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Cotton Osteotomy

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Home» Search» hip pain» Cotton Osteotomy Surgeons use a Cotton osteotomy to correct specific foot deformities that cause flat feet by cutting into the topside of the medial cuneiform bone and prying it open before fixating it in place with a wedge-like groove that...

Subtalar fusion

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Home » Search » fractures » Subtalar Fusion Surgeons utilize subtalar fusion to stabilize and reduce pain in cases of hindfoot deformity due to trauma, arthritic damage, or physiological defect.  Subtalar fusion, or arthrodesis, involves fusing the heel bone, or...

Osteoporosis

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Osteoporosis Living tissues make up the human body and over time, the tissue starts to break down. The complexity of the human body allows the tissues to break down but also regenerate itself with new tissue. Osteoporosis occurs when the bone tissue breaks down but...

Knee – Unstable Knee

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Home» Search» hip pain» Unstable Knee Anatomy of the knee The knee is a complex joint composed bone, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons.  The bones are the tibia and the fibula on the lower leg, and the femur from the upper leg, and the patella.  Many issues with...

Spine – Anatomy

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Home » Search » hip pain » Spine Anatomy Cervical Spine Anatomy Cervical Bones The Cervical Spine, often referred to as the neck, is a seven-bone section of vertebral bodies, also called vertebrae, that begins at the skull and ends by the shoulders.  Cervical spine...

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