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Is Getting My Knee Replaced Safe?
You’ve decided to get that pesky knee replaced…good for you! It’s been hurting and keeping you from doing the things you love for some time now. We’re pretty confident that you’ll enjoy your new knee,...
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Shoulder Soldier: Recovering from Arthroscopy Shoulder Surgery
Arthroscopy shoulder surgeries are very common at Brigham City Community Hospital and at most hospitals. In fact, more than 1.4 million shoulder arthroscopies are performed worldwide each year. And...
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8 Tips to Prevent Joint Injury
You wake up to see the sun barely shining through the curtains. It’s still early, which means the streets will be quiet and uncrowded. You lace up your running shoes as you sit on the front porch. The...
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Placating Painful Joints
It’s morning. You groan as you slowly sit up, swing your feet to the side of the bed and take that first painful step. With each sore stride, you’re constantly reminded of the days when you used to...
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Lifestyle Tune-ups to Prevent Arthritis
There’s a reason car manufacturers tell you to change your oil often. (And it’s a different reason than oil companies have for telling you the same thing.) It’s simple: Metal, rubbed against metal,...
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Do You Knee-d that Surgery?
Do You Knee-d that Surgery? Pain makes it hard to function and hard to focus. Whether it’s your knee, back, shoulder, hip or somewhere else, it’s hard to be in pain all the time. Orthopedic medicine...
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Getting Hip with Arthroplasty
Arthro…what? The term arthroplasty may not be as familiar to you as the term “total joint replacement,” but they are related. Total joint replacement is a very common form of arthroplasty, but partial...
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Giving Our Hands a Hand
Ouch! There go those hands again. Maybe it’s not pain, maybe it’s just a weird numbness, or tingling, or maybe they just “feel weak”, like they just don’t want to work anymore. Whatever your hand...
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Easy Steps to Bone and Joint Health
Nearly 50% of Americans over the age of 18 are affected by musculoskeletal (bone and joint) conditions, including back pain, arthritis, traumatic injuries, osteoporosis and childhood conditions. These...
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Back Attack!
Do you remember the old rhyme, “Step on a crack and you’ll break your mother’s back?” It was a fun game as a child. You’d hop from foot to foot, trying to avoid any crack in the sidewalk, but when...
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Who Should Have Hip Replacement Surgery?
Many of us have hip pain, and most anyone over the age of 50 or so will probably experience some sort of joint pain at a point. Depending on the condition that’s causing your hip pain, you might feel...
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Let’s Get Physical
It might be a snap in your knee while skiing or playing basketball, maybe chronic back or neck pain that send you to the physical therapist. Several types of major surgeries and illness also require...
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Is it Broken? How to know when to go.
Sometimes it’s hard to know as a parent when to bring your child in to get an x-ray for an injury. A tumble from a bike that results in a painful arm- is it broken or just sprained? What about the...
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Understanding Pain Before Committing to Joint Replacement
If you’re a sports fan, you’re probably no stranger to seeing players get injured on the field or court. You might have grimaced when Golden State Warriors’ Brandon Rush busted his left knee...
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Running Injuries: Heat Therapy vs. Cold Therapy
To ice? Or to heat? That is the question—especially when it comes to running. When you’ve got a running injury it can be tricky to know if you should use hot or cold therapy. While we might not...
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