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  • Physical Therapy for a Colles' Fracture

    A Colles fracture is a break in the radius bone, one of the forearm bones near the wrist. The fracture usually occurs if you fall onto your outstretched hand.1 Upon landing on your hand, the end of your radius bone breaks off and gets pushed toward your inner wrist. If you fall on your hand and the wrist is flexed, the radius may break and move toward the front of your wrist. This is called a Smith's fracture.

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  • Feel a pop, then pain in your knee? It could be an ACL tear

    You're playing tag with your kids, hitting a fast tennis return shot, landing after a gymnastics vault, evading a football tackle or jumping off a rock onto the beach. Suddenly, you feel a pop in your knee, then immediate pain followed by swelling. You may have just injured or torn your anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL.

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  • When Not to Have Rotator Cuff Surgery

    Rotator cuff tears may require surgery to repair, but they can often heal with rest, physical therapy, and medication when needed. Discuss with your orthopedist when to have or not have rotator cuff surgery.

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  • Symptoms and Treatment of Different Types of Kneecap Injuries

    A kneecap injury can happen from a blow to the knee or a fall. Some injuries can also occur due to overuse. When you injure your kneecap—also called your patella—there may be damage to the surrounding soft tissues, such as a patellar tendon tear, or a fracture to the bone.

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  • Lidocaine may reduce pain at time of corticosteroid injection for hand, wrist conditions

    Patients who received lidocaine at the time of corticosteroid injection for hand and wrist conditions experienced lower pain intensity compared with those who did not receive lidocaine, according to presented results.

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