Santa Rosa Orthopaedics

✋ Can’t Bend Your Finger After an Injury? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Ignore It

The incapacitated hand: Flexor Tendon Injuries | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics A deep cut on the palm side of the fingers, hand, wrist, or forearm can damage the flexor tendons (the tissues that help control movement in the hand). A flexor ten-don injury can make it impossible to bend the fingers or thumb. Because flexor tendons are very close ...

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Christian Athanassious, M.D. | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Dr. Christian Athanassious is a board certified spine surgeon with fellowship training in spine surgery from Stanford University. He is the Medical Director of The Total Spine Health Program.

🩸 Could Your Own Body Help Heal Joint & Tendon Pain? Discover the Science Behind Regenerative Orthopaedics.

Regenerative Orthopaedics; An Advanced Technology for Healing Pain | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Regenerative Orthopaedics is a relatively new treatment option offered by Santa Rosa Orthopaedics designed to assist the body’s natural healing process by stimulating the regeneration of cells in the musculoskeletal system. Stem cell injection therapy utilizes something called mesenchymal stem cel...

🦵 Knee arthritis keeping you from the life you love? Research shows total knee replacement may deliver meaningful pain relief—and strong value for patients.

Total knee replacement a cost-effective treatment for patients with osteoarthritis | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Knee osteoarthritis is a painful condition that affects over 14 million U.S. adults, many of whom have extreme obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) greater than 40kg/m2. Total knee replacement (TKR) is often recommended to treat advanced knee osteoarthritis, but surgeons may be hesitant to oper...

💪 Think You’re Too Old for Shoulder Surgery? The Results May Surprise You.

Shoulder Surgery Offers Hope for Older Patients | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics About 53,000 people in the U.S. have shoulder replacement surgery each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. With the continued improvements in surgical technique related to shoulder surgery it’s a much more viable solution for many people who have persistent chronic p...

📱 Is Your Smartphone Secretly Hurting Your Hands and Wrists? Here’s What to Watch For.

Mobile Device Hand and Wrist Injuries on the Rise | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Mobile devices are becoming a real pain in the neck, the hand, elbow and the wrist. Average daily use for adults according to several digital analytics firms is close to four hours on smartphone. That amounts to a lot of looking down while in a bad posture, holding ...

⚡ That Shooting Pain Down Your Leg Could Be Sciatica—Here’s What You Need to Know

Sciatica - it's real pain in the posterior! | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Sciatica is nerve pain in the leg that is caused by irritation and/or compression of the sciatic nerve. It originates in the lower back, radiates into the buttock then travels down the leg. Onset can be sudden with pain in the lower back or hip. It is caused ...

🏃 Think Running Injuries Are All About Your Legs? Your Lean Could Be the Real Culprit.

Running is a whole-body experience | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Leaning too far forward can lead to overuse injuries The ubiquitous overuse injuries that nag runners may stem from an unlikely culprit: how far you lean forward. Trunk flexion, the angle at which a runner bends forward from the hip, can range wildly — runners have self-reported angles ...

Is Your Finger Clicking, Catching, or Locking? It Could Be Trigger Finger 👆

Trigger finger, a repetitive gripping condition of the hand | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Trigger finger is a condition that causes pain, stiffness, and a sensation of locking or catching when a finger is bent and straightened. Trigger finger can happen to any finger, but it is most common with the ring finger and thumb. The condition is also known as “stenosing ...