Slow and Steady Wins the Race When Starting a New Exercise Program
When starting an exercise program, our natural desire is to see results and see them quickly, especially if we’re trying to lose excess weight. We may lose patience with ourselves and, as a result, overdo it.
Don't Delay Necessary Medical Care
Don't Delay Necessary Medical Care
Steward Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center Urges Community to Seek Necessary Medical Care
Odessa Regional Medical Center Hosts FREE Orthopedic Seminar
Odessa Regional Medical Center is hosting a free health education seminar to discuss hip and knee joint replacement at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12 in the ORMC East Campus Auditorium, located at 515 Adams Ave. in Odessa (corner of 5th and Adams).
Total joint replacement surgery is one of the most commonly performed and successful operations in orthopedics. It is also one of the most cost-effective procedures in all of medicine. This seminar will discuss:
Surgeons favoring tourniquet-free knee replacements
Everybody has heard of tourniquets. In cases of traumatic bleeding, a tourniquet can save your life.
In a total knee replacement procedure, however, there’s now ample evidence that tourniquets may actually do more harm than good.