General Orthopaedics
Overview of General Orthopaedics
Loyola Medicine’s orthopaedics team is committed to the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The musculoskeletal system is made up of the bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, nerves and skin.
From pediatric to geriatric patients, athletes and those recovering from orthopaedic trauma, we treat the full range of conditions that affect the foot and ankle, hand and wrist, spine, joints, knees, hips, shoulders and elbows.
Our team focuses on medical and nonsurgical methods as a first course of treatment, and we have expertise and access to innovations in surgical techniques, if necessary.
Injuries/conditions treated include:
- Arthritis and osteoporosis
- Bone tumors
- Dislocations
- Fractures and sprains
- Joint pain and injury
- Limb length abnormalities
- Muscular dystrophy
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Torn tendons and ligaments
We also offer a full range of comprehensive orthopaedic rehabilitation services. Our physical and occupational therapists work as an integrated team with doctors, nurses, surgeons and pain control specialists to assist in recovery and get you back to enjoying daily activities.
Conditions in General Orthopaedics
The orthopaedic specialists at Loyola Medicine are highly skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of routine and complex orthopaedic injuries, conditions and diseases in adults and children. Our team is active in clinical medical research, helping improve orthopaedic care for all patients.
Loyola’s orthopaedic team includes nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, rehabilitative and pain control experts; these clinicians work together as an integrated team to get you back to your regular activities free of pain.
- Abnormal walking patterns
- Achilles tendinitis
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Adhesive capsulitis or “frozen shoulder”
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
- Arthritis and osteoarthritis of the shoulder
- Arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis of the foot and ankle
- Arthritis of the hand, thumb and wrist
- Arthritis of the neck (cervical spondylosis)
- Arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis of the knee
- Axillary nerve injury
- Back and lower back pain
- Bankart lesions
- Biceps tendon tears at the elbow or shoulder
- Bone tumors, both benign and malignant
- Boutonnière deformity
- Bow legs, or Blount's disease
- Bulging disk
- Burners and stingers
- Bursitis in the heel bone
- Bursitis of the knee
- Bursitis or tendinitis of the elbow or shoulder
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Cervical fracture (broken neck)
- Charcot foot, or Charcot arthropathy
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
- Chondromalacia
- Clubfoot
- Collateral and cruciate ligament injuries
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Concussion Program
- Congenital hip dislocation (CHD)
- Congenital spine problems
- Corns, calluses, warts and ingrown toenails
- Crush injuries to the hand
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Deformities, including bunions, claw toes and hammer toes
- Degenerative disk disease
- Developmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip (DDH)
- Diabetic (Charcot) foot
- Discoid meniscus
- Dislocated elbow
- Dislocated knee
- Dislocated shoulder
- Dislocations and separations
- Distal femur (thighbone) fractures of the knee
- Distal radial epiphysis or "gymnast's wrist"
- Distal radius fractures (broken wrist)
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Elbow injuries and pain
- Elbow instability
- Elbow (olecranon) bursitis
- Elbow hyperextension
- Erb's palsy (brachial plexus birth palsy)
- Exercise-induced asthma (bronchospasm)
- Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)
- Femur shaft fractures (broken thighbone)
- Fingertip injuries and amputations
- Flatfeet
- Flexor tendon injuries
- Foot and ankle pain and injury
- Fractures and stress fractures of the ankle, foot, forefoot, heel bone, pilon, talus and toe
- Fractures of the clavicle, distal humerus, elbow, forearm, radial head, scapula and shoulder blade
- Fractures of the finger and thumb
- Ganglion
- Ganglion cyst of the wrist and hand
- Geriatric foot problems
- Geriatric fractures
- Glenoid labrum tear
- Groin pull
- Growth plate fractures of the knee
- Growth plate injuries
- Haglund's deformity
- Hamstring muscle injuries
- Hand and wrist fractures and trauma
- Hand and wrist pain and injury
- Hand paralysis
- Heat injury and heat exhaustion
- Heel problems
- Heel, arch, toe, ankle and shin pain
- Herniated disk
- High school sports injuries
- Hip bursitis
- Hip dislocation or dysplasia
- Hip fractures and labral tears
- Hip pain and hip injury
- Hip strains
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS)
- Inflammatory arthritis or osteoarthritis of the hip
- Intoeing
- Joint instability and tears
- Kienböck’s disease
- Knee pain and knee injury
- Knee stiffness or instability
- Knock knees
- Kyphosis (roundback) of the spine
- Labral tears
- Lateral epicondylitis or “tennis elbow”
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Ligament injuries
- Limb deformity and limb length discrepancy
- Lisfranc (midfoot) injury
- Lordosis (swayback)
- Mallet finger (baseball finger)
- Medial epicondylitis or “golfer’s elbow”
- Meniscus tears
- Morton's neuroma
- Muscle contusion (bruises)
- Muscle cramps
- Myelomeningocele
- Nail bed injuries of the hand
- Neck pain, sprains and strains
- Nerve injuries or damage (neuroma)
- Open fractures
- Orthopaedic trauma
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Osteochondritis
- Osteomalacia
- Osteomyelitis
- Osteonecrosis of the knee
- Osteonecrosis or avascular necrosis of the hip
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporotic fractures
- Overuse injuries of the knee
- Overuse or repetition injuries
- Paget's disease
- Patellar tendinitis or "jumper's knee"
- Patellar tendon tear, dislocation and instability
- Patellofemoral arthritis
- Patellofemoral pain symdrome (PFPS) or "runners knee"
- Pediatric orthopaedic conditions
- Pediatric spine problems
- Pediatric sports injuries
- Pelligrini-Stieda syndrome
- Periprosthetic fractures
- Perthes disease
- Pes anserine (knee tendon) bursitis
- Pinched nerve (cervical radiculopathy)
- Piriformis syndrome
- Plantar fasciitis and bone spurs
- Plantar warts
- Platybasia
- Posterior cruciate ligament injuries
- Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
- Quadricepts tendon tears
- Radial head subluxation or “nursemaid’s elbow”
- Recurrent and chronic elbow instability
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Ruptured disk
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Scaphoid fractures of the wrist
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Sesamoiditis
- Shin splints
- Shoulder pain and injury
- Shoulder fractures
- Shoulder impingement/rotator cuff tendinitis or bursitis
- Shoulder instability
- Shoulder joint tear
- Shoulder separation
- Shoulder trauma
- Skin and nail conditions, including yellow nail syndrome (YNS) and nail fungus
- SLAP tears
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
- Snapping hip
- Spinal arteriovenous malformations
- Spinal cord compression (cervical spondylotic myelopathy)
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal curvature disorders and deformity
- Spinal infection
- Spinal inflammatory disorders
- Spinal nerve damage
- Spinal stenosis and myelopathy
- Spine cancer and tumors
- Spine fractures and trauma
- Spine pain and spine injury
- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis
- Sports hernia (athletic pubalgia)
- Sports injuries
- Sprained wrist or thumb
- Sprains and strains of the ankle and foot
- Sprains, strains and other soft tissue injuries
- Stiff big toe (hallux rigidus)
- Stress fractures
- Stress fractures of the knee
- Swimmer's shoulder
- Tarsal coalition
- Tendinitis of the knee
- Tendinitis of the long head of the biceps
- Tendon and ligament injuries
- Tendon swelling in the hand
- Tendon tears
- Tennis leg
- Tenosynovitis
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Throwing injuries
- Tibia (shinbone) shaft and proximal tibia fractures
- Torsion (in-toeing, out-towing and "pigeon toes")
- Transient osteoporosis of the hip
- Traumatic injuries and fractures
- Trigger finger
- Turf toe
- Twisted neck (congenital muscular torticollis)
- Ulna fractures
- Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury
- Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (cubital tunnel syndrome)
- Ulnar tunnel syndrome of the wrist
- Uneven shoulders
- Unstable kneecap
- Valgus extension overload (VEO)
- Vertebral compression fracture
- Vertical talus
Diagnosis of General Orthopaedics Conditions
Loyola Medicine’s skilled orthopaedic surgeons are versed in the diagnosis of a wide range of conditions that cause pain and limit mobility.
In order to provide a comprehensive diagnosis, your doctor will start with your medical history and a physical exam followed by advanced imaging to understand your condition more fully.
With a definitive diagnosis, your orthopaedic surgeon can develop an individualized treatment plan to address your pain and get you back to your daily activities.
Our orthopaedic diagnostic testing includes:
- Arthroscopy
- Bone scans
- CT scan (computed tomography)
- Extremity MRI
- Fluoroscopy
- Motion analysis system
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
- Musculoskeletal imaging
- Ultrasound
- X-rays
Treatment of General Orthopaedics Conditions
Loyola Medicine uses a team approach for every part of your care, bringing together the expertise of orthopaedic surgeons, physiatrists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other specialists to diagnose and treat your pain and help you return to your normal activities.
Loyola’s fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons provide non-surgical and surgical solutions to address the full spectrum of orthopaedic conditions that cause pain and limit motion.
Your Loyola doctor’s first goal is to treat your problem without surgery. When a surgical intervention is necessary, however, you will be cared for by Loyola’s experienced surgical team that has specialized training in a number of methods, including many joint preservation techniques. Loyola’s orthopaedic rehabilitation program provides personalized therapy programs for patients following surgery.
Loyola is pleased to offer the following treatments to our orthopaedic patients:
- ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction
- ACL prevention clinic
- Ankle joint fusion surgery (arthrodesis)
- Ankle replacement surgery
- Arthroscopy
- Basketball injury prevention program
- Bicep or tricep tendon repair
- Bunion surgery
- Carpal tunnel release surgery
- Cervical and lumbar disk replacement (arthroplasty)
- Clavicle fracture surgery
- Complex primary hip replacement
- Concussion management
- Cubital tunnel release
- Dance injury prevention
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis surgery
- Diabetic foot care
- Diskectomy or microdiskectomy
- Distal femoral osteotomy
- Elbow arthroscopy
- Elbow ligament reconstruction
- Elbow osteotomy or synovectomy
- Elbow reconstruction (Tommy John surgery)
- Elbow replacement surgery
- Femoral osteotomy
- Foot or ankle arthroscopy
- Foraminotomy
- Fracture repair of the hand or wrist
- Fracture repairs in the foot
- Frozen shoulder release
- Ganglion cyst removal in the hand or wrist
- Golf rehabilitation program
- Hammer toe repair
- Hand and wrist surgery
- Hand reconstruction
- Hand therapy
- High tibial osteotomy
- Hip arthroscopy
- Hip replacement
- Hip resurfacing
- Joint contracture release of the elbow or shoulder
- Knee arthroscopy
- Knee replacement
- Knee revision surgery
- Kyphoplasty
- Labrum repair
- Laminotomy/laminectomy
- Limb reconstruction, including limb lengthening and shortening
- Lumbar decompression
- Lumbar microdiskectomy
- Microsurgery of the hand
- Orthopaedic rehabilitation
- Osteotomy or synovectomy
- Overhand athlete program
- Partial hip replacement
- Partial knee replacement
- Patellar (kneecap) realignment
- Patellar (kneecap) replacement
- Patello-femoral replacement
- Periacetabular osteotomy
- Physical therapy
- Proximal tibial osteotomy
- Removal of benign hand tumors
- Replantation (reattaching a finger or thumb)
- Resurfacing hip arthroplasty
- Reverse total shoulder replacement
- Revision ankle replacement surgery
- Revision hip replacement
- Revision knee replacement
- Revision shoulder surgery
- Rotator cuff repair
- Running program
- Ruptured bicep and tricep tendon repair
- Shoulder arthroscopy
- Shoulder replacement
- Shoulder stability surgery
- Spinal fusion (arthrodesis)
- Spinal reconstruction
- Spine decompression surgery
- Spine surgery
- Sports injury prevention and performance
- Sports rehabilitation
- Surgical hip dislocation
- Tendon surgery
- Throwing analysis
- Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) surgery
- Total ankle arthroplasty
- Total ankle replacement
- Total hip replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Vertebroplasty
- Wrist arthroscopy
- Wrist joint fusion
- Wrist joint replacement
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