HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the U.S. and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. Summary: This article explains why knee replacement surgery ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the U.S. and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. Summary: This article explains what a herniated disc is, ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the U.S. and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. By Theodore R. Fields, MD, FACP Most people will experience ...

While commonly referred to as a “broken wrist,” most wrist fractures are actually fractures of one or both of the two bones of the forearm, the radius and the ulna. A fracture of the distal radius is ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the U.S. and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. Unicompartmental osteoarthritis of the knee is a condition ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the U.S. and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. A healthy meniscus acts as a shock absorber, stabilizer, ...

The Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in the body, linking the heel bone to the calf muscle. Problems with the Achilles are some of the most common conditions seen by sports medicine doctors.

What is the shoulder labrum? The labrum is a cup-shaped rim of cartilage that lines and reinforces the ball-and-socket joint of the shoulder. The shoulder joint is composed of the glenoid (the shallow ...

Tendonitis is a general term to describe inflammation of a tendon, a thick, rope-like tissue that attaches a bone to a muscle. Tendonitis differs from arthritis, which refers to inflammation of a ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the U.S. and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. The knee joint can be thought of as a hinge joint, with the ...

The Achilles tendon is a thick tendon located in the back of the leg, just above the heel. It connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the calf to an insertion point at the calcaneus (heel ...

Surgery is not necessary for all meniscus injuries, but it may be considered when conservative measures have failed. Arthroscopic procedures make meniscus surgery less intrusive than in the past, with ...