The Achilles tendons are thick and powerful bands of fibrous tissue. They connect your calf muscles to your heel bones. The tendons help you walk…
This condition, also called AC joint arthrosis, is a degeneration of the joint at the top of the shoulder where the acromion meets the clavicle.…
This numbing medication is injected into the cerebrospinal fluid through a fine needle placed near the nerve roots of the lower spine.
Regional anesthesia makes an area of the body numb to prevent the patient from feeling pain during or after a medical procedure.
Ligaments are fibrous, elastic bands of tissue that connect and stabilize the bones.
This injury is a tearing of the ACL ligament in the knee joint. The ACL ligament is one of the bands of tissue that connects the femur to the…
If you have a joint problem, your surgeon may want to try arthroscopy.
This bulge, also called a "popliteal cyst," forms behind the knee. It's a swollen bursa. A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that helps reduce friction…
This is an irritation or swelling of the trochanteric bursa. This small, fluid-filled sac is found on the outer side of the femur.
This is a swelling of a fluid-filled sac called the "subacromial bursa." It's in the shoulder, between a bony protrusion called the "acromion" and…
This type of arthritis, also called "degenerative joint disease," is a breakdown of the cartilage in your hip joint. As this protective cartilage…
This condition is a loss of motion or stiffness in the shoulder, usually accompanied by pain in the joint.
A ganglion cyst is a fluid-filled sac that forms as a herniation from a joint capsule or tendon sheath.
This condition is a painful inflammation of the iliotibial band, a thick, tendon-like portion of a muscle that travels from the hip down the outer…
When you have osteoarthritis of the hip, sometimes it's hard to be as active as you like. But you can still do many of the things you enjoy.
