A patient with an ACL tear generally will have an injury where they'll have either some type of twisting injury or...
ACL Tear and Reconstruction
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Patient Education
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.
Who Is A Good Candidate for Spinal Injections?
So typically patients that undergo injections are ones that have been dealing with back or leg pain, neck or arm pain for at least six to eight weeks.
Herniated Disc Specialist for Young Adults in Knoxville, TN
Dr. Colin Booth, MD,spine medicine physician at Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, explains what can be done for young adults with disc herniation.
Back Pain Relief with Dr. John Lavelle
Dr. John Lavelle, a spine medicine physician at Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance, explains the options available for...
Dr. Pesut Demonstrates the Myerson Wrap
The proper Myerson Wrap technique for bunion surgery patients.
Getting Cultured: Man’s Knee Injury Repaired by Re-Implanting His Own Cells
Matt Thompson knew immediately that loud “pop” he heard was serious. On a wet Dec. 26, 2016, Thompson — a lineman for a cable company — was coming down off a pole when his foot slipped on a 6-inch curb. “At first, I thought I broke my leg,” Thompson said. Instead, it was more injury to a knee that had given him trouble for nearly 20 years, following a torn ACL after playing high school, college and rec sports.