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Children being playful and vigorous, love playing sports since alongside fun sports also promotes fitness and also develops in them the spirit of sportsmanship, cooperation, and a sense of discipline. An athletic child and his parents got to be extra cautious because sometimes, playing comes off with injuries also. And, these painful injuries sometimes can take them out of the games and cause long-lasting damages also. So, it’s always better to be forewarned. Since forewarned is forearmed. No doubt, these injuries are often prevented if young athletes follow certain instructions but those can still occur. Most of the days these injuries can get treated with Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation(RICE). But sometimes, symptoms of some injuries don’t get resolved with home treatment and you would like to consult some orthopedic. Scroll through and obtain acknowledged for what signs of injuries you and your young athlete should await whenever while playing. Ankle Sprains Ankle sprains acco...

  These days joint replacement surgery is quite commonplace especially among the elderly. The surgery makes the joint movements easier by reducing the pain and stiffness in them. The leading cause of these symptoms which calls for joint replacement is arthritis. Arthritis is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks the connective tissues in the body causing: Pain Swelling Stiffness This disease when ignored may cause permanent problems and damage to the afflicted tissues and joints. In the surgical process of joint replacement the joint damaged by arthritis is either resurfaced or replaced. This replacement material that is employed consists of: Titanium Cobalt chrome Stainless steel Ceramic material Polyethylene (plastic) The artificial joints however are made up of: Metal plastics The team...

Most Common Types of Orthopaedic Surgery Coping with health issues is most complicated. There is distress that accompanies orthopaedic issues that keep you restrained from even performing daily routine activities.  However the term surgery might be daunting, best orthopaedic surgeon like Dr Avtar Singh can and do utilise non-surgical approaches to treat orthopaedic issues in patients too. But there are certain cases where surgery is the best suitable treatment option for the patient. Nevertheless, similar conditions might require dissimilar treatments in every case. Therefore, this post discusses the 10 most common types of orthopaedic surgery . ACL Reconstruction Surgery ACL or Anterior Cruciate Ligament, one of the important ligaments in your knee. It is situated diagonally on the face of the knee and offers stability when you twist your legs. While performing this surgery, the orthopaedic surgeon takes a part of a tendon from the other body part of t...