Author: Walker Wynkoop, MD

Long ago, a knee that catches and locks was called a trick knee. A knee that catches and locks works fine most of the time, but occasionally has a sharp pain when it locks up. Trick knees that don’t hurt and don’t cause any...

No electric scooter! Electric scooters are good for patients with a bad heart or bad lungs or if they cannot walk. If the patient is well enough to have total joint surgery, then replacing the hip or knee joint is much-much...

That depends on what you want. Dieting properly means you will lose weight but may not feel like exercising. Exercising means you will gain fitness but may gain weight. It is difficult to both lose weight and get fit, so where...

Trigger fingers are caused by a swollen bump in your flexor tendon getting stuck under the band that holds your tendon against the bone. If your trigger finger is often stuck in the morning upon waking up, it can be very painful...

Cubital tunnel syndrome is pinching of the ulnar nerve at the elbow (right at your “funny bone”). Carpal tunnel syndrome is the pinching of the median nerve at the wrist. Both syndromes make fingers tingle and ache. With...