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Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance provides specialized, dynamic care for virtually any orthopedic condition. We partner this professional care with a highly-trained, medical support team and advanced medical technologies, providing you a matrix of care that gets you back to daily activities as quickly as possible. Visit any one of our many locations in East Tennessee to receive the orthopedic care you deserve and the treatment you expect.
Recent Articles
Body Mechanics
Retired auto technician gets new knee, same-day service Rodney Loveland began tinkering with cars almost a half century ago, a time when cars still had carburetors, foot-operated dimmer switches and...
A Cut Above
Stylist happy to be back at work after shoulder replacement at Parkwest The sound of a blow-dryer fills a busy Sevierville salon. Paula Rawson raises her arm high over a customer’s head and tilts...
Testimonial From Patient Anne Rackley
June 10, 2015 I’m writing to you today because of an experience I had here at Parkwest. On Sunday, May 31, 2015, I was trying to stop a fight between my cats when I was bitten on my hand by one of...
Mauled No More
Vols’ Retired Rugby Coach Back In The Game Mulligrubbers, scrums, rucks and mauls. Butch Robertson knows ’em all. But this is no unsavory cast of characters – they are terms used in rugby, a sport...
On The Road Again
Hip Fracture Doesn’t Stop Knoxville Runner It was no fractured fairy tale – the truth hurt all the way to Teresa Williams’ bone. But when the Knoxville runner broke her right hip during warm-ups...
Radio Frequency Ablation of the Genicular Nerves
Orthobiologics
Knoxville Firefighter Finds Fix To Extinguish Knee Issues
A firefighter for 23 years, Shawn Langley came to Fort Sanders Regional to have knee replacement surgery in hopes of returning to the job he loves. Ever since middle school, Shawn Langley wanted to...
Cindy Fritz Fugatt Shares Her After Hours Sports Clinic Experience
I took my 12 year old daughter to the after hours sports clinic for a foot injury. I was able to log in online before the visit and complete most paperwork. Easy! Staff was great! Friendly, helpful,...
Not Stopping For Anyone
Hip preservation allows avid runner to keep moving, weeks after surgery As the manager of LeConte Therapy Services, Kay Funderburg, 50, of Sevierville, knows the importance of staying active...
Orthopedic Urgent Care After Hours Clinic with Paul Brady, MD
Defining success differently
Parkwest orthopedic surgeon tackles rare joint disease Randall Duckett is going to walk his youngest daughter down the aisle this spring. Just two years ago, he was wheelchair-bound. “It had gotten...