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What You Need to Know About Trigger Finger
The hand is one of the most important aspects of the human anatomy. It is a complex tool that can provide precise, fine...
What You Need to Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
For the past several months, you have noticed numbness and tingling in your hand while you performed a familiar task at...
What is Shoulder Impingement?
When describing the shoulder to patients I often tell them “shoulder stability has been sacrificed to allow for the...
What Can be Done About Your Bunion
A bunion is a painful enlargement of the base of the big toe that develops gradually over a period of years. Generally,...
Total Shoulder Replacement: What Should I Expect?
Total Shoulder Replacement has helped an increasing number of patients regain shoulder function and live with minimal pain....
Shoulder Slap Injury
This rather unusual term is a new addition to the sports medicine lexicon. The term “SLAP” was first coined by Dr. Steve...
Out of Joint – The Saga of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
The shoulder may be one of the most taken-for-granted parts of our body. Yet, it makes its presence known when it is...
Options with Total Shoulder Replacement
Pain in the shoulder can be caused by a number of pathologies. The range of treatments and surgical interventions are...
Only One Body
by Michael Boyle | www.bodybyboyle.com Imagine you are sixteen years old and your parents give you your first car. They...
My Kid is Pretty Good, Now What?
by Michael Boyle | www.bodybyboyle.com It might be your son; it might be your daughter. It doesn’t really matter. In any...
Managing Dupuytren’s Disease
Dupuytren’s disease is a disorder affecting the palms of the hands and fingers. It affects the tissue called fascia which...
Identifying Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Joint Venture
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is the most common form of autoimmune inflammatory arthritis, with over 1.5 million Americans...
Early Specialization in Sports
I’m not sure when the phenomenon of early specialization was born. At some point a parent decided “why not just fast-track...
Does it Hurt?
I get asked exercise questions all the time. I have worked with athletes in almost every major sport who were told they...
An Introduction to the Agility Orthopedics Hand Team
Over the last several years Agility Orthopedics has gone through a period of unprecedented growth. One area that has seen...
Gymnast’s Wrist: What You Need to Know
Few activities involve such load requirements across wrists as gymnastics. This predisposes young gymnasts to a unique...
Is It Ok to Run Hurt?
by Michael Boyle | www.bodybyboyle.com A piece in the New York Times entitled When It’s Ok to Run Hurt offered some strange...
Shoulder Instability: An Overview
The shoulder has a greater range of motion than any other joint in the body. Think of a professional baseball pitcher with...
Advances in Physical Therapy at Agility
Physical Therapists are specially trained to assist you in the recovery from musculoskeletal disorders. Our knowledge of...
The Five Physical Therapy Goals After ACL Reconstruction
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of four ligaments in your knee that provide stability and control. Sometimes...
Will only surgery help my aching and arthritic knee?
Pain is a common complaint when someone suffers from knee osteoarthritis. X-rays may show significant arthritis and many...
Total Hip Replacement: The Care You Need, Close to Home
Recent advances in orthopedic surgery have made the experience of undergoing a Total Hip Replacement much different than it...
Osteoarthritis – A Joint Venture in Pain
There are more than a hundred types of arthritis, and these affect men and women of all ages and races. While each form has...
Microfracture and the Knee
Isolated Meniscal Tear and its Effect on Performance in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
The Distal Triceps Tendon Footprint
Triceps Tendon Ruptures
Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis
Tumor of the cervical spine in an 11-year-old girl
Injuries in the sport of luge. Epidemiology and analysis
Getting a Leg up on ACL Tears
If you’re sports fan you have most certainly heard of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee. When professional...
Can a Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection Help You?
At Agility Orthopedics, our team of clinical providers does everything possible to avoid surgery. When you come in for an...
ACL Injuries – Implications for the Female Athlete
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important ligament that lies deep within the knee. Its job is to keep the knee...
Thumb Arthritis: What Can Be Done About It
Many people have pain at the base of their thumb that interferes with their enjoyment of daily activities. What most people...
Endoscopic or Open Carpal Tunnel Release: Which One is Best for You?
Have you ever woken up with your hand feeling numb? This sensation of numbness and tingling is often caused by a pinched...
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Have you ever awoken in the middle of the night and been unable to feel your small finger and ring finger? Then the...
Ultrasound In Orthopedics: Using Technology to Help Patients
For years, orthopedic surgeons have counted on x-ray images to assist in diagnosing and treating a variety of...
Osgood Schlatter Syndrome – How to Manage Pain in the Growing Knee
We never want to see our children in pain or sitting on the sidelines when they could be actively involved in a sport. Many...
Homes for the Troops: Building Homes for Our Injured Veterans
Homes for Our Troops is an organization that Agility Orthopedics feels very strongly about. Their core mission is to build...
Hip Arthroscopy: Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hip
Advancements in arthroscopic procedures have allowed patients to undergo less invasive procedures with quicker recoveries....