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Anatomy of a Sports Injury

If you push your body too hard during sports or exercise, you risk a sports injury. A sports injury involves damage to the musculoskeletal system. This body system, which consists of bones, muscles, and various types of connective tissues, provides the main framework for the body. The more you know about what makes up your musculoskeletal system, the better you can understand what it takes to recover from a sports injury and how you can speed up the process.… Read More

5 Tips for Healthy Joints

It’s easy to take your joints for granted until you experience severe symptoms. Unfortunately, ignoring symptoms for too long can be detrimental to the long-term health of your joints, which can eventually lead to the need for surgery. Orthopedic doctors don’t want you to go through the suffering of joint problems.… Read More

The Benefits of Outpatient Total Joint Replacement

There was a time when nearly all major surgeries required spending at least a few nights in the hospital, followed by a lengthy recovery period that often included weeks or months of severe pain, heavy medications, and immobilization. This was especially true of total joint replacement surgeries, in which hospital stays were often followed by days – sometimes weeks – in a rehabilitation or recovery center.… Read More

How Does PRP Work?

If you have chronic musculoskeletal pain or a joint injury, your sports medicine doctor may have recommended platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) therapy for you. Professional athletes were among the very first patients who received PRP therapy for their sports injuries, and some have credited this therapy for their speedy healing process and early return to their sport.… Read More

Materials Used in Implants

When a person has an injured or deteriorated bone or joint, but it is beyond repair by using the person’s own tissues, prostheses are surgically implanted to replace the bone or joint. These implants are used as orthopedic prosthetic devices, and most patients report that they feel as good as new once their body has adapted to the implant.… Read More

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Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland in Baltimore, Catonsville, Columbia and Eldersburg serves the nearby communities of Annapolis, Washington DC and Montgomery County. Our orthopedic surgeons, podiatrist, physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor, and physical therapists specialize in arthroscopic surgery, minimally invasive procedures, joint replacement, sports medicine, and onsite diagnostic imagery, outpatient surgery, and physical therapy rehabilitation providing pain relief from sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, foot pain, knee pain, hip replacement, shoulder impingement, cubital tunnel syndrome and more.