Dr. Ron Noy

There are many reasons he could be having pain. A proper history and physical examination by an orthopedic specialist is the first step to finding the right diagnosis and treatment. If he has any fever, weight loss, or excruciating pain, you should take him to the emergency room to be evaluated if you cannot get an immediate appointment with an orthopedic specialist.

Ron Noy, MD

There are many reasons for this, including things like arthritis, meniscus tears, referred pain from your back or hip, intra-articular pathologies and more. It could also be simply that the muscles around the joint are weak. Best to see an orthopedic specialist to undergo a thorough history and physical. If you have any fever, weight loss, or severe pain, make sure you are seen immediately or go to the local emergency room to be evaluated.

Ron Noy, MD

Most likely, they will remove stitches and check the wound for any sign of infection, which is not that common. If the wound is healing well, they will instruct you on a therapy program either on your own or with an occupational therapist if needed.

Ron Noy, MD

Any sport where there can be an awkward landing or where the foot can get caught and the knee twists is susceptible to ACL tears.

Ron Noy, MD

Leg pain can be caused by many different reasons, including muscular, vascular and neurological reasons as well as others. You need to see a doctor to get a proper work up to figure out the best treatments.

The basic initial treatment for any bunion is essentially conservative, with proper shoe wear modification being the initial recommendation. If the gel pads give you relief, this is all you need, but it will not correct the deformity. Most surgeons agree that the surgery should not be done for cosmetic reasons, but to relieve pain and dysfunction, so hopefully this does the trick.

Ron Noy, MD

It is not the first course of action. Usually, RSD’s can be treated by activity modification, braces, physical therapy and medications rather than invasive procedures, including arthroscopic ones.

Ron Noy, MD

Icing properly is good. There are compressive machines and compressive ice machines available that can make the process quicker if needed. If you can take an anti-inflammatory medication rather than a pain blocking medication (meaning if you have no allergies or medical contra-indications to taking it), that may be more helpful. Sometimes the doctor may describe an anti-inflammatory medication as pain medication, so check what you are taking before buying something else. Elevating the knee and using a compression sleeve appropriately fitted also will help, and the sleeve can be used during the day to help prevent swelling that will occur until you regain full strength. A good physical therapist can help reduce the swelling quicker as well, and help you strengthen your knee. If the swelling persists, further work up should be done to identify the sources of the swelling and adjust the treatment appropriately.

Ron Noy, MD

While a simple non-displaced fracture could be treated with buddy-taping and a hard sole shoe with wide toe box, it is important to see an orthopedic doctor or podiatrist for X-rays to make sure there is not a fracture that needs to be reduced or even fixed. A displaced fracture could lead to the toe healing in a position that will make shoe wear difficult, while a fracture that extends into the joint may sometimes require surgery to decrease the onset of arthritis and dysfunction.

Ron Noy, MD

Surgery for rib fractures are rarely necessary. Most of the time they will heal in about 6 weeks.

Yes. While an adductor strain could take 6 weeks to heal when not repetitively injured, this could also be a hernia, athletics pubalgia syndrome, or nerve entrapment. Best to have it checked out.

This can be a lot of things, from swelling, too tight a dressing, pressure from a brace or even a nerve entrapped in the surgical/fracture site. You should contact your surgeon to be evaluated right away and correct the problem. If it’s just numbness around the incisions, that is common. See your surgeon to be sure it’s not something to correct.

This could be anything from a muscle strain to nerve impingement to arthritis and more. If you have any accompanying neurological changes such as weakness or numbness, you should definitely get evaluated by a spine specialist.

If her shoulder is dislocated, you should definitely see someone right away to put it back into place.

Sounds like a bucket handle meniscus tear but could be a loose body related to an OCD lesion. Need MRI scan of your knee.