Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) is a common overuse injury among runners and joggers, characterized by pain on the outside of the knee caused by inflammation of the iliotibial band, which stabilizes the knee joint during activities like running and cycling. Overuse of your muscles and tendons can lead to a whole range of painful and debilitating conditions.
Sclerotherapy is a minimally invasive treatment offered by orthopedic specialists in Miami to address varicose veins and spider veins. An estimated 30-60 percent of American adults suffer from spider veins, varicose veins, or both conditions. But all of that company means very little when you’re the one embarrassed to wear shorts, swimsuits, or skirts because of this unattractive and frustrating phenomenon.
Hip pain and injuries are an unwelcome presence in anyone’s life, especially for athletes and others who need their hips to have maximum mobility and flexibility. Many conditions can cause hip pain, from hip flexor sprains to hip tendonitis to trauma. But one of the most common hip injuries is trochanteric bursitis.
OrthoMiami frequently utilizes platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, a safe, effective, and non-invasive treatment. This innovative therapy, which harnesses your body’s natural healing abilities, has proven to be a game-changer for issues like knee arthritis, tendonitis, and ankle sprains. By promoting the rapid recovery of damaged tendons, ligaments, and tissues, PRP therapy has helped many patients avoid surgery and significantly improve their quality of life.
If you live with knee arthritis, you know how painful and debilitating it can be. But for many people, the idea of undergoing invasive knee replacement surgery is unappealing, intimidating, and scary. That is one of the reasons researchers and physicians have spent years developing new techniques and therapies for knee arthritis that spare patients from all of the risks, costs, and downtime that come with surgery.
Ankle sprains are one of the most common sports-related foot and ankle injuries. They can be painful and debilitating and keep an athlete off the court or the field for an extended time. Healing as quickly, safely, and effectively as possible and getting back in the game is priority number one for any athlete sidelined with an ankle sprain.
Your muscles and tendons do a lot of work and can take a lot of punishment, but they are not indestructible. If you overuse, overstretch, or hyperextend them beyond their breaking point, they will let you know through pain, swelling, tenderness – the telltale signs of a strain injury.
Falls by actors and comedians on TV and in the movies have been the source of countless chuckles for generations. But in real life, falls are anything but a laughing matter. In fact, slip and fall accidents are deadly serious for hundreds of thousands of Americans every year and are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in older adults. Given the number of people hurt and killed in falls, it would likely be considered an epidemic if falls were a disease.
A lot is riding on your shoulders. When they start to hurt or limit your range of motion, even simple tasks can become painful ordeals and getting a good night’s sleep may seem like an unobtainable dream. Unfortunately, shoulder pain is a common problem, and like so many other health issues, we become more prone to it the older we get.
When we talk about joint pain, we aren’t talking about one thing. Depending on the source and cause of the inflammation, discomfort, stiffness, and loss of strength and mobility associated with “joint pain,” we could be talking about ligament pain, cartilage pain, bone pain, tendon pain, or muscle pain.
