Hip fractures are cracks or breaks in the top of the thigh bone (femur) close to the hip joint. Their two main causes are falls and bone loss caused by conditions such as cancer or osteoporosis, which makes the elderly the highest-risk group for them, due to changes in their skeletal system as they age.
If you are experiencing pain in your knees, you may be a good candidate for the makoplasty procedure. In our previous articles, we have discussed ways to prevent and treat knee pain.
Low Back Pain is one of the most common reasons why patients see our orthopaedic doctor in Palm Beach County.
Is your back giving you a hard time? In a time of long commutes, 10-hour-work days and Netflix, it’s really not difficult to aggravate your spine. Usually, the problem is a lack of preventive measures and improper posture.
We don’t usually think much about our feet. Actually, we pretty much forget about them until they start giving us trouble. Yet, there are many foot-related medical conditions and a whole separate division of medicine focused just on the feet and ankles, called podiatry.
Did you know that one of the most commonly performed surgeries these days is an arthroscopic knee replacement? Our knees are in very bad shape.
Sports Medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with the treatment and prevention of fitness-related conditions.
An injured knee is a common condition that doesn’t just affect the athletes – in fact, every third adult American has suffered from it at one point in their lives.
To read a story about a 9-year-old boy from Tequesta battling cancer. Thanks to a quick diagnosis by one of our physicians, Dr. Gary Wexler, Dayton is now scheduled for a surgery to remove the tumor from his knee.
According to the ACP in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the most common reason for visiting a doctor in 2016 was low back pain.
