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Joint Replacement

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  Joint Replacement Surgery is no less than a boon for the elderly who have always wanted to enjoy with their grandchildren. It is a #surgical procedure that involves removing the damaged #cartilage and replacing them with a metal and highly cross linked plastic known as a prosthesis. Can an elderly iive like a normal person or area there any complications? "#Recovery and #rehabilitation after surgery differ from person to person," replies Dr Rahul Sharma of Life in Motion Clinic, Saket, when asked. "Your orthopaedic #surgeon will encourage you to use your 'new' joint very soon after the surgery. It seems challenging to listen, but if one follows the surgeon's advice, they can be active like before very soon," he further adds. Do they experience any pain later on? "After complete recovery, #pain is a very uncommon thing. If the joint had been inactive for a longer period, the patient might feel pain in the starting due to inactive muscles, but gr...

Hip Osteoarthritis

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 When one suffers hip osteoarthritis , the cartilage that cushions the hip joint/s wears away, causing friction, damage to the bones, and inflammation often followed by severe pain and stiffness in the joint. There are several treatments to the problem. However, Dr Rahul Sharma from Life in motion clinic explains that your # Orthopaedic Surgeon needs to consider several other things too before suggesting you the exact treatment. "Your overall health, the severity of joint involvement, the severity of #symptoms, motion and weight-bearing limitations, and a few other individual factors determine what treatment needs to be given. Initially, simple #exercises and #stretching are suggested, but if the problem persists, one can even have to undergo hip replacement surgery," he shares. Visit our website : https://www.lifeinmotionclinic.com/

Consult hip joint osteoarthritis

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  Osteoarthritis , the most common form of arthritis , occurs when the protective cartilage that cushions the ends of your bones wears down over time. Patients who have osteoarthritis of the hip have difficulty walking, climbing stairs and abnormal gait during walking. Diagnosis can be difficult at first. That's because pain can appear in different locations, including the groin, thigh, buttocks, or knee, developing slowly and worsening over time. The symptoms include: • Pain during or after movement. • Stiffness most noticeable upon awakening or after being inactive. • Tenderness and swelling. • Loss of flexibility. • Grating sensation  when you use the joint , with popping or crackling sound sometimes. • Bone spurs or extra bits of bone, which feel like hard lumps, form around the affected joint . Treatment depends on the stage of osteoarthritis. Visit our website : click here

Anterior Cruciate Ligament or ACL

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Often while playing or during some sports activities involving running or jumping, when someone lands after a jump, a sudden tear of one of the most important ligaments, the Anterior Cruciate Ligament or simply put ACL , in the knee gets injured. The result is - severe pain, swelling, difficulty in walking, instability and sometimes a popping sound from the knee. The sportsmen might find it difficult to return to play after such an injury. Does that mean an end to the sports career ? Not until we have specialists like Dr Rahul Sharma from Life in Motion Clinic at Sawan Neelu Hospital. Right from investigating the injury with the help of physical examinations or through x-rays or MRI Dr Rahul helps you keep calm and treats you. The treatment varies as per the grade of ACL tear but one thing remains for sure, you will be back on your feet, running, jumping and living your life like earlier. For further details please contact Dr Rahul Sharma at Life in Motion Clinic, Sawan Neelu Angels H...

Do you feel a popping sensation in your knee?

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  Is there consistent swelling or stiffness on or around your knee ? Are you feeling pain, especially when twisting or rotating your knee? Do you find it difficult to straighten your knee fully? Are you feeling as though your knee is locked in place when you try to move it? YOU MAY BE SUFFERING FROM A MENISCUS TEAR! A torn meniscus is one of the most common knee injuries.  Meniscus is a C shape structure in our knee joint that provides cushioning and lubrication to the joint . You may need to know a lot more before deciding whether you need surgery , or regular treatment or just some rest.  Visit Our Website : https://www.lifeinmotionclinic.com/

Does anyone around you need KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY?

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 Do you often hear your elderly complaining about the severe pain in their knees? Do you know a known who has recently met with an accident and fractured their knee? Does anyone around you need KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY ? You might need to know more about the same. Meet @Dr Rahul Sharma at Life in Motion Clinic in Sawan Neelu Hospital today! Knee Replacement Surgeries , also known as knee arthroplasty, is performed to resurface a knee damaged by arthritis. The procedure involves capping the ends of the knee joint bones with the help of metal and/or plastic parts to the kneecap. Knee joint replacement surgery is also often operated when the knee cap gets damaged due to any accidental injury. A very common surgery in the elderly, it is not untouched among the youth and sometimes even kids. Visit Our Website : http://lifeinmotionclinic.com/

Warm-up & Stretching

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To stay safe and get the most out of your workout you must always include a pre-workout warm-up before you begin.  Difference Between Warm-Ups & Stretching During a workout we can all go from zero to hero and push hard but the safe way to train is to bring the body’s temperature up slowly and loosen up the muscles before we get to do anything serious. That’s what warm-ups are designed to do. Stretching, on the other hand, is done in order to improve overall flexibility. Once muscles have worked they are at their most compliant state and they let us stretch further than we normally would gaining more ground while we are at it. Timing We start with a warm-up and then we finish our training session with a cool-down and some stretching. MOST IMPORTANTLY Warm-ups should always be dynamic by using active exercises like hops, rotations, chest expansions etc. to get the body ready. They help get the blood flowing, especially during colder seasons. Human body benefits from stretche...

Shoulder Pain Due to Bursitis

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 Bursa  are fluid-filled sacs that cushion your bones, tendons and muscles near your joints. Bursitis is the painful condition that occurs when these bursae get inflamed due to any sort of injury, overuse or medical conditions like diabetes.  Due to this, the movement of the shoulder gets affected.   Symptoms   Shoulder joint might : ● Feel achy or stiff ● Hurt more when you move it or press on it ● Look swollen and red   Urgent attention is needed when you feel: ● Disabling joint pain ● Sudden inability to move a joint ● Excessive swelling, redness, bruising in the affected area ● Sharp or shooting pain, especially when you exercise or exert yourself   Treatment Any acute pain can be treated by giving rest to the shoulder joint and cold pack application. If the pain is resistant, putting an injection helps a lot in controlling pain. Various other modalities are available for this. Visit Our Website :https://www.lifeinmotionclinic.com/

Need of Ankle or Foot Surgery

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  If you’re handling a painful foot injury, deformity, or disease, you'll be considering foot surgery to alleviate the pain so as to measure a comfortable and healthy lifestyle. However, you need to make certain that surgery is important. The following situations typically indicate when foot surgery is necessary.   When Non-OperativeMethods Have Failed Regardless of the precise foot injury, deformity, or disease you’re handling, if you’re not finding pain relief with the methods that you’re using, you ought to consider surgery. Your injury could also be too serious to treat with non-surgical methods, or your condition could even worsen if not treated properly with surgery. If you have found that non-operative methods aren’t working for you anymore, it may be time to speak with your doctor about surgery.                                                 L ...

𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄

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                                                            Life in Motion Clinic 𝙁𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙇 𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙇𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝘼𝙑𝙐𝙇𝙎𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙁𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙊𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙑𝙄𝘾𝙐𝙇𝘼𝙍 𝙇𝙄𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏. Fractures of collarbone are one among the most common fractures in the human body. Although any part of this bone can be involved, the crucial ones are those that involve the outer third of the collar bone and are associated with ligament injuries.  They are one of the worst fractures as they commonly affect shoulder movements. Presenting a case of a young adult with  a history of fall on the floor. He sustained an injury to his right shoulder and developed redness and swelling over  the shoulder with painful and restricted movements. Visit our website :   https://www.lifeinmotionclinic....

ARE YOU SILENTLY HEADING TOWARDS SILENT DISEASE

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                                                              Life In Motion Clinic LOW BONE DENSITY-----INCREASED BONE FRAGILITY-----INCREASED RISK OF FRACTURE   OSTEOPOROSIS (Knows as SILENTDISEASE) It happens when your bones start losing minerals like calcium more quickly than it can replace them and resulting into thin and brittle bones, which are more prone to fracture even with trivial trauma.   ARE YOU AT RISK???? YES IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWING ASSOCIATIONS Alcoholic Smoking Low physical activity Low Calcium and Vitamin-D intake Family history Female >50 years age(FEMALE 3 TIMES MORE COMMON THAN MEN)   WHAT SYMPTOMS YOU WILL FACE Generalized pain and weakness Loss of height Back pain   HOW WE DIAGNOSE IT Clinical examination Bone density scans Blood tests (calcium and ...

ACUTE TRAUMATIC PATELLAR DISLOCATION

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Life In Motion Clinic Have you ever experienced the pain, discomfort and restriction of movements after dislocation of your kneecap following an injury? Did you hear someone talk about Acute Traumatic Patellar Dislocation? Let’s share a brief on Acute Traumatic Patellar Dislocation . This is a very common sort of injury in young active age group (10-17 years) It is mainly associated with fracture and cartilage injuries of the knee joint.  Pathologically most of the cases have MPFL tear . Now, the question arises, what is MPFL tear ? MPFL is a very important stabilizing ligament for your kneecap that prevents it from dislocating. FEATURES OF PATELLAR DISLOCATION Pain and limitation of movements Apprehension on moving the knee. Swelling or effusion. Sudden popping sound heard or felt. Visit the website : http://lifeinmotionclinic.com/

What to do in knee pain when you DON’T want to undergo surgery right now?

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                                                             Viscosupplementation It is a process of injecting Hyaluronic Acid (HA) in the joint, which is a major component of our synovial fluid/ joint fluid. It is used in mild-moderate osteoarthritis , and for more severe patients wishing to delay joint replacement (TKR ).  Considering the present COVID 19 scenario when patients are not willing for elective procedure of joint replacement, this is one of the best method to bring down your pain & improve function. How does it help? Analgesic effect Anti-inflammatory Chondroprotective effects (Cartilage protective) Reduce pain and increase function in knee arthritis Allows lubrication and act as shock absorber. How is it better than getting injected with only steroids? Benefits are long-lasting as compared with only steroids...

OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT

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                                                              Life in Motion Clinic  Osteoarthritis of knee joint is wear & tear of joint cartilage leading to pain, deformity, restricted movements and difficulty waking. DO YOU KNOW One in four patients over the age of 65 years has some form of arthritis. Knee joint replacement is quite a confidently predictable surgery in 95 out 0f 100 patients. COMMON CAUSES Advancing age Associated diseases (Rheumatoid Arthritis) Trauma or fracture around knee Birth defects. JOINT REPLACEMENT It’s a surgical procedure to remove only the worn out and damaged surface of the joint and replacing with a prosthesis Visit the website :  http://lifeinmotionclinic.com/

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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                                                            Life In Motion Clinic One among the other very common problems in hand is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS . We had a discussion with Dr. Rahul Sharma on the same. Here are some insights from the discussion. What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome or CTS   is one of the most common problems affecting the hand. People with this condition may feel pain, tingling or numbness and general weakness in the hand and wrist mainly involving thumb , index and middle finger. Lifestyle changes, like wrist splints , avoid lifting heavy things and physiotherapy are possible treatments. Often the treatment includes a small day care surgery of the   carpaltunnel if conservative management doesn’t work.   What is the carpal tunnel ? The carpal tunnel is a nar...

ACL

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Acl   What is ACL ? It is one of the important ligaments in the knee joint that keeps your knee stable - back & forth and rotational.   How do you get ACL injuries? 1-It is common in sports that involve running, jumping and cutting movements. 2-Landing after a jump. 3-Body rotating with foot fixed on floor. 4- Pivoting injury involving change in direction and deceleration.   Sign & Symptoms Pain, swelling , difficulty walking, instability and popping sound. Athlete will not be able to return to play .   Why do you need to see a doctor for ACL tear? Because most of the times ACL injuries are accompanied by some other injuries like meniscus or cartilage damage which can get worse if not treated properly leading to early arthritis.   Do all ACL tear needs surgery ? Absolutely NO. It depends on level of tear (partial/ complete tear) and other associated injuries.   What WE DO for ACL tear? We do a MINIMALLY...

Greenstick Fractures

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                                                             Life In Motion Clinic Fracture can happen at any age. Even a new born baby can face this blow due to any complications during the birth giving. However, since the bones are soft till the age of ten, often children are diagnosed with greenstick fracture . In such fractures, the bone doesn't break completely, instead it bends and/or cracks. The fracture looks similar to what happens when you try to break a small, "green" branch on a tree and is thud called greenstick fracture.   The symptoms of a greenstick fracture depend on the severity of the crack. Mild fractures might be mistaken for sprains or bruises while severe ones can cause deformities if left untreated. The symptoms include: Pain Bruising Tenderness Swelling Deformity (a bending or twistin...

Arthritis - Causes and Treatments

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Life In Motion Clinic   When one or more joints of your body start paining, often followed by or along with swelling and inflammation, you might be suffering from Arthritis. Though this can happen with any joint, but it is common in the knee. Knee arthritis makes even the day to day activities too difficult to be performed normally. The person finds it difficult to even walk or climb stairs thus causing disability. While there are more than 100 forms of arthritis which mainly affects the adult, some of the types of deformities can occur in children too. The most common to be found are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid. Though there is no cure yet for such a dreadful disease, there are different therapies by which arthritis can be treated to a huge extend. If there is no relief with the therapies, several surgeries are suggested. If the pain from arthritis causes disability and relief can't be treated from non surgical treatment, surgeries varying to the need are suggested. Arthro...

Types of Fractures

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 Life In Motion Clinic When a bone of the body is broken, it is called a fracture. It can be a small crack to a complete broken one. Often a bone is broken when it is impacted by more pressure than it can tolerate or support. For healing a fracture, often a plaster is placed to provide enough time, help and support to the bone to heal by its own. However, at times, some fractures are needed to be operated. The most common operations are done as replacementsurgeries . The other common type of surgery is arthroscopy surgery .   The damage to a bone varies and so does the types of fractures. The most common ones are: ·          Avulsion fracture – a muscle or ligament pull on the bone treated by ligament surgeries . ·          Comminuted fracture – the bone is shattered into many pieces. ·          Compression (crush) fracture – generally occurs i...