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KNEE CONDITIONS
The Board Certified physicians at Houston Orthopedic & Spine Hospital specilize in orthopedic surgery. We have orthopedic doctors who are highly trained to treat knee pain and conditions. Listed below are common knee conditions treated by our orthopedic surgeons.
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ACL Damage
ACL Damage is an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament that can be a debilitating musculoskeletal injury seen most often in athletes. Non-contact tears and ruptures are the most common causes of ACL injury.
Symptoms
Symptoms
of an ACL injury include hearing a sudden popping sound, swelling, and instability of the knee (i.e., a "wobbly" feeling).
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Arthritis
Arthritis literally means "inflammation of a joint." In some forms of arthritis, such as osteoarthritis, the inflammation arises because the smooth covering (articular cartilage) on the ends of bones become damaged or worn. Osteoarthritis is usually found in one, usually weightbearing, joint.
Symptoms
Symptoms can include swelling of the joint, moderate to severe knee pain, soreness and stiffness of the joint and the symptoms usually occur particularly early in the morning on waking or following prolonged inactivity.
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Bursitis
Bursitis is the inflammation of one or more bursae (small sacs) of synovial fluid in the body. The bursae rest at the points where internal functionaries, such as muscles and tendons, slide across bone. Healthy bursae create a smooth, almost frictionless functional gliding surface making normal movement painless.
Symptoms
When bursitis occurs, however, movement relying upon the inflamed bursa becomes difficult and painful. Moreover, movement of tendons and muscles over the inflamed bursa aggravates its inflammation, perpetuating the problem.
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Cartilage Damage
Articular cartilage can be damaged by injury or normal wear and tear. Because cartilage does not heal itself well, doctors have developed surgical techniques to stimulate the growth of new cartilage. Restoring articular cartilage can relieve pain and allow better function. Most importantly, it can delay or prevent the onset of arthritis.
Symptoms
In many cases, patients who have joint injuries, such as meniscal or ligament tears, will also have cartilage damage. This damage may be hard to diagnose because hyaline cartilage does not contain calcium and cannot be seen on an X-ray.
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Chronic Pain
There are two types of pain: acute and chronic. Acute pain comes on quickly like the pain you feel immediately after an injury or surgery and is usually treatable. Chronic pain can start out as acute pain and persist over time; and can be resistant to pain medication.
Symptoms
Knee pain after an injury or illness becomes chronic when it does not deminish after the normal recovery period presecribed by your physician. Chronic pain is often described as a shooting, buring or aching sensation; and causes great discomfort, soreness, tightness or stiffness.
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Cyst, Mass or Tumor
A 'cyst is a closed sac having a distinct membrane and division on the nearby tissue. It may contain air, fluids, or semi-solid material. Once formed, a cyst could go away on its own or may have to be removed through surgery.
A tumor is the name for a swelling or lesion formed by an abnormal growth of cells. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer. A tumor can be benign, pre-malignant or malignant, whereas cancer is by definition malignant.
Symptoms
A cyst or a tumor can cause pain, irritation or swelling. Sometimes either can be visible to the naked eye.
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Fracture
A bone may be completely fractured or partially fractured in any number of ways (cross-wise, lengthwise, in the middle).
Symptoms
Fractured means broken. Whether you have a complete or a partial fracture, you have a broken bone.
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Ligament Damage
Because the knee joint relies just on the ligaments and surrounding muscles for stability, it is easily injured. Any direct contact to the knee or hard muscle contraction — such as changing direction rapidly while running — can injure a knee ligament.
Symptoms
Symptoms of an ligament injury include hearing a sudden popping sound, swelling, and instability of the knee (i.e., a "wobbly" feeling). Knee pain is also a major symptom in an ACL injury and can range from moderate to severe. Continued athletic activity on a knee with an ACL injury can have devastating consequences, resulting in massive cartilage damage, leading to an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis later in life.
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MCL Injury
MCL Damage is damage to the medial collateral ligament of the knee, one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint.
Symptoms
Symptoms are usually knee pain, swelling and joint locking. These are worse when the knee bears more weight (for example, when running). Joint locking is when the patient is unable to fully straighten the leg. This can be accompanied by a clicking feeling.
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Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA, also known as degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease), is a disease involving degradation of joints, including articular cartilage and the subchondral bone (the bone under the cartilage.)
Symptoms
The main symptom is acute knee pain, causing loss of ability and often stiffness. "Pain" is generally described as a sharp ache, or a burning sensation in the associate muscles and tendons. OA can cause a crackling noise when the affected joint is moved or touched, and patients may experience muscle spasm and contractions in the tendons. Humid and cold weather increases the pain in many patients.
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Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease of bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, bone microarchitecture is disrupted, and the amount and variety of proteins in bone is altered. The term "established osteoporosis" includes the presence of a fragility fracture. Given its influence in the risk of fragility fracture, osteoporosis may significantly affect life expectancy and quality of life.
Symptoms
Osteoporosis itself has no specific symptoms; its main consequence is the increased risk of bone fractures. Osteoporotic fractures are those that occur in situations where healthy people would not normally break a bone; they are therefore regarded as fragility fractures. Typical fragility fractures occur in the vertebral column, rib, hip and wrist.
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Tendinitis
Tendinitis (also tendonitis), meaning inflammation of a tendon (the suffix "itis" means "inflammation"), is a type of tendinopathy often confused with the more common tendinosis, which has similar symptoms but requires different treatment.
Symptoms
Swelling in a region of inflammation or partial tear can be detected visually or by palpation. Symptoms can vary from aches or knee pains and stiffness to the local area of the tendon, or a burning that surrounds the whole joint around the inflamed tendon. With this condition, the pain is usually worse during and after activity, and the tendon and joint area can become stiffer the following day as swelling impinges on the movement of the tendon.
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Traumatic Injury
Injury or bodily injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical, and either by accident or intentional. Personal Injury also refers to damage caused to the reputation of another rather than physical harm to the body.
Symptoms
Symptoms can include swelling of the injured area, moderate to severe knee pain, soreness and stiffnes
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