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The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered dramatic changes throughout everyday life — and in the medical community as well. Not only are providers across the country postponing elective procedures, but many are also encouraging people to avoid in-office appointments to reduce their risk of exposure to this highly contagious coronavirus.But what...
The reasons why a person is overweight is multifactorial, but one issue that is probably a number one focus is: SUGAR. Sugar is everywhere, in about all processed foods, often in things white (flour, potatoes, breads) and is in places you don't think about (the second ingredient in most peanut...
These days, it's getting harder for doctors and hospitals to get paid for the work they do on or for patients who...supposedly...have insurance coverage. As one provider sharing his opinion, in the recent past especially with both the opioid epidemic and the Covid crisis, my experience has been that while...
The following is written from my own perspective, as an orthopedic surgeon working at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA, a hospital that earlier this year was in the national news for a high incidence of Covid patients. Many patients have fear of contracting the virus and want to...
Although the word "arthritis" is overused, referring to pain in a joint, the word "osteoarthritis" is referring to the kind from wear and tear, as opposed to trauma, or infection, or inflammatory cause. Arthritis of the hip area can cause pain with rotating the leg, like moving the knees together...
Trigger Finger is a condition also called stenosing (the area for the structure gets too narrow) tenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendon and the tissue around it, the synovium). The muscles that control our hands and fingers are in our forearms. The muscles generate a pulling force, and deliver that force...
The whole world is facing a new challenge together. Coronavirus, or COVID-19, presents more questions than answers, and that is making everyone uneasy. But it doesn’t mean that nothing is known or that nothing can be done. New information about vulnerable populations, treatment options, prevention strategies, and work toward possible...
Recent advancements in surgical technique, surgical technology, medicines and anesthesia have allowed some practicing Orthopaedic Surgeons to perform joint replacement surgery on select individuals in a comfortable outpatient setting. What used to be a surgery requiring a 3-4 day hospital stay, can now be performed in an Ambulatory Surgery Center...