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Osteoarthritis
More than one hundred factors have been identified as contributing to the development of osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis.
Before the age of 45, osteoarthritis occurs more frequently men. After the age of 55, it occurs more frequently in women. Osteoarthritis most commonly affects the large weight-bearing joints, such as the hips and knees.
Joint Pain
Estimates indicate that around 30% of adults aged eighteen or older suffer from joint pain. A study conducted by researchers at the Ruhr University in Germany indicates that although around 2 of every 5 adults between the ages of 40 and 50 suffer from joint pain, only one of every 3 seeks the advice of a doctor, despite the fact that new forms of treatment have proven to be highly effective, particularly when introduced during the early stages of osteoarthritis .
Knee Pain
Knee Pain is a Warning Signal
If you suffer from knee pain, you are not alone. Knee pain prompts more people to pay a visit to the doctor than any other musculoskeletal condition. Nearly one in three adults above the age of 45 reports experiencing some form of knee pain. In light of the very many kinds and causes of knee pain, it is usually necessary to conduct a thorough medical examination to determine the exact cause in any given case.
Swine flu and joint pain
The fear is taking root and is entitled: the virus of swine flu has done what is in the bird flu has always feared: There may be animals to humans and from human to human transfer. And another factor is the growing fear: the influenza virus type A/H1N1 is the same as the Spanish flu, which from 1918 to 1920 killed more people than the First World War.
Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
This fully arthroscopic procedure, known as autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), is a special form of cartilage replacement therapy for the knee and ankle in which the patient's own chondrocytes (cartilage cells) are cultured in a laboratory and then re-implanted in the body. A small sample of cartilage tissue is first removed arthroscopically from a non-load-bearing area of cartilage in the knee and then sent to a special laboratory for isolation and in vitro cultivation.
Orthopädie
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in der Gelenk-Klinik
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Orthopäde
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Seit 1990 sind wir in Gundelfingen auf die Behandlung von Gelenkerkrankungen spezialisiert . Unseren Patienten kommt die langjährige praktische und operative Erfahrung in der Orthopädie zugute. Wichtig für uns ist, dass wir das gesamte Spektrum der konservativen, operativen und innovativen Orthopädie sicher beherrschen und anwenden können. Je nach Art und Schwere der Gelenkschädigung, von der Prävention über bewährte Naturheilverfahren bis zu modernstem Gelenkersa...
Back Pain
Almost half of all people living in the industrialized world experience some form of chronic or recurring back pain. Around 80 percent of all people report having suffered from back pain at some time during the past two years. After cardiovascular disease, chronic back pain is the most common reason for worker disability and early retirement.
Arthritis
Arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease that can damage the joints of the body. It is to be distinguished from osteoarthritis, which is a degenerative condition related to aging and wear and tear of cartilage. While osteoarthritis is a cold process involving gradual deterioration, other forms of arthritis are characterized by redness, swelling, warmth and the abnormal collection of joint fluid known as joint effusion.
Bunions
Hallux valgus is the more or less pronounced tendency of the great toe to bend in the direction of the outside of the foot. Often the common toe deformity is dismissed as only a cosmetic problem. However, the accompanying protrusion of the metatarsal head can cause painful inflammations.
Spondylosis and Facet Joint Osteoarthritis
The front or anterior portion of the spine is made up of a series of bones (the vertebral bodies) that are stacked like blocks on top of one another with discs in between to help in all load-bearing tasks. The facet joints (or spinal joints) are positioned at the rear or posterior portion of the thoracic and lumbar spine and connect the individual vertebrae. Each vertebra has two pairs of facet joints, with one pair facing upward to connect with the vertebra above it and the other pair...
Spinal Stenosis
Herniated Disc
Usually only mentioned in connection with back pain, our spinal discs tend to have a bad reputation. While this reputation may to some extent be deserved, it warrants pointing out that our discs - we have 23 of them - give the otherwise rather hard and stiff series of bone blocks (vertebrae) and tight ligaments that make up our spines a remarkable degree of flexibility, and thereby make an essential contribution to our capacity to move about the world the way we do.
In additio...
Foot
Assuming average life expectancy and reasonably good health, our feet will carry us around
120,000 kilometers
in the course of our lives.
At this rate, it is no wonder that almost all of us will sooner or later experience foot pain. The most common causes of foot pain include: stress and strain, the wrong shoes, accidents, circulatory disorders, diabetes, and congenital misalignment.
In addition to fo...
Knee
The knee joint is often - and rightly - referred to as the most complex joint in the body. The knee's ingenious biomechanical structure, consisting of the patella, meniscus, capsule, ligaments, muscles, and tendons, gives it a remarkable load-bearing capacity. With each step we take, the knee smartly distributes and absorbs compressive forces of around twice our body weight!
It is no wonder that t...
Back
Hand
No two hands are alike, not even our left hand and our right.
Children learn about the world around them by using their hands to "grasp" things. All of us come into contact with our environment via our hands - we grasp, pick up, touch and feel. Our brains and our hands have a very close relationship.
Many of the disorders that can affect the hand are so different in nature that they require special ...
Ankle
The ankle is a complex joint that connects the foot to the lower leg. It is actually comprised of two joints: the true ankle joint (upper ankle joint) and the subtalar joint (lower ankle joint). With compressive forces in each ankle reaching 7 times our body weight while we do nothing more than walk, the ankle joint is required to withstand more stress than any other joint in the body. Our ankles ...
Hip
The following symptoms are signs of hip disorders:
Shoulder
An extraordinarily complex interplay of joints, tendons, muscles and ligaments gives the shoulder joint the greatest range of motion of all the joints in the human body. The soft tissues that surround the bony structures of the shoulder play a vital role in driving and harnessing the joint. An array of muscles, tendons and ligaments give the joint static and dynamic stability and permit it to exec...
