Sport Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery
Your musculoskeletal system supports you and helps you execute any number of complex movements. However, your joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons can break down over time, or you may sustain an injury which impacts your ability to move and be independent. In this blog, we will discuss a few common orthopedic conditions and when you…
Have you experienced an injury that is keeping you from your favorite activities? Are you tired of dealing with debilitating joint pain, stiffness, and disability? Are you looking for biologics like PRP therapy and stem cell therapy to improve your orthopedic health conditions? All-Star Orthopedics of Austin, TX, has got you covered. At All-Star Orthopedics,…
Orthopedic doctors diagnose and treat issues related to the musculoskeletal system. For example, they deal with sprains, fractures, inflammations, and many other problems. Individuals who’ve sustained injuries from car accidents or other traumatic events can also consult orthopedic providers. Seeking care early on can help patients enjoy a shorter recovery period and prevent further complications….
Gone are the days when people with health problems had very limited treatment options: medications and surgery. There has emerged a treatment approach that is deemed one of the most promising frontiers in modern medicine – biologic therapy. Unlike pharmacological products which are synthesized chemically, biologics are made from naturally occurring substances and work by…
People who lead active lives know that no matter how careful we are, we can’t prevent every injury. Runners, in particular, are prone to injuries to the knees, legs, and feet. While many of these injuries aren’t severe, and we can address them with home remedies, some injuries need attention from a medical expert. What…
An orthopedic doctor is a medical professional who focuses on keeping your muscles and bones healthy. Your muscles and bones form the musculoskeletal system, which provides structure to the body and allows you to move around. It also includes connective tissues like ligaments and tendons. An orthopedic doctor can diagnose and treat all kinds of…
One of the secrets to living life without physical limits is to take care of your orthopedic health. At All-Star Orthopedics of Austin, our foremost goal is to help our patients feel, move, and live better. This fuels our unwavering dedication to providing the highest quality of restorative and preventive care—the latter of which, we…
Surgery, while commonly performed to treat a broad range of musculoskeletal problems, including arthritis, sports injuries, and occupational injuries, is not always the best approach. First of all, surgery is often the last resort recommended by doctors, barring severe injuries. For example, displaced fractures usually need surgery. For arthritis patients, non-surgical approaches are usually exhausted…
Pain along your lower leg could have many different causes. Three of the most likely causes are shin splints, stress fractures, and chronic exertional compartment syndrome. So, which of these three do you have, or is your condition something else entirely? Let’s talk about the differences and similarities among these conditions, and where you can…
Whether you have performed squatting motions or knee rotations, or if you’ve perhaps recently played sports that involve making sudden stops and turns with your legs and knees, you may have torn a meniscus in your knee. Each knee has two menisci, which are each C-shaped sections of cartilage that provide a cushion between your…
