Mark Russell, DO, of Great Lakes Bone & Joint Center in Battle Creek, Mich., has joined the active medical staff at Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall, Mich., according to a Battle Creek Enquirer news report.
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Shockwave therapy, often administered to professional athletes for a quicker return to play, is a safe and effective treatment for patients with chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Platlet rich plasma could enhance soft-tissue repair, especially for tendons, though it may inhibit bone formation, according to an article published in AAOS Now.
A whole bevy of consumer-friendly provisions in the healthcare reform law kick in on Sept. 23, six months after the legislation was signed, according to a report by Kaiser Health News. Here are a six key points about the new…
Molly Sandvig, executive director of Physician Hospitals of America, says she will leave her position to become COO of Joint Replacement Hospitals of America, a new for-profit company developing knee- and hip-replacement hospitals to be run by physicians.
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Richard Steadman, MD, has treated patients and professional athletes for more than two decades at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., which he co-founded with Richard Hawkins, MD. Dr. Steadman focuses on treatment for knee injuries and is currently treating…
Achilles tendon-aponeurosis strain is higher among male athletes with tendinopathy, according to an article published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Sept. 22 will mark the first ever Falls Prevention Awareness Day in Illinois, designed to spread education among the older adult population on preventing falls that could lead to surgery or death, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons…
Luis R. Vela, MD, a sports medicine physician, joined Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Ore., according to a Democrat Herald report.
In addition to providing more than 10,000 hip and knee replacements during his career, Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, founder and medical director of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles founded the "Operation Walk," a national…