Shoulder / Dr. Anthony Deluise
You can replace shoulders?!
……Shoulders are usually replaced when you have arthritis, which is a wearing down or loss of cartilage in the shoulder. Many people also get bone spurs as the arthritis progresses. The loss of cartilage and the bone spurs can make the shoulder painful and stiff. Shoulder replacements remove the arthritic bone and replace it with metal and plastic. This will treat the pain and give you better shoulder motion…….
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Hand/Wrist / Dr. Anthony Deluise
SERIOUS FRACTURES OF THE WRIST THAT OFTEN GO UNDETECTED
Within the wrist, there are eight small bones known as the carpal bones. Two of them, in particular, are subject to fractures that are often not painful enough to seek attention immediately after the injury. Furthermore, even when a patient does present acutely after such an injury, the fractures are often either not initially visible on x-rays or if they are, they are missed on the x-ray reading. To make matters worse, when these fractures are not diagnosed early, it becomes much more difficult to get them to heal later on.
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Back Pain / Dr. Anthony Deluise
Bulges, protrusions and tears: When the lumbar disc matters
Back pain is second only to upper respiratory tract infection as the cause of visits to the doctor. Sixty to 80% of people will suffer from low back pain in their lifetime. More than half of patients who seek treatment for low back pain will recover in one week and 90% will we recover within 1 to 3 months.
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