Category: WOW – Wynkoop’s Ortho Wisdom

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...

Weight-bearing cartilage is attached to the ends of your bones. Traumatic injuries can cause a small area of damage in otherwise excellent cartilage. The name of the damaged cartilage is Osteo Cartilage Defect (OCD). There are...

Burning and tingling pain is usually caused by a pinched nerve. Pinched neck nerve pain often starts on one side of your neck or upper shoulder. It may stop there or continue down your arm and even go into your fingers. Also,...

This happens when your median nerve gets compressed at your wrist. It’s called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). It causes numbness and pain in your thumb, index, long and sometimes your ring finger. This wakes people up at night,...

The short answer, yes. Most hips are made with a metal ball resting in a plastic cup. Modern plastic is specially treated to last much longer. In the average patient, 65 and older, these will typically last 15 or 20 years. By...

Dull achy neck pain, not burning tingling pain, that starts on the side of your neck and goes into the muscles of your shoulder is due to muscle spasms. The sore shoulder muscle will feel hard if you massage it, and it hurts to...

All of you folks old enough to remember that classic TV advertisement are at risk for a hip fracture. Hip fractures in folks our age are displaced and painful enough that we would not be able to crawl over to our cell phone a...

I have seen several patients in my career that come in for knee pain, but upon evaluation they have a relatively normal knee and a very stiff hip. It is common for the hip pain to radiate down to the knee, so even though the hip...

Trigger Finger is a good name because as you flex your finger slowly it suddenly jumps like a trigger being pressed. Trigger fingers are often stuck down in the morning upon waking and can be very painful to straighten out....

Scientific studies show that after two years people who had disc surgery and people who did not have surgery have similar outcomes. They have equal amounts of comfort and functional levels. Certainly, if the patient is...

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...