Orthopedic Surgery

Orthopedics involves both surgical and non-surgical treatments of the musculoskeletal system to correct or prevent injuries such as broken bones, skeletal disorders, muscle injuries, degenerative diseases, or joints and ligament injuries. Spellings of Orthopedics vary from Orthopedics to Orthopaedics. Orthopedics became an accepted medical specialty around 1920.Orthopedics became an accepted medical specialty round 1920. Early treatments of orthopedics mostly involved deformities of broken or diseased bones such as clubfoot while today, treatments under the categories of Orthopedic also includes exercise, fitting of braces, or manipulation and surgery.

Common Orthopedic Disorders

Common Orthopedic Disorders have much to do with arthritis, bursitis, and fractures of the bone, pain in the lower back, hand, or foot. Some common orthopedic disorders include the knee (such as the tearing of Anterior Cruciate ligament, Meniscal Cartilage tear, or arthritis of the knee), shoulder (Rotator Cuff Tear or Impingement Syndrome), hip (Bursistis of the hip or avascular necrosis), spine (Herniated Disc or Whiplash Syndrome), and the nervous system (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Sciatica).