Orthopedic Conditions

Watch this to learn when you should call the doctor when you have rheumatoid arthritis.

Watch this to understand what rheumatoid arthritis is and an overview of how it is treated.

Watch this to learn about treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.

Arthritis refers to a group of disorders that involve the body's joints and have similar symptoms, including pain, stiffness, and swelling. Learn about the different types of arthritis and their treatment.

Understand how living an active, healthy lifestyle, following your treatment plan and using assistive devices can help reduce your pain and your arthritis symptoms.

Learn several medication and non-medication treatment options often recommended to patients suffering from arthritis.

Learn how this kind of surgery repairs a damaged joint, returning you to a less painful, more active lifestyle.

Understand the normal, negative emotions you might feel when you live with pain, and learn the resources available to help you cope with them.

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. It is a chronic degenerative joint disease that affects mostly middle-aged and older adults. Osteoarthritis causes the breakdown of joint cartilage. It can occur in any joint, but it most often affects the hands, knees, hips, or spine.

Exercise is an important part of maintaining bone density. Find out how osteoporosis patients keep moving in ways they enjoy.

Treatments for osteoporosis are explained, including medications, surgery, and physical therapy.

Learn about some ways men can prevent osteoporosis.

Watch this video to learn some ways you can manage osteoporosis.

Bursitis is an inflammation of a closed sac of fluid located near the joints called a bursa. When the bursa becomes inflamed, it causes joint pain and swelling. Learn about the causes and treatment of bursitis, as well as what you can do to help prevent its recurrence.

A muscle spasm (also called a cramp) is an involuntary muscle contraction. The muscle tightens quickly and strongly.

Learn about bursitis, its symptoms and treatment.

A ganglion is a cystic swelling that is found overlying joint and tendon sheaths, particularly of the wrist. The foot and other extremity areas are sometimes involved. Ganglia can be treated surgically and nonsurgically.

Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens the bones. Weakened bones are more likely to fracture (break). Osteoporosis can affect anyone. But those most at risk are postmenopausal people who were assigned female at birth.

If you have a leg amputated, it's important to take steps to care for your other leg.

"Osteomyelitis is a bone infection caused by bacteria or fungi. The infection may have come from one area of your body and spread to the bone by traveling through the blood. Osteomyelitis is described as ""acute"" when the infection is new, and ""chronic"" when you have had the infection for a longer time."

Your healthcare provider prescribed a cold water therapy device. A cold water therapy device helps reduce pain and swelling and aids recovery. The device maintains a constant and precise temperature, providing up to several hours of continuous cold water therapy. Here's what you need to know about home care.

Minor muscle or joint injuries are often treated with an elastic bandage. This sheet gives instructions for how to apply and care for one.

Arthralgia is the term for pain in or around the joint. It is a symptom, not a disease. This pain may affect 1 or more joints. Here's how to care for yourself at home.

You have a bone cyst. This is a hole, or cavity, inside your bone that is filled with fluid. It is not cancer.

Read on for instructions to help you care for your fiberglass cast.

Follow these directions to care for your plaster cast at home.

Learn how to care for yourself at home when you have chest pain caused by costochondritis.

A rib belt is an elastic strap that may help reduce pain from chest muscle strain or rib fracture.

Sacroiliitis is when 1 or both sacroiliac joints are hurt or inflamed. It can make small movements of the lower back and pelvis very painful. Learn how to care for yourself at home.

Your child may have a crack or break (fracture) in the growth plate of a bone in their shoulder, arm, or hand. Learn how to help your child heal at home.

Learn how to care for your child at home after a growth plate fracture.

A growth plate is an area near each end of the long bones that exists in children from birth to adolescence and that allows the bone to grow as the child grows. A fracture in the growth plate is known as a Salter fracture.

A growth plate is an area near each end of the long bones that exists in children from birth to adolescence and that allows the bone to grow as the child grows. A fracture in the growth plate is known as a Salter fracture. Here's how to care for your child at home.

When a tendon becomes inflamed, it is called tendonitis. This can occur from overuse, injury, or infection. Learn how to care for tendonitis at home.

Muscles are connected to bones by tendons, which can become inflamed and painful when the muscles are overused by repeated motion. This condition is called tendonitis. Tennis elbow is a form of tendonitis.

A treatment called reduction may help your wrist heal better. The goal of reduction is to get your wrist bones as close as possible to how they were before the fracture.

A facial fracture means you have 1 or more broken bones in your face. These may be in your jaw, nose, cheeks, or the sockets around your eyes.

You may not always know when you have a broken toe or finger. Read on to learn about the signs, and what to do.

Although they can be painful, most rib fractures aren't serious. But they often make it hard to cough or breathe deeply. Here's what you need to know.

Collarbone breaks are common, and are often due to a blow or fall. Shoulder blade fractures are less common. Both injuries need treatment.

The hip is a common place for a fracture after a fall—especially in older people. Hip fractures are even more likely in people with osteoporosis.

Bones can break anywhere in the body. Casts are often used for fractures in the hands, arms, legs, or feet. There are many types of fractures. But all fractures heal the same way: New bone grows to connect the broken pieces. A cast holds broken bones in place while they heal.

Shin splints are often caused by tendinitis. When the tendons in the shin muscles become inflamed, it causes pain in the shin.

This is a surgery to remove part or all of your leg. It is done because tissue in the leg is diseased and can't be healed. Or it may be needed to prevent the disease from spreading farther into your body. The purpose of the surgery is to restore your ability to function. This is because removing the diseased part of your leg can improve your total health.

Amputation is surgery to remove a limb. Learn about the surgery and what to expect after.

Learn how to manage phantom sensation and phantom pain after amputation.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of treatment to fix a broken bone. It puts the pieces of a broken bone back together so they can heal.

A boxer's fracture is a break in a bone in outer edge of the hand. The bone is under the pinky finger bones. Boxer's fracture gets its name because it is often caused by punching a hard surface with the fist.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of treatment to fix a broken bone. It puts the pieces of a broken bone back together so they can heal.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of treatment to fix a broken bone. It puts the pieces of a broken bone back together so they can heal. Open reduction means the bones are put back in place during a surgery. Internal fixation means that special hardware is used to hold the bone pieces together.

A pilon fracture is a type of break of the shinbone (tibia) that occurs near the ankle. In most cases, it includes breaks in both the tibia and fibula of the lower leg.

A fifth metatarsal fracture is a type of broken bone in your foot. The fifth metatarsal connects your smallest toe to your ankle. These bones help with arch support and balance.

A gastrocnemius muscle tear is a severe, sudden injury to your calf muscle.

Compartment syndrome most often affects the legs, arms, feet, hands, and buttocks. It is a medical emergency that should be treated right away.

When you have a fracture of the ankle, it means that one or more of the bones in the ankle are broken. The bone may be cracked, broken into two or more pieces, or even shattered.

When you have a humerus fracture, it means that your upper arm bone is broken. Depending on the severity of the fracture, healing may take several months or longer.

A fracture in the distal radius is a break in the lower end of the radius. This is the larger bone in the forearm.

Bennett's fracture is a break of the lower part of the first metacarpal bone in your thumb. The most common cause for this injury is a direct blow to a thumb that is bent.

This fracture may cause your foot to become misshapen. It may be difficult or impossible to walk on. The injury is often very painful.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of treatment to fix a broken bone. It puts the pieces of a broken ankle bone back together so they can heal.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of treatment to fix a broken bone. It puts the pieces of a broken bone back together so they can heal.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of treatment to fix a broken bone. It puts the pieces of a broken bone back together so they can heal.

A contusion is a bruise to the skin, muscle, or ribs. Read on to learn how to care for yourself at home.

You have a joint dislocation. This happens when a strong force is applied to the joint, tearing ligaments and forcing the bones out of place. Often no bones are broken. But the nearby nerves and blood vessels can be damaged.

A shoulder is dislocated when a strong force tears the ligaments that hold the shoulder joint together. The bones then move apart and become stuck out of place. The joint must be put back in place. Then it will take about 6 weeks for the ligaments to heal. This injury may weaken the ligaments. Weakened ligaments put you at risk for another dislocation. Another dislocation can happen even if you are hit with less force.

You broke 1 or more ribs. This is called a rib fracture.

You have a break (fracture) of the leg. A fracture is treated with a splint, cast, or special boot. It will take at about 4 to 6 weeks for the fracture to heal. If you have a severe injury, you may need surgery to fix it.

You have a break (fracture) of the arm, wrist, or hand. This may be a small crack in the bone. Or it may be a major break, with the broken parts pushed out of position. Learn how to care for yourself at home as you heal.

A groin strain is a stretching or partial tearing of the muscle in the lower abdomen or upper thigh. This may happen because of too much coughing, heavy lifting, or active sports. Here's how to care for yourself at home.

A hip dislocation happens when the femur pops out of its socket. Learn what kind of care is needed.

A hip contusion can cause swelling, pain, and changes in skin color. Here's how to care for yourself at home.

You have a strain of the muscles around the hip joint. A muscle strain is a stretching or tearing of muscle fibers. Learn how to care for a hip strain at home.

A muscle strain is a stretching or tearing of the muscle fibers.

You have a break or fracture of both bones in the forearm. The bones are out of place and must be set to make them straight again.

You have a break or fracture of both bones in the forearm. The bones are not out of place and won't need to be set.

A shoulder immobilizer is designed to hold your arm against your body. It is used for injuries where you need to limit how much you can move your shoulder. These injuries include a shoulder dislocation or shoulder fracture. Moving your shoulder too much could cause harm.

A sling is designed to support your arm in a position of rest. It is used for injuries of the hand, forearm, upp er arm, and shoulder.

Sling and swathe is used to support your arm and hold it closely against your body after an injury.

Here are directions to care for your splint at home.

It will take up to 2 hours for your fiberglass splint to fully harden. Don't put any pressure on it during that time or it may break. Here are instructions to care for your splint at home.

A muscle strain is a stretching and tearing of muscle fibers.

A subungual hematoma is blood under the nail. It occurs when the finger or toe has been hit or crushed. It causes the nail to look blue. Sometimes, the bone under the nail may be fractured.

Because of a child's softer bones, 1 side of a bone may buckle or bend without any break occurring in the other side. This injury is called an incomplete fracture or a torus fracture. These fractures heal faster than complete fractures.

Because of a child's softer bones, one side of the bone may buckle or bend without any break occurring in the other side. This injury is called an incomplete fracture or a torus fracture. These fractures heal faster than complete fractures.

A tendon cut may be partial or complete. A complete cut of the tendon and a severe partial cut will need stitches in the tendon. Smaller cuts in the tendon do not need stitches, but the cut in the skin will need to be closed.

A rib fracture (bone break) may cause the same symptoms as a rib contusion. Treatment for both is the same.