Author: Walker Wynkoop, MD

The anterior cruciate ligament or ACL is one of the few ligaments that will not heal itself because it is surrounded by knee joint fluid. Therefore, the ACL needs to be reconstructed in symptomatic patients. The two most popular...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is compression of the median nerve at the wrist. It causes numbness and pain in your thumb, index, long and ring fingers. This wakes people up at night, hurts while driving a car or holding a phone. The...

Plica is Latin for fold. The knee is enclosed by a large envelope of tissue. This tissue can form folds. Some happen with growth; some happen after injury. These plicae can rub against the bones in the knee and cause discomfort...

Weight-bearing cartilage Is attached to the ends of your bones. Traumatic injuries can cause a small area of damage in otherwise excellent cartilage. There are procedures that transplant one or more small plugs of cartilage from...