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April 15, 2019
For more information on hip reconstructive services at the Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute, click here.
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April 15, 2019
Doctors at the Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital are using new technology to customize joint replacements, making recovery easier. Here’s more from Dr. Mark Shekhman, a Bone & Joint Institute orthopedic surgeon: Q: At the bone and joint institute you use tools to assess the best route…
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April 15, 2019
A Vietnamese woman with back pain diagnosed in her home country as a muscle strain gets spinal fusion fusion surgery at the Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute after her brother, who lives in this area, also researched doctors in New York and Boston. For more information on Spine Services…
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April 10, 2019
What do all pitchers, whether Little Leaguers or Major Leaguers, have in common? Arm pain and arm, shoulder or elbow injuries. A study published on injury prevention in baseball found that up to 74 percent of youth baseball players, ages 8 to 18, report some degree of arm pain while…
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April 03, 2019
When severe pain affects your routine, either your sleep or ability to perform everyday tasks, you might benefit from joint replacement surgery. “We recommend joint replacement surgery when knee pain and loss of function become severe and when medicines and other treatments no longer relieve pain,” said Dr. Robert Carangelo,…
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March 26, 2019
Osteoarthritis is a primary reason for most knee and hip replacements. It affects more than 30 million people, making it the most common chronic joint condition in the United States. The pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis at a joint – the junction where two bones meet – are caused by…
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March 25, 2019
Walking your dog is a great way to stay active, but a new study published in March in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that dog-walking has led to more fractures in adults over the age of 65. The national study notes that hip fractures occur most frequently….
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March 17, 2019
If you were among the 50 percent of adult males between the ages of 40 and 70 with erectile dysfunction, would you pay thousands of dollars for shock-wave treatment, which has uncertainties about long-term effectiveness and safety? Would you be concerned that it is not FDA-approved? You should be. More…
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March 06, 2019
Early in the morning, while most of us are grabbing a cup of coffee before work, a nurse is on the road. She helped get her own family ready for the day, and she is on her way to take care of your family. One of our billing specialists is…
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February 08, 2019
Learn how to get rid of pain and get your life back on track with a free orthopedic lecture series—“Less Pain, More Gain”—at Windham Hospital in March. This three part series includes: “Suffering from hip and knee pain?” on March 6 hosted by Orthopedic Surgeon Kevin Reagan, MD. Dr. Reagan will discuss Mako…