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Researchers suggest catastrophizing, the act of thinking of events as a catastrophe, is a strong predictor of whether an individual's acute pain after surgery or an injury will evolve into chronic pain, according to a news report by MedPage Today.

Twenty-three orthopedic surgeons from Bronson Methodist Hospital, HealthCare Midwest and K Valley Orthopaedics/Southwestern Michigan Sportsmedicine Clinic, all in Kalamazoo, Mich., have joined to form Bronson Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, according to a Kalamazoo Gazette report.

Hip impingements and subluxations are frequent among ballet movements, which can cause cartilage hypercompression, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is encouraging surgeons and researchers to further investigate treatment methods for osteochondritis dissecans after the organization released a treatment guideline this past year, according to an AAOS news release.

Study results suggest intravenous regional blocks with ketorolac and lidocaine, though useful in treatment of complex regional pain syndrome, produce only short-term pain relief in patients with CRPS of the lower extremity, according to a study published in the Clinical…

Patients treated for lumbar spinal stenosis with the mild decompression procedure reported sustained improvements in pain and mobility after one year and experienced no serious adverse events, according to a news release bout the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

Orthopedic surgeons who are also team physicians must treat players appropriately so they can return-to-play amongst pressure from team managers to return the players quickly, according to an article published in the Boston Globe.

In an interview with Medscape Medical News, Sergey Motov, MD, FAAEM, assistant program director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., discussed tactics for dealing with addicted patients in the emergency department.

Physicians and patients have discovered a patch made in Utah for numbing skin surfaces prior to injections may also have an "off-label" pain-relieving effect, according to a Deseret News report.

Boston Scientific has launched the Clik Anchor for its Precision Plus Spinal Cord Stimulator System after the Food and Drug Administration cleared the device for use in the U.S., according to a company news release.