Dr. Aruna Seneviratne
Sports Medicine
New York, NY
28 years experience male
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New York, NY
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Thursday: 8:00am - 11am
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About
Bio
I'm a fellowship trained Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in shoulder knee as well as sports-related injuries. I use advanced open arthroscopic surgical techniques to restore damaged joints, ligaments, and bones. I enjoy restoring my patient's quality of life, returning athletes back to play.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Sports Medicine
Licenses
United States: New York
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
130 Answers
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Aruna Seneviratneanswered
Sports Medicine 28 years experience
What joint?: Depends on what joint and what surgery was offered. Generally it's your choice whether you want the surgery or not as these are elective procedures.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Sports Medicine 28 years experience
Usually PT: Physical therapy, anti inflammatory medications, ice, and rest are the mainstays of treating bursitis of the shoulder. If that fails, a cortisone inje... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Thumb injuries should be taken seriously. See your primary care doc and if he thinks it needs further attention he or she will refer you to a hand sur... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Tough problem: A very difficult clinical scenario. Options are limited. Subscapularis tears don't heal on own. Pt, arthroscopic subscap repair, humeral head allograf... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Slice of heaven: Orthopedic surgeons typically start their day early in the morning, see patients in the hospital, attend educational conferences or teach residents an... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Sling: Follow your orthopedists advice. Usually these fractures are treated in a sling. They need monitoring with x-rays to ensure proper healing.
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Osteoarthritis: That description is arthritis of the knee. Treatment of knee arthritis goes sequentially from less invasive to more invasive. Begin with activity mod... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Lunges: Generally lunges and hamstring curls help. However, lunges can be hard on the knees. Be cautious.
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A member asked:
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10 days: Usually a bruise resolves in 7 to 10 days. It will change color from blue to green to yellow as it revolves.
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A male asked:
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Sports Medicine 28 years experience
Deltoid exercises: The rotator cuff is an important group of tendons that provide the ability to move your arm in many directions. The deltoid can be trained and strengt... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Probably: Vitamins are important for you to get through your diet. If you feel you do not get the necessary daily requirements through a balanced high content o... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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About 6 weeks: Bone healing takes about 6-8 weeks for 70% healing. Full healing can take 3 months or longer. An orthopedist should be monitoring it until full healin... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Cervical spine issue: Neck (cervical spine) and shoulder problems co-exist and also can have similar symptoms with pain radiating to either structure. When shoulder specia... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Symptomatic care: Those are lot of joints affected. Depending on your age, severity of arthritis, and type of arthritis, treatment varies. What you can do for yourself ... Read More
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A 53-year-old member asked:
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Tennis elbow: Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis is the most common cause of pain on the outside of your elbow. Golfer's elbow pain is on the inside of your elbo... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Inflammation: Inflammation of the shoulder can cause it to painful and stiff. Causes of inflammation are overuse, subtle injury within the shoulder, and systemic ca... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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It does not: Grade 2 and 3 ac joint separations do not go back to its normal location. The shoulder becomes painless, and normal function ensues after a period of ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Nothing to worry: At age 32 a heart rate of 120 with exercise is pretty normal. You max heart rate can be roughly calculated by the following formula
mhr = 220-age. ... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Yes meniscus tear: Meniscus root tears are a type of meniscus tear where the attachment to the bone is torn. This is a usually not a great type of tear to have as it eff... Read More
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A member asked:
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Probable ACL tear: The acl is an important stabilizer of the knee. It prevents forward translation of the tibia bone. If torn, it may result in knee instability (bucklin... Read More
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A 58-year-old female asked:
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Yes Xray: Pain in shoulder could signify a problem such as a shoulder rotator cuff tear that could have potentially occurred during the fall. Its important to r... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Vit c, vit d, and calcium are important for bone healing and remodeling. Take a good multivitamin such as those from new chapter, and also citracal + ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Ones a ligament: The acl is an importan ligament (ligaments connect bone to bone), that restrains anterior or forward translation of the tibia. The patellar tendon is... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Swelling: Swelling or fluid in the knee is most common minor complication after meniscus surgery. Its easily drained by your surgeon. Other complications are r... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Normal variant: Its possible its a normal variant, but other causes of popping include cartilage injuries, and ligament insufficiencies leading to instability. They ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Sports Medicine 28 years experience
Physical Therapy: The most common cause of chronic knee pain is a condition called patellofemoral pain syndrome or chondromalacia patellae. This condition causes pain i... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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No: Once the acl reconstruction heals you can return to all sports. Here's what you can do at the gym.
Upper body work outs - no problem 6 weeks post op.... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Possible: It should resolve in a day or two. Try advil (ibuprofen) if not allergic. If not better by next week see your doctor.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Ask your surgeon: Its unlikely that a screw was left outside the fracture area, but its best to have your surgeon go over your x-ray with you and discuss it in detail.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Depends on what kind of work and how bad the pull is. In general muscle strains take about 6 weeks to heal. If one can walk with crutches, and does a ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Arthroscopic repair: The rotator cuff is a group of four tendons that coalesce together to form a cuff. Usually the supraspinatus tendon is the one that's torn. It's rep... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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About 6weeks: Rotator cuff strains usually heal in about 6weeks. If pain and dysfunction persists it may indicate a more involved problem. See your shoulder or spor... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Yes but....: There was a group of surgeons who got together to discuss this very point. They were unable to come to a consensus agreement. In general, cortisone is... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Sports Medicine 28 years experience
Run 20mins: To get aerobic fitness, try running. Start with a 3minute jog on day one and repeat this for 3days. Then increase length of run by 2minutes every 3 ti... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Sports Medicine 28 years experience
Multi step process : Treatment of knee arthritis goes sequentially from less invasive to more invasive. Begin with activity modification, weight loss, physical therapy , a... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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High weight low reps: Muscle bulk is generally built by doing higher weights and low reps in an eccentric fashion. Toning is achieved with low weight and high reps.
For mu... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Complete acl tears require surgery for those patients who have instability and pain, and for those athletes who need stability with lateral movements.... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Several things: Maintain normal body weight. Use anti inflammatories. If very bad, an unloader brace can be used. If you are young it's possible that a meniscus can ... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Second opinion: I suggest you have a second opinion, and have a thorough re-evaluation. Many things can be uncovered that may help you over-come this problem. If it... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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About 2months: Partial ucl tears of the thumb heal with bracing in about 2months. Full thickness tears require surgery to repair.
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Not unusual: The quadriceps shuts down after ACL surgery regardless of graft choice used. Rapid re-activation of the quadriceps is important, and is usually accom... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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About 6 weeks: The first week you can expect some discomfort. A small percentage of patients have a lot of pain. Its difficult to determine who they are preoperative... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Absolutely: Even if you are in good shape, its best to see your primary care physician or sports medicine family physician to get a full physical and green light ... Read More
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A lot: Golfers elbow aka medial epicondylitis is a chronic tendonitis of the inner portion of your elbow. The first things to do are rest, ice, and anti inf... Read More
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Pain & weakness : Rotator cuff tears usually occur in patients over 60. On younger patients it's uncommon, but dislocating ones shoulder could cause a rotator cuff tea... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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PT and NSAIDs: Physical therapy, anti inflammatory medications, ice, and rest are the mainstays of treating bursitis of the shoulder. If that fails, a cortisone inje... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Sports Medicine 28 years experience
Run for 20min: To get aerobic fitness, try running.
Start with a 3minute jog on day one and repeat this for 3days. Then increase length of run by 2minutes every 3 t... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Bruising (black and blue) occurs after a fracture when blood slowly settles in the soft tissue. It will resolve in a few weeks. For a stress fracture... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Normal structure: Its a fluid filled sack between the rotator cuff and the acromion. It resides below the acromion, hence "sub-acromial". It functions to help the rot... Read More
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Need more info: There are many reasons for knee pain. Was there an injury? If not it could be inflammation. Try ice and anti inflammatory meds such as advil (ibuprofe... Read More
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Jul 27, 2014
I recommend this doctor. Very insightful and I learn something new from these answers
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Seneviratne is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Seneviratne is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I cry every time I think about how much pain my knock knees cause me, and finding answers to my problem is getting me closer to a solutIon
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Plant proteins are more bioavailable that animal proteins? Until now I have only heard the opposite, including from doctors on this site.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I too have scapular winging on my right shoulder blade. Result of a recent accident. Can u plz tell minimum time required to heal?
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
New York Medical College, NY
Graduated 1995MD
Residency
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
Completed 2003
Awards
Lewis Clarke-Wagner Award for Outstanding Resident's Paper : 2003 HSS Alumni Association
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Affiliations
NYC Sportsmed
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
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