Knee replacement surgery — also known as knee arthroplasty (ARTH-row-plas-tee) — can help relieve pain and restore function in severely diseased knee joints. During knee replacement, a surgeon cuts away damaged bone and cartilage from your thighbone, shinbone and kneecap and replaces it with an artificial joint made of metal alloys, high-grade plastics and polymers.
The first artificial knees were little more than crude hinges. Now, you can choose from a wide variety of designs that take into account your age, weight, activity level and overall health. Most knee replacement joints attempt to replicate your knee's natural ability to roll and glide as it bends.
In a total hip replacement (also called total hip arthroplasty), the damaged bone and cartilage is removed and replaced with prosthetic components.
There are several reasons why your doctor may recommend hip replacement surgery. People who benefit from hip replacement surgery often have:
Arthroscopy is a surgical procedure which uses a thin telescope with a light source (an arthroscope) to look inside joints. As well as being able to look inside, the surgeon can use an arthroscope to perform 'keyhole' surgery. Arthroscopy is most often used to investigate or treat knee problems. Arthroscopy can also be used for other joints, including the shoulder, hip, elbow, wrist and ankle joints, and even for hand or foot problems. Arthroscopic procedures can be performed to evaluate or treat many orthopaedic conditions including torn cartilage ("meniscus"), torn surface (articular) cartilage, ACL reconstruction, and trimming damaged cartilage.
Sports injuries are injuries that occur in athletic activities. They can result from acute trauma, or from overuse of a particular body part.
If you get hurt, stop playing. Continuing to play or exercise can cause more harm. Treatment often begins with the RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation) method to relieve pain, reduce swelling, and speed healing. Other possible treatments include pain relievers, keeping the injured area from moving, rehabilitation, and sometimes surgery.Treatment for a sports injury will depend on how severe the injury is and the part of your body affected.
Stryker offers a wide array of arthroscopy hardware featuring patented, state-of-the-art Speed-Lock technology. Cannulas have been specially designed to provide the surgeon with remarkable versatility and strength during joint procedures, with the diameters promising acute performance and greater freedom of movement. Stryker’s arthroscopy advances in cutter and bur technology incorporate increased sharpness, enhanced suction and extremely tight tolerances for outstanding cutting blades and high performing burs.
Including everything from peak efficiency to specialty blades to customized tools, Stryker cutters and burs offer:
The CORE Arthroscopic Shaver System includes a variety of innovative features to provide maximum performance in the operating room:
The aim of physiotherapy is to help restore movement and normal body function in cases of illness, injury and disability.As well as treating specific problems, your physiotherapist also suggest ways to improve your general wellbeing – for example, by taking regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight for your height and build. Physiotherapists take a holistic approach, looking at the body as a whole rather than focusing on the individual factors of an injury or illness. The person being treated is directly involved in their own care.A physiotherapist will look at your individual situation. As well as treating the problem, they suggest things you can do on a daily basis to help relieve pain and discomfort. They also give you advice about how to prevent the injury re-occurring.
Your ankles support the weight of your body which means injuries are common. In fact, the Achilles tendon is the most commonly injured tendon in the body. The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in your body, connecting your calf muscle to your heel. It’s named after the mythical Greek hero, Achilles, who was dipped in the River Styx by his mother to make him invincible. By holding him by his heel, this part remained vulnerable. An injury to the Achilles tendon can be incredibly painful and we would advise you to seek medical advice immediately. It usually takes around three to four months to heal completely with the assistance of a physiotherapist.
Acupuncture refers to the insertion of sterile, single use needles into specific points of the body to help relieve pain and symptoms. Traditional Chinese Medicine says that acupuncture promotes the body’s natural healing mechanisms in an attempt to help address any energy imbalance within the body and promote healing. Acupuncture is only used following a thorough assessment process and is usually used in conjunction with other physiotherapy skills such as exercise prescription.
Aquatic therapy (or hydrotherapy) involves exercise and rehabilitation in water. This is an effective way of assisting muscle and joint rehabilitation (amongst many other conditions) in an environment that can help relax and offload the weight of the body. As well as assisting with movement, hydrotherapy can provide pain relief in some patients as well. It is not essential to be able to swim (although it would be beneficial to inform your physiotherapist of this in advance). Nuffield Health Physiotherapists have undergone training to provide specific water based therapy and rehabilitation work.
Back pain is incredibly common and can be due to a variety of reasons. The key to successfully treating back pain is taking an accurate history of how it started and how the pain behaves. Our physiotherapists are all trained to provide an in-depth assessment that then allows them to target the specific issues affecting you using an individualised treatment plan. This may include manual therapy such as manipulation and soft tissue massage, and probably specific exercises to get you moving properly again. You will also be given advice on how to look after your back and how to prevent the pain returning.
Chronic Pain Management Programmes involve a team of healthcare professionals working with you in order to help support and assist you in improving your level of function, fitness and ways of managing your symptoms. Support can be offered in a number of ways and can vary (for example) from psychological support to physiotherapy exercise based rehabilitation or even “hands on” treatment where appropriate. Sessions can also be individual or group based depending on what is deemed the most appropriate for you. Following a thorough assessment your physiotherapist / healthcare team will discuss the options with you.
Also known as “tennis elbow”! Despite the name, you can get tennis elbow from any activity that involves repeated strain from gripping or twisting your hand or wrist. In fact, only 5% of all patients seen with tennis elbow have actually played any form of tennis recently! Physiotherapy should always be the first treatment option and even if steroid injections or surgery are required these treatments should still be followed by a course of physiotherapy.
Your knees are the largest and most complex joints in your body. They’re particularly vulnerable to injury as, like your ankles, they support the weight of your body. Anterior knee pain accounts for 15-25% of all running injuries, although it’s certainly not something that only happens to runners. Physiotherapy is considered the treatment of choice for knee injuries and our expert physiotherapists will not just look at treating the physical injury but also at correcting training errors and muscle imbalance to help prevent the problem from reoccurring.
This skill-set means that your physiotherapist is fully equipped to assess any issue that affects the body with regard to joint, muscle and nerve conditions. These include (amongst many others) back pain, whiplash injuries, muscle strains and joint sprains. You will have a thorough and detailed assessment session with your physiotherapist – following this they will talk you through their findings and recommend treatment accordingly.
Neck pain can occur as a result of a specific injury, such as a whiplash from a car accident, or it can come on gradually, often from working in an awkward posture. Our physiotherapists include questions about your working position as part of their assessment and are able to give specific advice to help reduce the risk of persistent pain.
Female / Women’s health physiotherapists can help treat a range of conditions such as pregnancy related (pre and post birth) pelvic issues, problems with bladder or bowel incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain and pelvic floor weakness. They will assist / advise you on the best course of action for your symptoms following a thorough assessment process.
If you’ve struggled with back pain for any length of time, you may be wondering if spine surgery is your only treatment option. Sometimes, surgery is the only treatment. However, there’s good news. The vast majority of back problems can be remedied with non-surgical treatments—often referred to as non-surgical or conservative therapies.Spine surgery may be recommended if non-surgical treatment such as medications and physical therapy fails to relieve symptoms. Surgery is only considered in cases where the exact source of pain can be determined—such as a herniated disc, scoliosis, or spinal stenosis.
Our aim is to provide a service to meet the individual needs of all women and their families, throughout their pregnancy, birth and in the early days at home.We are renowned for our high level of clinical and midwifery care. We believe that it is important to offer parents-to-be an informed choice both in the type of birthing care they receive (whether this is consultant-led or midwife-led) through to the type of birth, from natural birth with or without epidural through to caesarean section or water birth.Some women will require their care to be planned in conjunction with an obstetric consultant. In these circumstances our approach to care is to actively promote a positive birth experience for women who may have or develop complications in their pregnancies.
Gynaecology is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive systems (vagina, uterus and ovaries) and the breasts. Almost all modern gynaecologists are also obstetricians . In many areas, the specialties of gynaecology and obstetrics overlap.
Pediatrics deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents, and the age limit ranges from birth up to 18 . Vivek hospital provides outpatient care and treatment to children requiring a variety of procedures. Fractures happen when there’s more force applied to the bone than the bone can withstand. If your child has a fracture, it means that his bone has partially or completely broken. A fracture in a child can be very different from a fracture in the same location in an adult, so it requires treatment by doctors and nurses trained to take care of children. Pediatric patients are at risk for a specific set of fractures for a variety of reasons. If the fracture involves the ends of the bone, it can affect the growth of the bone.
Fractures happen when there’s more force applied to the bone than the bone can absorb. These breaks in bones can occur from falls, trauma or a direct blow. Most childhood fractures result from mild to moderate (rather than severe) trauma that happens while they’re playing and participating in sports, with the rate of fractures peaking in adolescence. The arms are the most common location for fractures.