Spinal stenosis refers to narrowing of the spinal canal or tunnel that houses the neural elements (nerves) that travel along the spinal column. The narrowing can be central stenosis (referring to the ...

A 75-year-old woman presented with mechanical loosening of a left knee arthroplasty. She had a history of tibial and femoral fractures to the left leg with a retained cephalomedullary nail, lateral ...

An 86-year-old man with a history of bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and left revision TKA 3 years later due to aseptic loosening presented to HSS 2 years after that with knee instability and ...

It is the goal of HSS to provide excellent care to each patient in a timely manner. If it is necessary to cancel an appointment, patients are required to cancel online, call or leave a message at ...

Giving kids “pediatric occupational therapy” might at first sound like a curious contradiction in terminology. How can a kid have an occupation? To many young athletes, their sport is their job, or at ...

What is a trigger point? A trigger point, also known as a myofascial trigger point, is a painful nodule within a taut band of fascia, a connective tissue that covers your muscles. To the touch, it ...

HSS sports medicine physician Ellen Casey, MD, delves into this issue, which relates to hip pain in menopause. Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in ...

Melissa Doerzbacher earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Central Florida and a Physical Therapist Assistant degree from Keiser University in West Palm Beach. She has ...

Dr. Sabrina Strickland is board certified in sports medicine and orthopedic surgery at HSS, where she specializes in patellofemoral surgery for instability, cartilage disease, ACL, meniscal surgery, ...

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