Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery

The Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair (BEAR) Procedure

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2024/3/the-bridge-enhanced-acl-repair-bear-procedure/39

🏢At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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Referred Pain - Where is my pain coming from?

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2024/2/where-is-my-pain-coming-from/38

🏢At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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Embrace a Healthier You: 10 Tips to Kickstart An Exercise Program

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2024/1/embrace-a-healthier-you-10-tips-to-kickstart-an-exercise-program/37

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Hip Joint Pain

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/10/hip-joint-pain/34

🏢At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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October is National Physical Therapy Month!

Physical therapist are movement experts who improve quality of life through hands-on care, patient education, and prescribed movement.

Your Pelvic Floor

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/9/your-pelvic-floor/33

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Pool Running

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/8/pool-running/32

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Balance & Vertigo

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/7/balance-vertigo/31

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Anti-inflammatory Diets

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/6/anti-inflammatory-diets/30

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This past weekend OMS hosted Great Lakes Seminar - Rehabbing the Runner. Some of our physical therapist gained further knowledge in how to help runners reduce and eliminate pain.

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If you’re having pain with running let us help you get back to running pain free!

🏢At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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Ankle Spains & Instability

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/5/ankle-sprains-and-instability/29

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Chronic pain is a major health and economic problem here in the United States.  Prevalence rates of people experiencing chronic pain are high and increasing. The National Health Interview Surgery found that 1 in 5 adults in America experience chronic pain. Chronic pain, also called persistent pain, is defined as pain that persists past the normal time of tissue healing (typically 4 - 6 weeks) and/or when the pain lasts for 3-6 months or longer. The most common sites for pain include: back, hip, knee, and foot. Chronic pain can be caused by ongoing tissue damage, such as osteoarthritis.  However, there are instances where the persistence of pain cannot be explained as the result of an obvious anatomic defect or tissue damage. In cases such as these, there is evidence that individuals with chronic pain have an abnormal regulation of pain signals within their central nervous system; their nervous system becomes sensitized.

There are techniques for helping to reverse sensitization of the nervous system called modulation.  Modulation of the pain signals to the brain resets the pain threshold back to a more normal level.  Meditation, a gradual increase in physical activity, and understanding your individual pain triggers are techniques used to help decrease sensitization and the effects of chronic pain.  These techniques are designed to influence and reduce the factors that increase individuals' pain.

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2021/3/understanding-pain/1

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April is National Occupational Therapy Month. There are many benefits to choosing occupational therapy. Occupational therapists enable people of all ages to participate in daily living while promoting health, well being, and participation. Occupational therapy focuses on overcoming dysfunction by acquiring or rehabilitating a specific skill or tasks that can improve participation in life activities. Occupational therapist create individual plans to help improve daily living.

For more information visit our blog…

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/4/april-is-national-occupational-therapy-month/28

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Pain in the Butt

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/3/pain-in-the-butt/27

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What are Physician Assistants?
https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/2/what-are-physician-assistants/26

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Myths & Facts About Fitness & Exercise

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2023/1/myths-facts-about-fitness-exercise/25

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#2023

The Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery would like to wish you a safe and joyous holiday season. We would like to thank you for letting us be part of your health journey over the past year. We value and appreciate your trust and confidence in our services. As we move through 2023, OMS looks forward to helping maintain your health or recover from injury should you need us in the New Year. Happy Holidays!

For more information visit our website dcorthodocs.com or call 202-835-2222. 

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Smartphones & Text Neck

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2022/12/smartphones-text-neck/24

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“Current evidence in the treatment of Tennis Elbow”, a common condition that causes pain in the elbow/forearm area. 

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Our hand therapist Shyamala Gopalan, OTR/L, CHT presented recently at the Annual Conference for Hand Therapists here in Washington DC along with our hand surgeon Dr. Noah Raizman, on the "Current evidence in the treatment of Tennis Elbow", a common condition that causes pain in the elbow/forearm area. 

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🔵 4-6 visits over 12-16 weeks
🔵 educate on self management
🔵 use or orthosis in acute cases
🔵 stretching effective in combo with other interventions
🔵 eccentric strengthening
🔵 mobilizations to help decrease pain
🔵 postural retraining
🔵 taping, dry needling, acupuncture for short term pain relief
🔵 TINLL framework combines mobilization, taping, and isometrics

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Welcome Dr. Scott Faucett!

Our practice is growing. We would like to welcome Dr. Faucett to our team.

Dr. Scott Faucett has been an Orthopaedic Surgeon for the past 10 years. He has worked in both academics as well as private practice, starting as an Assistant Professor at George Washington University. His practice specializes in lower extremity conditions in active patients of all ages. His clinical expertise is in hip preservation and restoration using artoropsioc open and arthroplasty techniques, as well as management of complex traumatic knee and sports injuries including meniscus and cartilage transplant and multiligament anatomic knee reconstructions and osteotomies.

If you’re experiencing any lower extremity injury or pain contact our office and a member of our team can help you.

📍At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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October is National Physical Therapy Month!

Physical therapy treatment can help to improve your movement and fitness.
* Running
* Cycling
* Gardening
* Pool exercises
* Overcome Barriers to Activity

📍At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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Manage pain, avoid surgery, and minimize use of prescription drugs
* Low back pain
* Chronic pain
* COPD
* Osteoarthritis of the knee
* Neck pain
* Herniated disk
* Hip pain
* Dry needling for pain

📍At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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October is National Physical Therapy Month

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2022/10/october-is-physical-therapy-month/22

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Physical Therapy Month


Physical Therapists treatment can help you recover from and prevent further injuries.

🔵ACL tear
🔵Hamstring strain
🔵Shoulder labral tear
🔵Falls prevention
🔵Concussion
🔵Shin splints
🔵Achilles tendinopathy

📍At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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October is National Physical Therapy Month. There are many benefits of choosing physical therapy. Physical therapists' are valued movement experts and can help with acute physical ailments and chronic conditions. They can help restore your ability to function as well as improve abilities to participation in regular physical activity. Physical therapist create individual plans based on your deficits to help achieve your goals.

📍At the Office of Orthopaedic Medicine & Surgery, we are committed to delivering the best in comprehensive medical care in Washington, DC.

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Staying Injury Free While Playing Pickelball

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2022/9/staying-injury-free-on-the-pickleball-court/21

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🧠Concussions in Sports🧠

https://www.dcorthodocs.com/blog/2022/8/concussions-in-sports/20

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