A knee replacement typically results in decreased pain, more restful sleep, and a more stable knee. As a result, patients can lead more active and overall healthy lives. But when is the right time to get a knee replacement and what are your surgery options? At the ORTHOKnox orthopedic clinics in Knoxville, Tennessee, or Athens,…
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Signs You Need Knee Replacement Surgery
If you are feeling restricted and having trouble performing regular activities due to knee pain or stiffness, then you are probably considering a knee replacement. Signs such as arthritis, unmanageable pain, or the inability to stay active may indicate that you need a new knee. ORTHOKnox has a board-certified surgeon and sports medicine team in…
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How to Prevent ACL Tears
A soccer player dribbles down the field and abruptly cuts right around a defender, only to fall to the ground clutching her knee. She reports a sudden popping sound and her knee “giving out.” She heads over to ORTHOKnox Urgent Care, and the doctors diagnose her injury as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. ACL…
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Common Weekend Warrior Injuries and Prevention Tips
If you have an inner couch potato telling you to just kick back and watch TV this weekend, fighting against it and getting some exercise can actually increase your life expectancy (and ultimately increase how much TV you can ever watch). Exercise is almost always the best choice if you are looking for something to…
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Common Basketball Injuries
You may be a professional athlete, be an avid basketball fan, or you may have just played basketball in your driveway over Thanksgiving and hope to get out and play some more. In any case, if you break basketball down into its main physical components, you have a series of fast sprints, passes and catches,…
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Physical Therapy for ACL Reconstruction
During this football season, we’ve seen a few football players go down with an ACL tear and hear that they are “out for the season.” So what happens between the time we see them go down and return to play next season? Most likely, they have had surgery and are following a rigorous ACL rehabilitation…
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ACL Tear: Symptoms
It’s Saturday afternoon and you are cheering for another touchdown when one of your star players gets tackled and doesn’t immediately get back up. You’ve got that sinking feeling in your gut as they get escorted off the field and find out later that they have a torn ACL and are out for the season….
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ORTHOPEDIC ISSUES: MEN VS. WOMEN
As the medical field continues to improve and develop, it is increasingly important for us at ORTHOKNOX to identify trends and differences among patients so we can determine more accurate personalized treatment plans for each individual patient. Due to differences in structural anatomy, hormones, and genetics, some studies have identified some trends in injuries and…
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What to Expect During Your First Physical Therapy Visit at OrthoKnox After Surgery
A common response from patients when they come to OrthoKnox Physical Therapy the day after their surgery is “You want me to move today?” With most orthopedic surgeries, it is important to begin physical therapy (PT) as soon as possible to begin moving the joint and engaging muscles again. An exception to this is recovery…
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Your Scar May be Healed, But is it Summer and Pool Ready?
As pools begin to open during phase II and summer is finally here, we are all going to be outside more and planning vacations. For years it has been emphasized the importance of using sunscreen/sunblock to protect our skin and reduce the risk of skin cancer, but did you know it is also important for…
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