Common Myths About Back Pain Myth #1: It’s Degenerative Disc Disease So one of the most common things that patients...
Common Myths About Back Pain
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Patient Education
What is Thumb Arthritis?
In the hand, the thumb is the most arthritic joint. That’s where we see the most clinical manifestation. So you might have x-ray changes of arthritis somewhere else, but what really drives people in to see us is the thumb from an arthritic standpoint, because that’s so involved in the function and the use of your hand, because everything you do with your hand, you use your thumb.
The Health Factory Podcast
The Health Factory Podcast: Dr. John M. Lavelle, D.O. talks the importance of functional fitness! Josh:
Hey guys. Welcome back to the Health Factory Podcast. This is Josh, and I’m here with Dusty Holden and Dr. John Lavelle.
Dusty Holden:
Good morning.
Dr. Lavelle:
Glad to be here.
Dusty Holden:
Yeah, it’s good to be back.
Josh:
Last time we talked about injury and then shockingly, that obviously gets a lot of feedback. There’s a lot of folks who have been in pain, a lot of folks who’ve been injured in the past, and then maybe that was what sparked them to either change their training or develop something different, or maybe that’s what turned them off in the first place? That’s what’s kind of led us to talking to Dr. Lavelle today. Real quick, can you explain to us your background in medicine? So, what kind of doctor are you? What do I need to know about what you do?
Trigger Finger
Trigger Finger Trigger finger is a really common condition in which the tendon that helps the fingers move, gets...
Rotator Cuff Tear
A common problem that we see in patients who have shoulder problems is what we call rotator cuff tears. What is a...
ACL Tear and Reconstruction
A patient with an ACL tear generally will have an injury where they'll have either some type of twisting injury or...
Why do I have arm pain?
Frequently, patients will tell me they have more pain in their arms than they do in their shoulders. Because those...
Hot Topics: Common Shoulder Injuries
Good morning guys. My name is Dr. Justin Kennon. I'm one of the shoulder and elbow surgeons here at Tennessee...
Mako® – Robotic-Arm Assisted Knee Replacement
We get a lot of questions about what is a robot? What does it do? How does it make you more accurate and more precise...
What is causing my heel pain?
Hi, I'm Dr. Michael Tompkins. I'm an orthopedic surgeon at TOC and I'm foot and ankle trained. So I have a lot of...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Daniel G. Branham, M.D, a highly experienced hand surgeon at Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, explains what carpal tunnel syndrome is.
MACI
MACI stands for Matrix Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation, and it’s a big fancy term for just means taking cells out of your knee joint and we can basically expand those into millions of cells to put them back in the knee to take care of a defect of the cartilage.