What is an Orthopedic Surgeon

So you’ve heard of an orthopeadic surgeon, but you’re not really sure what they do or what they treat. We break it all down for you below in our latest blog post:

Orthopaedic Surgeons

We all know someone who has been stopped in his or her tracks by bone,

Tennis and Shoulder Pain

By nwbroward-admin | August 31, 2018 | Healthy Heart, Pain, Sports injury, Sprains | local orthopedic doctor, playing sports with pain, shoulder doctor, shoulder pain, sports injury, sports injury doctor, tennis elbow, tennis injury, tennis player, treatment for shoulder pain, very painful shoulder injury | Like |

What is Shoulder Pain?

Shoulder pain refers to any pain experienced in the shoulder, the complex of structures that includes and supports the clavicle (that is, the collarbone), the scapula (also called the shoulder blade) and the humerus (the upper arm bone.)

A number of joints maintain balance and range of motion within the shoulder,

How Knee Pain Caused by an ACL Tear is Diagnosed and Treated

By nwbroward-admin | November 11, 2016 | Uncategorized | ACL, Dr Elliott Hinkes, Dr. Bruce Fletcher, knee pain, ligament tear, local orthopedic surgeon, Miami hurricanes football, Northwest Broward Orthopedics, sports injury | Like |

Plans for a blog series addressing one of our most common patient complaint has been on our topic list for some time. We recently visited the new Hard Rock Stadium for a University of Miami Hurricane game and here, in this brand new setting being in the midst of football season, seemed like the perfect time to launch our new series on knee pain.

How to Address Your Fracture and Informative Casting Facts

By nwbroward-admin | September 15, 2016 | Health Benefits, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy, Sports injury | broken bone, cast, children, diagnosing fractures, Fracture, how a cast is removed, orthopedics, playground injury, sports injury, waterproof, x-rays | Like |

Breaking a bone can be a very traumatic incident. However, fractures are extremely common resulting in millions of emergent visits to orthopedic physicians annually for care. Perhaps you were active in the past and incurred multiple fractures from either participating in sports, climbing the monkey bars on a school playground, bike riding, skateboarding, or roller skating.

So you’ve heard of an orthopeadic surgeon, but you’re not really sure what they do or what they treat. We break it all down for you below in our latest blog post:

Orthopaedic Surgeons

What is Shoulder Pain?

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