Orthopedics - Comprehensive Musculoskeletal Care

Orthopedics is a branch of medicine focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing disorders of the musculoskeletal system, providing specialized care for bone and joint health.
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Orthopedics FAQ

What injuries can an orthopedist treat?

Below are some of the most common conditions that an orthopedist may treat: soft tissue injuries, which are those that affect muscles, tendons, and ligaments overuse and sports injuries, including sprains, tendinitis, meniscus tears, and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears What nonoperative treatments are available?

What does an orthopedic doctor do?

Orthopedic doctors, often referred to as orthopedic surgeons, focus on helping you with musculoskeletal issues. Their duties include: diagnosing and treating conditions that affect your musculoskeletal system assisting with rehabilitation, which helps you regain movement, strength, range of motion, and flexibility following an injury or surgery

How do orthopaedic procedures work?

For common orthopaedic procedures, they may need to: Repair a broken bone or fracture with screws, pins, rods or plates to make sure your bone heals correctly. Remove damaged ligaments and replace them with either healthy tissue from another part of your body or use a graft from a donor.

What is orthopedic medicine?

Orthopedic medicine treats the musculoskeletal system. Healthcare providers in this field of medicine specialize in the diagnosis, treatment, and therapy of conditions affecting bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and nerves in patients of all ages, from newborn babies to the elderly.

What is an orthopaedic surgeon?

? Orthopaedic surgeons are doctors who care for injuries and diseases of your body's musculoskeletal system. They also help you rehabilitate after an injury, and prevent injury or slow the progression of disease.

What is modern orthopedics?

Modern orthopedics has extended beyond the treatment of fractures, broken bones, strained muscles, torn ligaments and tendons, and other traumatic injuries to deal with a wide range of acquired and congenital skeletal deformities and with the effects of degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis.

What is orthopedics & why is it important?

Orthopedics, medical specialty concerned with the preservation and restoration of function of the skeletal system and its associated structures, i.e., spinal and other bones, joints, and muscles. The term orthopedics was introduced in 1741 by French physician Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard in his

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