Man holding diagram of hip replacement implant over his hip

Hip Replacement: What to Expect

Your hip is one of the largest joints in your body. You use your hip joints for standing, walking and running, as well as bending and stretching. If you damage your hip joint, you may be offered a hip replacement, which is a surgical procedure to replace the damaged joint with an artificial one. Why…

Hand and wrist, with redness on wrist indicating pain

The Importance of Diagnosing Wrist Pain

Wrist pain can be mild or severe, or something in between. It can be the result of a trauma fracture, a sprain, some kind of repetitive strain injury or one of a number of possible conditions, both common and rare. Without a diagnosis it is impossible to tell what is causing your wrist pain, which…