For Sports Injuries in Kids, Visit a Riverside Sports Medicine Center

Surgical treatment for a dislocated joint

Immediate treatment for dislocation mainly focuses on returning the joint to its normal position through nonsurgical means. If this cannot be achieved, surgery will likely be required.

What kind of doctor can perform surgery on a dislocated joint?

Primary physicians do not have the specialized training and equipment necessary to perform surgery on a dislocated joint. If a dislocation that requires surgery is found upon examination and testing, it is important to see a Riverside, CA orthopedic surgeon like Dr. Wade Faerber.

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Athletes Who Suffered Career-Ending Injuries

Sports injuries range from the rather miniscule, to the potentially career-threatening. Here are some of the athletes whose promising careers were cut too short by injuries.

Doc Powers – Powers played as a catcher for the then Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball. However, in the Athletics’ first game at the newly constructed Shibe Park, Powers got injured chasing a pop-up straight into a wall. He suffered numerous internal injuries and died two weeks later.

Joe Theismann – A former quarterback for the Washington Redskins, Theismann enjoyed a successful 11-year NFL career only to be forced out of the game for good in 1985. In a game against the New York Giants, Theismann suffered a brutal break in both the bones of his lower right leg after being sacked by Giants linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson.

Steve Moore – Playing for the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, Moore stepped away from the game for good after being punched in the back of the head by Vancouver Canucks defenseman Todd Bertuzzi. Moore was laid out by Bertuzzi with a blind cheap shot, resulting in three cracked vertebrae and a concussion. As of press time, Moore still suffers from post-concussion syndrome.

Mike Utley – Former Detroit Lions offensive lineman Mike Utley went off to a promising start, but his career ended abruptly after suffering an injury to his sixth and seventh vertebrae in a game against the St. Louis Rams. After the incident, Utley became paralyzed from the chest down.

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Importance of Knee Imaging for Riverside Sports Medicine Procedures

We will be looking at four common imaging tools used that help sports medicine specialists choose the correct procedure for treating knee injuries: radiography, magnetic resonance imaging or MRI, OCT, and ultrasound.

Riverside, CA orthopedic centers, like most medical facilities in the U.S., use radiography as it is the most accessible tool and least expensive. Radiography is a quick way to identify a wide range of knee problems, including fracture, degenerative changes, osteochondral defects and effusions.

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