Joints

DOI: 2/18/2014. The patient is a 54-year-old male carpenter who sustained a work-related injury to his left knee when he slipped and fell. The patient is status post left knee arthroscopy, partial lateral meniscectomy, chondroplasty of the patella and lateral tibial plateau on 04/04/14 and a left knee arthroscopy, partial medial meniscectomy, partial lateral meniscectomy, removal of loose body and chondroplasty of medial femoral condyle and lateral tibial plateau on 08/28/2015. Per medical…

It can be argued that few joints in the human body contribute as much to day to day life as the knee does. The knee is needed to walk, run, stand up, and even relax by putting one’s feet up at the end of the day. As a consequence, the knee takes a lot of abuse and can wear out prematurely as a result of the constant loads that one puts it under day in and day out. The knee is made up of a collection of bones, ligaments, and cartilage that work together to act as shock absorbers to transfer…

This may be done to make sure you have no loose cartilage in your joint. How is this treated? Your patella may move back into place on its own when you straighten your knee. If your patella does not move back into place on its own, your health care provider will move it back into place. After your patella is back in its…

someones sports career. Hip bursitis is a common problem in athletes. It causes pain in the hip and on the outside of the upper thigh. The bursa is a sac filled with fluid that allows a joint in the body to move smoothly. If the bursa becomes inflamed it can be very painful for a person when moving the joint. Athletes who participate in sports that involve a lot of movement and running normally can see this injury as a result. Physical…

other 30 percent occur from direct contact, whether it be from an outside object or player in sports (ref). This injury may occur when an individual is decelerating immediately while sidestepping, which may cause an uncomfortable landing on the knee joint (ref). Injured ACLs can be replaced by a substitute…

Knee problems in adolescents Today we talk about knee problems in adolescents. The knee is a joint that suffers so much more for the activities of daily living such as sports. If we add to this age, we realize that not only wreaks havoc aging, but the period of development and growth is also critical for this joint . Knee problems in adolescents: Causes, symptoms and types. Let's talk about two different situations. First, of that or those diseases that occur in adolescents, due to the body…

patient’s pain might be caused by an intra-articular or extra-articular problem and may be the result of his injury or not. Thus, the differential diagnosis for his chronic ankle pain is quite broad. Because there are so many potential causes for joint pain, every new patient who comes to the rheumatology clinic needs a thorough history and a physical examination. During the history, I encourage the patient to tell the…

carries the weight forwards and backwards while walking, and upward and downwards while jumping. The anatomical structure that stabilizes the knee can be divided into 4 areas. Anterior, Posterior, Lateral or Medial. These structures enable the joint to move, while also providing stabilisation and support, offered to not only the knee, but also other muscles and tendons around it. Anterior Compartment: The four muscles in the anterior compartment are called rectus femoris, vastus medialis,…

The knee is made up of four main things: bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. The knee is a ball in socket and the elbow is a relatively simple hinge joint which only allows flexion and extension. The radius is smaller of the two forearm bones and sits on the outside of the joint.As spoken about before the cruciate ligaments are made up of two types of ligaments, the anterior and the posterior. They are often referred to the ‘crucial’ ligaments because it is important that the help the knee…

four muscles make up the musculotendinous cuff. First, the supraspinatus muscle originates on the supraspinous fossa of scapula to insert on the superior part of the greater tubercle of humerus. It stabilizes and initiates abduction of the shoulder joint. Next is the infraspinatus fossa which originates on the infraspinatus fossa of scapula to insert on the posterior facets of the greater tubercle of humerus. It laterally rotates the humerus. Then, the teres minor originates from the lateral…