, their parents (if they’re minors) and from the media, especially if I’m being interviewed about a professional athlete.

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Why Do I Have Uneven Shoulders?

Source: Healthline

Uneven shoulders occur when one shoulder is higher than the other. This can be a slight or significant difference and may be due to several causes. Luckily, there are steps you can take to bring your body back into balance and alignment.

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Expert Pointers for Avoiding Basketball Injuries

Source: Consumer Healthday

In 2016, more than 60,500 people were treated for basketball-related foot injuries in U.S. emergency departments, doctors’ offices and clinics. More than 355,000 sought help for basketball-related ankle injuries, and more than 186,000 people suffered basketball-related knee juries, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Improving outcomes for serious knee injuries

Source: Medical Xpress

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are one of the most common knee injuries in the United States, affecting more than a quarter of a million people annually, many of them athletes.

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Are fast-pitch softball pitchers overdoing it?

Source: Medicine Wustl Edu

Baseball leagues often have fairly strict limits on how many innings pitchers can pitch or how many pitches a player can throw. But for girls playing fast-pitch softball, such guidelines are rare. Washington University sports medicine specialists have found that many pitchers aren’t getting enough time to recover and are experiencing shoulder fatigue, pain, weakness and injury.

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Over-the-counter painkillers treated painful injuries just as well as opioids in new study

Source: Los Angeles Times

In a new study of patients who showed up to an emergency department with acute pain in their shoulders, arms, hips or legs, researchers found that a cocktail of two non-addictive, over-the-counter drugs relieved pain just as well as — and maybe just a little better than — a trio of opioid pain medications widely prescribed under such circumstances.

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First FDA-approved stem cell trial for shoulder injuries reaches full enrollment

Source: News medical.net

The trial is the first in the United States to offer an FDA-approved adipose-derived stem cell trial for shoulder injuries. The trial opened in Fargo, North Dakota, and Sioux Falls in December 2016. In this trial, one’s own adipose stem cells are used to determine if they can repair partial thickness rotator cuff tears.

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What is a hairline fracture?

Source: Medical News Today

Hairline or stress fractures are tiny cracks on a bone that often develop in the foot or lower leg. It is common for hairline fractures to occur as a result of sports that involve repetitive jumping or running.

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High risk of injury in young elite athletes

Source: Science Daily

Every week, an average of three in every ten adolescent elite athletes suffer an injury. Worst affected are young women, and the risk of injury increases with low self-esteem, especially in combination with less sleep and higher training volume and intensity, research from in Sweden shows.

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Study shows cycling as number one cause of cervical fractures in men

Source: ScienceNewsline.com

Sporting-related cervical fractures increased by 35 percent from 2000 to 2015, mainly due to an increase in cycling-related injuries, according to research presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Men experienced the most fractures due to cycling, while the most common cause of fractures in women was horseback riding. The most common cause of cervical spine injury in the United States was football, with the majority of those injuries being sprains.

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Less pain post TKA with addition of peripheral nerve blocks

Source: Medical Xpress

Addition of an interspace between the popliteal artery and capsule of the posterior knee (IPACK) block and adductor canal block (ACB) to periarticular injection (PAI) is associated with less pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a study presented at the 2018 World Congress on Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, held from April 19 to 21 in New York City.

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Health Tip: Signs You Need Rotator Cuff Surgery

Source: HealthDay

The rotator cuff is a collection of tendons and muscles that surround the shoulder. It’s common for athletes — for example, baseball pitchers — to injure this area. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons mentions symptoms that indicate surgery is needed:

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Return to play for soccer athletes and risk for future injury

Source: ScienceNewsline.com

A new study presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) looked at soccer athletes who sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction to better understand the average return to play time and their risk of injury following a revision ACL reconstruction.

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Delayed rotator cuff repair yielded superior functional outcomes vs immediate repair

Source: Healio

Despite inferior baseline patient-reported outcomes, patients who underwent rotator cuff repair with concomitant biceps procedure had greater improvement in outcomes at 1-year postoperatively compared with patients who underwent rotator cuff repair alone, according to results.

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Concomitant rotator cuff, biceps repair led to greater improvement in PROs

Source: Healio

Despite inferior baseline patient-reported outcomes, patients who underwent rotator cuff repair with concomitant biceps procedure had greater improvement in outcomes at 1-year postoperatively compared with patients who underwent rotator cuff repair alone, according to results.

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The Relationship Between Shoulder Stiffness and Rotator Cuff Healing

Source: The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery

In patients who developed stiffness after surgery, a rotator cuff repair was more likely to heal.

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Martial arts can be hazardous to kids

Source: Medical xpress

Perhaps there’s a black belt in your child’s future. But for safety’s sake, kids should only engage in noncontact forms of martial arts, a new American Academy of Pediatrics report says.

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Mouthguard a key defense against sports-related injuries

Source: Medical xpress

Compared with ACL tears, the quadriceps muscle of the injured limb had greater strength and endurance after PCL tears, according to study results.

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