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Orthopedic Surgery
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
TFC tear: a tear of the triangular fibrocartilage can occur during a fracture or as a result of a fracture.
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A 54-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Yes: surely. That's what the drug is for. Short term it's very safe. Be careful long term, especially if your liver or kidneys are not healthy
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Medically the same: orthopedics is that field of medicine that deals with the musculoskeletal system
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Yes: Good nutrition; quadriceps balancing exercizes; avoid bent knee exercizes. A patella tracking brace ma help relieve some kneecap pressure and let the ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Quad balance strengt: Knee cap problems are frequently related to imbalance of the quads with "overdeveloped" lateral quads and "underdeveloped" medial quads.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Not likely: Sounds like an unrelated problem.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Usually: Casts can't be removed. A reliable patient can sometimes be treated with a removable brace.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
See your doc soon: Get a shoulder x-ray, chest x-ray and mammogram asap.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Depends on the tear: Complete tears do not grow back unless repaired.
Partial tears heel and may recover.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Hurry: If you are not seeing a spine doc yet, do so ASAP! if you wait too long, it may not be reversible
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Unhappy Tendon: The long head of the biceps passes through a tunnel into the shoulder. Anything that make the tunnel smaller or tendon bigger, ie swelling from an imp... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Trigger thumb: The tendon is catching.
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A 54-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
3 weeks: popping frequently is from swelling. If the injection hasn't helped by three weeks, ask for an mri
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Yes, eventually: A cyst is the result of a torn meniscus that extend its full with an results in joint fluid pushing through the hole when the pressur in the joint ris... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Ganglion cyst: The most likely diagnosis in someone your age is a cyst of the tendona
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
You can't: If you strengthen the knee muscles before the procedure you will recover a little faster
good nutrition is important
do not smoke
mostly, hea... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Yes: The superior labrum is intimately associated with the biceps tendon and alters the mechanics of the shoulder if injured.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Triggering: Catching of the tendon moving in and out of the thumb.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Everything else: Pay attention to what activities cause the pain and try to avoid them
exercise and strengthen the knee muscles
buy an elastic knee brace
take... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Think Lyme disease: Lots of possibilities. You need a good physical exam and some blood work.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Be patient: Exercize wizely. Wear a patella tracking brace for the activities that cause the pain. Good nutrition. Lose weight if you have too much. Strengthe the... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
IT WILL HURT 10-14 D: Please get an xray. Most do well but you should make sure.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Lateral meniscus tea: STANDING STRESSES THE MENISCUS.
Dis you have an injury?
I would suggest an MRI of the Knee.
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Yes, but: sciatica can have various symptoms. Local tenderness is not one of them squeez your calf. if it's tender stay on the path of considering a blood clot... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Very: basketball players are most frequently injured. Football players are most severely injured
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
New scoliosis?: If you are sure you never had scoliosis before, get to a back doctor and get an MRI done. New scoliosis means some inflammation locally in the spine.
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A male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Stress fracture: if you started playing 3-4 weeks ago, a stress fracture is possible. If you are tender over the dimple on your back, it's tendinitis
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
It won't move: The contour of the deltoid changes it actually looks Square and of course it won't move because it's locked out of the joint
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Yes: in an adult, a fracture they did not need surgery would be ra elatively benign fracture and you should've done well
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Pain and difficulty: Pain with the ability to raise the arm can be a tear that is incomplete. Inability to move the shoulder might be a significant tear
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Meniscus: You may have a small meniscus tear. that excessive load for that long maybe aggravated it. Sometimes it aggravation can be in the results for enlargin... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Two answers:: 1. A cyst in bone is always surrounded by calcium, the bone itself. If the cyst is not changing, the bone will surround it and calcify the cyst.
2.... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
In the thumb: Rather the tendon that brings up the thumb right where it crosses the wrist into the arm.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Get another opinion: Pf pain in a 42yo is not the same as in a teen. Cartilage breakdon is a concern and might need surgery to prevent the development of a serios degenera... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Ignore: Cross train doing activities that differ from your sport.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
A benign hole : This is usually a failure of the bone to totally convert from cartilage.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
A thumb spica: Holds the wrist and the thumb.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Think about Lyme: Multiple joint pain should always be evaluated.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Not likely: There is no connection between your back muscles and the activity of swallowing. Call a GI doc and make an appointment.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
You can: Most hospitals or surgery centers do not do 'regional anesthesia' as it take too long to resolve.
Schedule at a hospital. Ask to be the first case ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Is it arthritis: The joint wears out, especially in women. If it is painful, see an orthopedist to learn if surgery is needed.
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A female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
It's serious: Grade 4 means the bone is exposed. I presume it hurts because you had an MRI done.
Get treatment soob. You may need arthroscopic surgery.
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A 57-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Harhayanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 46 years experience
Yes and no: sometimes a second injection will do the trick. What you really need is a diagnosis! Have you had an x-ray? Kneecapt pain especially on stairs can be... Read More
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