Orthopedic Library
Yes You Could Watch Your Own Surgery + Other Questions from Our Trigger Finger & Carpal Tunnel Live Surgery Answered
When we live streamed from the operating room, our viewers had lots of questions about the surgeries being performed. Our orthopedists have responded with all the answers.
Read MoreHow Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Can Restart the Healing Process and Relieve Chronic Pain
Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, often referred to at the Graston technique or muscle scraping, can be effective in treating repetition injuries.
Read MoreHelping parents spot growth plate fractures in kids
Most falls your child will take in their young lives will be the kind from which they hop right back up and keep on moving. But...
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon?
Additional fellowship training exposes doctors to particular specialties.
Read MoreWhat is a Physiatrist?
Physiatry, or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), is a field of medicine that is designed to improve and maximize function lost through injury, illness or disabling conditions. Physiatrists are experts on the bones, muscles and nerves that control how your body is affected by trauma like spinal cord damage, sports injuries, limb amputations, strokes and other musculoskeletal conditions.
Read More3 Hand-Care Recommendations From an Orthopedist
We think about stretching our backs, massaging our necks and taking care of the part of our bodies that work that hardest, but hands can be overlooked. A specialist offers three ways to give your hardworking hands a little TLC.
Neuromuscular Control for Athletes
Tips for Athletes from a Physical Therapist to Increase Neuromuscular Control
Read MoreStretches to Prevent Hamstring Injuries
Learn how to prevent hamstring injuries with these stretches from a Physical Therapist
Read MoreLadder Drills for Athletes
Preparing Athletes to Return to the Field with OrthoCarolina Hickory Physical Therapy
Read MoreWorld Champion Power Lifter Calls Total Hip Replacement a "Miracle" Hitting the Gym Just Weeks After Surgery
Learn how a power-lifter has built his fitness back up after a total hip replacement.
Read MoreFive Symptoms That Point to Trigger Finger
The result of overuse, trigger finger is a common but extremely painful condition that can cause the catching, locking and popping of the painful finger.
Read MoreAs Scooter Popularity Increases, Doctor Sees Uptick in Injuries
Foot and ankle specialist performs four surgeries in just two months on patients who have sustained injuries while riding scooters.
Read MoreWhy does removing a cast tickle? + 3 more cast fun facts
After a break, fracture, sprain or dislocation, a cast allows bones to stay in place as they heal. Being injured is never fun, but there are a few fun facts about casts beyond the fact that all your friends can sign them.
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Hip & Knee Surgeons from China, United States Share Research
The Annual Meeting of the 2018 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAKHS) in Dallas took place the first week of November and brought together some of the sharpest minds in orthopedics from geographic regions on opposite sides of the world.
Read MoreMinimally Invasive Treatment Yields Quick Recovery for Dupuytren's Disease
For patients with a contracture of the hand due to Dupuytren's disease, Needle Aponeurotomy offers a minimally invasive treatment and rapid return to normal activities.
Read MoreSmall Steps to Big Strides: Proper Foot Care for Those Who Need it Most
Shoes are for more than just walking. Especially in the cold months of winter, they become critical when it comes to health and well-being.
Read MoreUpper Extremity Surgical Amputation Procedures: Targeted Muscle Reinervation and Starfish
Please note, this video includes some graphic scenes associated with the teaching process of orthopedic surgery. Thank you.
Read MoreWhat are the benefits of arthroscopic surgery?
Less invasive than traditional "open" surgery, arthroscopy can evaluate, diagnose and treat many joint conditions.
Read MoreWhat are the symptoms of bicep tendinitis?
Bicep tendinitis is the inflammation of the upper bicep tendon and those who experience it often complain of shoulder pain.
Read MoreHow Aric Almirola Won at Talladega a Year and a Half after Breaking His Back
Aric Almirola won the 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, October 14, 2018 in the No. 10 Smithfield Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing, marking his second-career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. For Almirola, it was a sweet taste of success after a nearly-devastating injury in a wreck at Kansas Speedway in 2017 when he suffered a compression fracture to his T5 vertebra.
Read MoreHow does physical therapy treat plantar fascitis?
The pain from plantar fascitis is felt in the heel of the foot and can often feel like walking on a bruise. Physical Therapist Scott Beecher shares information about how therapy can reduce the pain and inflammation attributed to plantar fascitis.
Read MoreOrthoCarolina Physical Therapist Lands on ESPN Lacrosse Documentary
Caring for patients by day, Shaun Riney spends evenings and weekends as an assistant coach on a lacrosse team whose unlikely players made them the subject of an ESPN documentary.
Did You Know? 8 Physical Therapy Facts
You might know that physical therapy, also called “PT”, can help you recover from injury. But did you know that it can also help you manage specific conditions, restore function, encourage movement, and reduce or eliminate the need for medications and surgeries?
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About Physical Therapy
You may already know that physical therapy primarily helps manage pain, increases mobility and muscle function, and gets your body back to how it was before injury. Straight from our own physical therapists, here is what you should know about physical therapy.
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