by Dr. Rizk | Oct 30, 2019 | Knee Replacement
Patients may be apprehensive to have total knee replacement surgery due to fear of missing out on work, family events, and life milestones. So how long should one expect to be in recovery? The answer is probably less time than you think. First one to two days post...
by Dr. Rizk | Oct 23, 2019 | Knee Replacement
Although many people think that there is a certain age that is most appropriate to undergo a knee replacement procedure, candidates for surgery are based on pain and disability more so than age. With the vast improvement in knee replacements over the past 30 years,...
by Dr. Rizk | Oct 16, 2019 | Knee Replacement
Pain and mobility limits your daily activities If your knee is no longer able to bend enough for you to sit in your vehicle or your pain has impacted the quality of your life then you shouldn’t ignore these symptoms. Limited range of motion in the knee is a sign of...
by Dr. Rizk | Oct 2, 2019 | Surgery
New advances in orthopedic surgery are constantly being developed to improve outcomes for surgical patients, and the MAKO robotic arm assisted surgery can do just that. Currently this technology is available for partial knee, total knee and total hip replacements....
by Dr. Rizk | Sep 25, 2019 | Surgery
While surgical procedures have come a long way over the past few decades to minimize damage to the tissue, after most surgical procedures you will have some scarring. An experienced surgeon can help reduce a scar by using proper incision techniques, but there are ways...
by Dr. Rizk | Aug 16, 2019 | Hip Replacement
Get Up and Move! Most patients who opt to have a total hip arthroscopy (THA), also known as a hip replacement, have been dealing with pain and immobility for quite some time. It may seem surprising to hear that after a hip replacement you will be asked to get out of...
