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It starts out small — you feel some numbness in one of your fingers or maybe there’s some unexplained tingling in your hand. These are signs of carpal tunnel syndrome and you shouldn’t ignore them.

You’ve held off as long as you could, but the time has come to replace your beleaguered knee joint. To ease your journey, we review some great prep tips and explain what you can expect during recovery from knee replacement.

You’re looking forward to regaining the full use of your hand, which contracted due to Dupuytren’s disease. Our team offers two treatment paths — one surgical and one nonsurgical, which we review here.

Your life has become increasingly uncomfortable, thanks to osteoarthritis, but you’re not ready to take the leap into joint replacement. Here are some natural strategies that might allow you to hit the pause button on surgery.

Getting out and moving around is important to you, which is why you’re opting for surgery to repair your torn meniscus. And like all athletes, you want to know when you can get back in the game. Let’s take a look.

You’ve been dealing with nagging shoulder pain for too long, and you’re eager to get both answers and relief. Shoulder arthroscopy is one of the best ways to accomplish each of these goals.

If you hang around a locker room long enough, you’re bound to hear a story or two about ACL tears and surgery. Now, you’re dealing with your own ACL tear and you want to know whether surgery is in your future.

Your arthritis used to be a background concern, but it’s become a more constant, and most unwelcome, companion now. Here are some strategies to help you better navigate joint pain and inflammation.

Is shoulder pain holding you back? Find out if your rotator cuff tear can heal on its own and what steps to take next.

Knee Replacement is a common surgery. Despite having very high success rates, there is always room for improvement to meet the demands of increasingly active patients. New robotic technology brings innovative tools to knee replacement.

Osteoporosis causes weakening of the bone and often comes with aging. Broken bones associated with osteoporosis affect more people in a year than heart attack, stroke, and breast cancer combined

There are several nonsurgical ways to manage the symptoms associated with knee arthritis. None of these “cure” the arthritis but may improve your ability to function with your knee.

Knee replacement is a highly successful and common surgery. The team at New Braunfels Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine recognizes there are many questions with this type of surgery.

Knee replacement is a very common and highly successful surgery to treat knee arthritis. People often ask if it is normal for their knee to be warm after surgery. Should you worry about a knee that is warm to touch after surgery?

Pain after a musculoskeletal injury or surgery is a normal part of the healing process. The team at New Braunfels Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine wants to ensure that we help you manage pain in a safe and scientifically-based manner.

Pain on the outside of your hip can sometimes be related to bursitis or tendinitis in your hip stabilizing muscles. Usually, this responds well to nonsurgical care.

Shoulder pain is extremely common in adults and can be the result of acute injuries or repetitive overuse activities. Several things can cause issues with the shoulder, but treatments are available to help you recover.

A trigger finger is a common condition that causes one of the fingers to get caught in a bent position. This causes discomfort and difficulty with hand use. The good news is that there are highly successful treatments to resolve this problem.

There are several approaches to get into the hip for a hip replacement and plenty of opinions regarding these. What does the evidence really say about which is best? As you might expect, the answer is......... It depends.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common cause of numbness and tingling in the hands. This may require surgery to relieve the pressure on the median nerve. Often, the procedure can be done in a minimally-invasive manner as an endoscopic carpal tunnel release.

When it comes to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery, the patient and surgeon have choices for the graft used to replace the damaged ACL. The best option is dependent on each athlete's situation and goals.

Joint replacements are extremely successful surgeries at improving quality of life for people with hip and knee arthritis. The risk for complications is very low, but infections can occur at the surgical site. Know the strategies to reduce your risk.

There are several nonsurgical ways to manage the symptoms associated with hip arthritis. None of these “cure” the arthritis but can help you improve your ability to function with your hip.

Most people can return to driving a car by 4 weeks following knee replacement. The exact time depends on which knee was replaced, medications being taken, and other general mobility factors.