by TOA Admin | Aug 3, 2020 | Hand & Wrist, Patient Education
Trigger Finger Trigger finger is a really common condition in which the tendon that helps the fingers move, gets caught in a pulley at the base of the finger. So people will actually feel the pain when they press here, but they’ll see the finger trigger further...
by TOA Admin | Jul 25, 2020 | Patient Education, Shoulder
A common problem that we see in patients who have shoulder problems is what we call rotator cuff tears. What is a rotator cuff tear? Little tears that develop in the tendons deep down inside our shoulder, around the ball of our shoulder. How does this happen? The...
by TOA Admin | Jul 16, 2020 | Knee, Patient Education
A patient with an ACL tear generally will have an injury where they’ll have either some type of twisting injury or they buckle on the knee, and we’ll have a pop and the knee will swell up. And generally, the symptoms that they feel are pain and...
by TOA Admin | Jul 13, 2020 | Patient Education, Shoulder
Frequently, patients will tell me they have more pain in their arms than they do in their shoulders. Because those nerves that run through the shoulder go right down your arm. What may be causing the arm pain? So you can have problems such as bursitis, or...
by TOA Admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Patient Education, Shoulder
Good morning guys. My name is Dr. Justin Kennon. I’m one of the shoulder and elbow surgeons here at Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance here in Knoxville and in Oak Ridge. I appreciate you guys taking the opportunity to allow me to present to you guys, certainly in...
