With recent advances in medical technology, minimally invasive surgery is becoming more and more widespread in hospitals and outpatient surgery centers across the country, but what are the benefits of minimally invasive surgery for patients and why should you care? “Our array of treatment represents the whole gamut of what’s available,” says Thomas P. Obade, [...]
No one wants to see their child hurt. Sometimes children play hard and rough causing them to get injured, and one of the more common injuries to the musculoskeletal system is a sprain. What is a sprain? A sprain occurs when the ligaments overstretch or tear. Ankles, wrists and knees sprain more easily than other [...]
Did you know the surface a runner chooses to run on can have different effects on their body? Running on hard surfaces can sometimes lead to more stress and result in injuries like inflation in the achilles tendon, shin splints and stress fractures in the small bones of the foot or ankle. Running on soft [...]
