Orthopaedic Conditions Treated
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
- Arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis of the foot and ankle
- Bursitis in the heel bone
- Charcot foot, or Charcot arthropathy
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
- Clubfoot
- Corns, calluses, warts and ingrown toenails
- Deformities, including bunions, claw toes and hammer toes
- Diabetic (Charcot) foot
- Flatfeet
- Foot and ankle pain and injury
- Fractures and Stress Fractures of the Ankle and Foot
- Ganglion
- Geriatric foot problems
- Haglund's deformity
- Heel problems
- Heel, arch, toe, ankle and shin pain
- Intoeing
- Lisfranc (midfoot) injury
- Morton's neuroma
- Plantar fasciitis and bone spurs
- Plantar warts
- Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
- Sesamoiditis
- Skin and nail conditions, including yellow nail syndrome (YNS) and nail fungus
- Sprains and Strains of the Ankle and Foot
- Stiff big toe (hallux rigidus)
- Tarsal coalition
- Tennis leg
- Tibia (shinbone) shaft and proximal tibia fractures
- Turf toe
- Vertical talus
- Arthritis of the hand, thumb and wrist
- Boutonnière deformity
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Crush injuries to the hand
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Distal radial epiphysis or "gymnast's wrist"
- Distal radius fractures (broken wrist)
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Fingertip injuries and amputations
- Flexor tendon injuries
- Fractures of the finger and thumb
- Ganglion
- Ganglion cyst of the wrist and hand
- Hand and wrist fractures and trauma
- Hand and wrist pain and injury
- Hand paralysis
- Kienböck’s disease
- Mallet finger (baseball finger)
- Nail bed injuries of the hand
- Scaphoid fractures of the wrist
- Sprained wrist or thumb
- Tendon swelling in the hand
- Tenosynovitis
- Trigger finger
- Ulna fractures
- Ulnar tunnel syndrome of the wrist
- Congenital hip dislocation (CHD)
- Developmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip (DDH)
- Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI)
- Femur shaft fractures (broken thighbone)
- Hip bursitis
- Hip dislocation or dysplasia
- Hip fractures and labral tears
- Hip pain and hip injury
- Hip strains
- Inflammatory arthritis or osteoarthritis of the hip
- Osteonecrosis or avascular necrosis of the hip
- Piriformis syndrome
- Sciatica
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
- Snapping hip
- Transient osteoporosis of the hip
- Dislocations and separations
- Ganglion
- Geriatric fractures
- Joint instability and tears
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Ligament injuries
- Osteochondritis
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
- Arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis of the knee
- Bursitis of the knee
- Chondromalacia
- Collateral and cruciate ligament injuries
- Discoid meniscus
- Dislocated knee
- Distal femur (thighbone) fractures of the knee
- Growth plate fractures of the knee
- Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS)
- Knee pain and knee injury
- Knee stiffness or instability
- Knock knees
- Meniscus tears
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Osteonecrosis of the knee
- Overuse injuries of the knee
- Patellar tendinitis or "jumper's knee"
- Patellar tendon tear, dislocation and instability
- Patellofemoral arthritis
- Patellofemoral pain symdrome (PFPS) or "runners knee"
- Pelligrini-Stieda syndrome
- Pes anserine (knee tendon) bursitis
- Posterior cruciate ligament injuries
- Quadricepts tendon tears
- Stress fractures of the knee
- Tendinitis of the knee
- Unstable kneecap
- Thoracic disorders
- Bone tumors, both benign and malignant
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Osteomalacia
- Osteomyelitis
- Osteopenia
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporotic fractures
- Paget's disease
- Transient osteoporosis of the hip
- Ligament injuries
- Muscle contusion (bruises)
- Open fractures
- Orthopaedic trauma
- Overuse or repetition injuries
- Periprosthetic fractures
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Sprains, strains and other soft tissue injuries
- Stress fractures
- Tendon and ligament injuries
- Tendon tears
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Traumatic injuries and fractures
- Bow legs, or Blount's disease
- Exercise-induced asthma (bronchospasm)
- Growth plate injuries
- High school sports injuries
- Intoeing
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Limb deformity and limb length discrepancy
- Myelomeningocele
- Osteochondritis
- Pediatric orthopaedic conditions
- Pediatric spine problems
- Pediatric sports injuries
- Perthes disease
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
- Torsion (in-toeing, out-towing and "pigeon toes")
- Adhesive capsulitis or “frozen shoulder"
- Arthritis and osteoarthritis of the shoulder
- Axillary nerve injury
- Bankart lesions
- Biceps tendon tears at the elbow or shoulder
- Bursitis or tendinitis of the elbow or shoulder
- Dislocated elbow
- Dislocated shoulder
- Elbow injuries and pain
- Elbow instability
- Elbow (olecranon) bursitis
- Elbow hyperextension
- Erb's palsy (brachial plexus birth palsy)
- Fractures of the clavicle, distal humerus, elbow, forearm, radial head, scapula and shoulder blade
- Glenoid labrum tear
- Labral tears
- Lateral epicondylitis or “tennis elbow”
- Mallet finger (baseball finger)
- Medial epicondylitis or “golfer’s elbow”
- Radial head subluxation or “nursemaid’s elbow”
- Recurrent and chronic elbow instability
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Shoulder pain and injury
- Shoulder fractures
- Shoulder impingement/rotator cuff tendinitis or bursitis
- Shoulder instability
- Shoulder joint tear
- Shoulder separation
- Shoulder trauma
- SLAP tears
- Swimmer's shoulder
- Throwing injuries
- Ulna fractures
- Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury
- Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (cubital tunnel syndrome)
- Uneven shoulders
- Valgus extension overload (VEO)
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Arthritis of the neck (cervical spondylosis)
- Back and lower back pain
- Bulging disk
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Cervical fracture (broken neck)
- Congenital spine problems
- Degenerative disk disease
- Herniated disk
- Kyphosis (roundback) of the spine
- Lordosis (swayback)
- Myelomeningocele
- Neck pain, sprains and strains
- Nerve injuries or damage (neuroma)
- Pinched nerve (cervical radiculopathy)
- Platybasia
- Ruptured disk
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- 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
- Tendinitis of the long head of the biceps
- Twisted neck (congenital muscular torticollis)
- Vertebral compression fracture
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
- Burners and stingers
- Concussion Program
- Distal radial epiphysis or "gymnast's wrist"
- Exercise-induced asthma (bronchospasm)
- Groin pull
- Hamstring muscle injuries
- Heat injury and heat exhaustion
- High school sports injuries
- Ligament injuries
- Mallet finger (baseball finger)
- Meniscus tears
- Muscle contusion (bruises)
- Muscle cramps
- Patellar tendinitis or "jumper's knee"
- Patellofemoral pain symdrome (PFPS) or "runners knee"
- Pediatric sports injuries
- Shin splints
- Sports hernia (athletic pubalgia)
- Sports injuries
- Swimmer's shoulder
- Tendon and ligament injuries
- Tennis leg
- Throwing injuries
- Turf toe
- Valgus extension overload (VEO)