• Knee Popping During Injury – 5 Possible Causes

    Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists

    I was running when I got injured and heard a knee popping sound. What could it be?

    If you heard a knee popping sound during injury, there are a number of things it could be. Five possible causes of knee popping including the following:

    1. ACL Tear
    The ACL is the major ligament in the knee that provides anterior and rotatory stability to the knee. If at the time of injury a pop is heard, swelling occurs within 12 hours and the athlete is unable to finish playing the game there is an 85% chance that the ACL was torn.

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    10 Facts About Stress Fractures

    Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists

    Common Running Injury - Stress Fractures1. Most stress fractures occur secondary to overuse.  If the person has normal bone strength, a stress fracture will occur from too much use. If a person has weak bones or osteoporosis then a stress fracture can occur from normal use.

    Normal Bone = Stress Fractures = Overuse

    Osteoporotic Bone/ Osteopenia = Stress Fractures = Normal Use

    2. Pain occurs with increasing amounts of activity. Pain is typically minimal when getting out of bed first thing in the morning but then worsens as the day progresses.

    3. Stress fractures most commonly occur in the metatarsals of the feet.

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    Smoking and Orthopaedics

    Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists

    Did you know that when you smoke that you are inhaling over 60 different carcinogens and 5000 chemical agents? Your lungs are being filled similar chemicals that are found in lighter fluid, batteries, insecticide, and toilet bowl cleaner, rocket fuel, poison, sewer gas, industrial solvents and paint. These chemicals include: butane, cadmium, hexamine, toluene, nicotine, ammonia, methanol, arsenic, methane and nicotine just to name a few.

    Cigarette smoking is very detrimental if you have an orthopaedic condition in addition to causing orthopaedic injuries and conditions such as rotator cuff tears, delay in bone healing and post-surgery wound problems, just to name a few.

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    How Many Pitches Should My Child Throw?

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    Stacie L. Grossfeld, M.D.

    Board Certified Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

    4001 Kresge Way Suite 330, Orthopaedic Specialists,  PLLC

    Last year there were 3.5 million visits to the emergency room for sports related injuries that occurred in children under the age of 14. That is a 5 time increase in the number if sports related injuries compared to the previous 10 years. Why is this occurring? (more…)