Patient Education

Getting Cultured: Man’s Knee Injury Repaired by Re-Implanting His Own Cells

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.

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Sports-Related Concussions

Sports-Related Concussions

Today Dr. Chase Wilson, a primary care sports medicine specialist is going to discuss sports-related concussions. He practices at our Fort Sanders regional office, our Parkwest office, our Oak Ridge office, and our Sevierville office.

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Shoulder: Rotator Cuff

Shoulder: Rotator Cuff

Dr. Paul Brady is an Arthroscopic Shoulder Specialist with Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance. Today he will discuss torn rotator cuffs.

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Pain In Your Arm Could Be A Shoulder Injury

Pain In Your Arm Could Be A Shoulder Injury

John Reynolds is an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Specialists with Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance. He specializes in treating a lot of shoulder injuries, for example, One of the more common things he is asked in the office by patients is about pain they’re having in their arm.

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Hip To Pain

Hip To Pain

Andrea Anderson was hurting – she just didn’t know how much.
But when orthopedic surgeon Paul Yau, MD, urged her to track her hip pain after a cortisone shot, she installed a diary application on her smartphone and began making almost daily notes. “When I look back, I can see that I had no idea,” Anderson said. “I wanted to believe that it wasn’t as bad as I thought. But there were months when I was in pain 25 days out of 30.”

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