Bone and Joint Care

Whether it’s your knee, hip or something else, joint replacement surgery can help those struggling with severe pain. Procedures are much less invasive today than in previous generations; incisions are smaller, fewer muscles and tendons are disrupted. You will experience less pain, fewer complications and a quicker recovery. Joint replacement is an option for people with pain and stiffness in their joints. The pain is usually chronic, lasts for several months and contributes to a poor quality of life. During joint replacement surgery, an artificial joint, made of metal, ceramic or plastic, will replace the deteriorated joint. The most common joint replacement surgeries are ankle, hip, knee and shoulder. Ankle replacement surgery During ankle replacement surgery, the surgeon removes the worn out ankle joint and places a metal and plastic implant on the end of the shin bone (tibia) and the top of the ankle bone (talus). Ankle replacement is usually an option (compared to ankle fus...

The knee is one of the largest joints in the body. It provides us the flexibility to do daily activities like sitting, standing, walking, running with ease. Age related knee problems are common, however, due to changing lifestyle, younger people are also experiencing knee pains. This may be due to…. Knee injury Nutritional deficiency Heavy intake of sodium Smoking or drinking Here are some of the changes that may help to strengthen the knees: Do A Proper Knee Exercise:  There are some exercise which are targeted on the knees especially. This exercise helps in strengthening the weak muscles around knee joints it also helps in strengthening knee bones. Dr.Shailendra Patil Mulund These exercise includes sit-ups, step-ups, lunges, squats, thigh contraction, knee bends, knee strengthening stretches, swiss ball, straight leg raises.  Doing this exercises 30-40 minutes per day will help to strengthen the knee. Stop doing the exercise if knee pain increase and consult the do...

Avascular Necrosis, commonly known as Osteonecrosis, is a medical condition in which the tissue within the bone dies because of the deficiency of blood supply. Before the tissues collapse, Osteonecrosis causes small breaks within the human bone structure (which eventually breakdowns the tissues within the bone). Proper blood supply is required by all cells in your body and when the tissues within your bone do not get sufficient amount of blood, they die. While hip is considered one of the most vulnerable areas to this medical condition, Avascular Necrosis may also affect your knee, shoulder, foot, and hand. Avascular Necrosis may show no symptoms at all in the initial stage. But later on, when the blood supply to the tissues within your bone breaks off, the patient may start noticing from little to severe pain in the affected joint. The pain worsens when you lift up heavy objects or put a significant amount of weight to the particular joint. The first symptom of Osteonecrosis is ...

Total Knee Replacement Surgery was first performed in 1968 in USA, more than millions of Knee Replacement Surgery are performed every year in India , Success ration of Knee Replacement surgery is over 94% But still there are many doubts arises in minds of patients before the surgery . Doubt 1:     The success rate of the surgery is very low. Fact 1 :       Total knee replacement, or arthroplasty, among the most widely performed procedures in the world, is known to successfully relieve pain and restore function in patients with advanced knee arthritis. Success Ratio is above 94%. Doubt 2:    Knee Replacement surgery takes 2-3 month for the full recovery and resuming the work. Fact 2:        Recovery in Knee Replacement Surgery through Minimally Invasive technique hardly takes 3 week for full recovery. Doubt 3:    Bending of the knee or sitting on the floor is difficult after the total knee replacement sur...