Loosely defined, medical trauma occurs when an outside set of forces or influences results in pain, injury, serious illness, medical procedures, or surgery. Orthopedic trauma occurs when a part of the musculoskeletal system – the bones, joints, muscles, tendons and/or ligaments – experience a sudden accident or injury that requires immediate medical attention. Trauma medicine…
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Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
When a person wakes up in the morning and their ring finger and pinky finger are numb and tingling, as if they’re still asleep, that is a symptom of cubital tunnel syndrome – also called ulnar nerve entrapment. If you’ve been lying down with your elbow bent behind your head, or if you’ve been leaning…
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Pediatric Fractures and Growth Plates
While a slight stumble can set an adult back weeks, children often seem to bounce back, rarely missing a beat. But just because children are usually more physically active than adults doesn’t mean their bones aren’t at risk of fractures – that’s because their bones have not yet ossified. The last part of the bone…
Healthy Habits = Healthy Bones
It’s never too late to start incorporating healthier habits to improve the strength of your bones. As we get older, it is fundamental to practice habits that can slow down the loss of bone density. Continuous bone density loss can lead to debilitating illnesses such as osteoporosis. Luckily, keeping your bones at their healthiest doesn’t…
How Chronic Shoulder Instability Is Affecting My Shoulder Pain
The shoulder joint has the widest range of motion of any joint in the human body, making it also one of the most susceptible to damage. If it is stretched too far in one direction, the ligaments become injured – causing instability in the shoulder. The shoulder is a ball-and-socket type of joint, located at…
