A brand new study out of the Cleveland Clinic just tracked nearly 1,800 athletes through their knee replacement and recovery — and the results challenge a lot of what patients are being told. Only 53% made it back to sports within a year. But the ones who did? Most were back in just 12 weeks. So what separates the people who return from the ones who don't? As a sports medicine doctor in the San Francisco Bay Area, I treat patients with knee arthritis every week. And this que

If you're over 40 and you've had a shoulder MRI, there's a 99% chance your report says something is wrong with your rotator cuff. Tendinopathy. Partial tear. Maybe even a full-thickness tear. That sounds terrifying. But a brand new study just scanned over 600 random people's shoulders — people with pain AND people without — and what they found completely changes how we should think about these results. Hey everyone, Dr. Jeff Peng here. I'm a sports medicine doctor currently p

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Hydrodissection is a minimally invasive technique which involves injecting fluid around a target to free it from surrounding tissues.

Take a look at this journal cover from the most recent British Journal of Sports Medicine in November 2020. The cartoon depicts older orthopedic surgeons abiding by the guidelines from the society of arthroscopy. This is back when arthroscopy was king. Today, it continues to be a large source of revenue for orthopedic surgeons. The cartoon also shows younger physicians gravitating towards “EBM.” EBM stands for evidence based medicine. This is the gold standard we should all

Tendonitis and tendinopathies are common orthopedic problems. This article will explain what happens to damaged tendons.

There is a scarcity of high quality data favoring the use of cortisone injections. They provide short term relief but long term harm.

Recommendations from the American Academy of Family Physicians on treating pain from common musculoskeletal conditions.