Orthopedic services
Orthopedics, or orthopedic services, is the medical specialty that involves the treatment of the musculoskeletal system, which is composed of bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles of the body.
Many health problems can affect the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles.
Before you can establish a plan of treatment or rehabilitation for orthopedic conditions, your doctor must first determine the cause and origin of the condition. Once collected and reviewed the evaluation information, the orthopedist will determine the best treatment plan depending on the disease and the patient’s preferences.
Bone problems can include:
- Bone deformities
- Bone infections
- Bone tumors
- Fractures
- Need for amputation
- Seudoarticulaciones and malunions
- Deformities of the spine
The joint problems may include:
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Dislocation
- Joint pain
- Joint swelling
- Torn ligaments
Common orthopedic-related diagnoses based on the body part:
- Bunions
- Fasciitis
- Deformities of the foot and ankle
- Fractures
- Hammer Toe
- Heel pain
- Heel spurs
- Joint pain and arthritis
- Sprains
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Sesamoiditis
- Fractures
- Joint pain
- Arthritis
- Injury to ligaments or tendons
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Ganglion
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Tendinitis
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Dislocation
- Stiff shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Impingement Syndrome
- Loose or foreign bodies
- Rupture of the rotator cuff
- Tendinitis of the rotator cuff
- Separation
- Break the labral (labrum)
- Break anteroposterior superior labrum
- Meniscal and cartilage injuries
- Dislocation of the patella
- Sprains and ligament tears (ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate, medial collateral and lateral collateral)
- Loose or foreign bodies
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Pain
- Tendinitis
- Arthritis
- Bursitis
- Dislocation or separation
- Sprains and torn ligaments
- Loose or foreign bodies
- Pain
- Tennis elbow and golfer (epicondylitis or tendonitis)
- Stiffness or contracture of the elbow
- Herniated disc (herniated disc)
- Spinal infection
- Injury to the spine
- Scoliosis
- Spinal stenosis
- Tumor column
- Fractures
- Spinal cord injury
Services and Treatments
Imaging procedures can help diagnose or even treat many orthopedic conditions. Your doctor may order:
Arthrography (joint x-ray)
Bone scans
Computed tomography (CT)
Discography
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Radiographs
Surgical procedures used in orthodontic treatment include:
Amputation
arthroscopic surgery
Excision repair of bunion and hammer toe
Cartilage repair or coating methods
Surgery for knee cartilage
Fracture care
Joint replacement (arthroplasty)
Ligament reconstructions
Repair torn ligaments and tendons
Spinal surgery, including discectomy, foraminotomy, laminectomy and spinal fusion
Procedures newest orthopedic services include minimally invasive surgical techniques, advanced external fixation and the use of bone graft substitutes and osteoinductive protein.
Dr. Juan Martínez Caamaño
Dr. Juan Martinez is certified in the specialty of traumatology and orthopedics, is dedicated to applying technical and medical physicists to correct or prevent degeneration or malformation procedures and pains, injuries and other conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system of the body .