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Whether Weather Affects Arthritis
Doctors who specialize in the treatment of patients with arthritis (myself included) generally agree that many patients experience a worsening of joint symptoms with changes in the weather......
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Description of Kyphoplasty Surgery
The goals of a kyphoplasty surgical procedure are designed to stop the pain caused by a spinal fracture, to stabilize the bone, and to restore some or all of the lost vertebral body height due to the compression fracture....
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MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, produces amazingly clear and detailed images of the body. Unlike X-ray and CT scans, which use X-rays, the MRI uses a magnetic field to produce images.
The MRI system aligns the nuclei of hydrogen atoms with a magnetic field. It then emits a radio wave and records the resonation response of these protons to the radio wave. Damaged tissue gives off different signals than the surrounding, healthy tissue, allowing the technician and doctor to easily diagnose medical problems. To learn more about how MRI exams work, watch this video.
If you have joint, bone, or muscle damage, call your orthopaedic surgeon for an initial exam. Suburban Orthopaedics in Bartlett, Illinois offers MR imaging, orthopaedic surgery, and other procedures to help you recover from an injury. Call us at (888) 876-0117 to make an appointment today.
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Suburban orthopaedics is a premiere leader in Sports Medicine. We pride ourselves on treating athletic related injuries for patients of all ages and for any sport they participate in. For more information about sports injury prevention please click the link below....
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