Ask the Expert - Orthopedics

Here are the orthopedic-related Ask the Expert topics written by Banner Health physicians, nurses and other professionals.

Topics include:

• Achilles tendon
• Ankles
• Back Pain
• Broken Bones
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Feet 
• Hand Injuries
• Hips
• Joint Pain
• Joint Surgeries
• Knees  
• Osteoporosis
• Shin Splints
• Shoulders
• Sports Injuries

 Achilles Tendon

• Sore Achilles tendon Featuring Jason Lake, MD

Ankles

• Sprained ankles Featuring Jason Lake, MD
• Is it possible to get an ankle replacement? Featuring Jason Lake, MD
• Ankle replacement surgery Featuring Mark Campbell, MD
• Ankle replacements to treat arthritis Featuring Spencer Niemann

 Back Pain

• Back pain Featuring: James Hawkins, MD
• Treatments for lower back pain Featuring Cory Manton
• Coping with lower back pain Featuring Cory Manton
• Diagnosis using discography Featuring: Tory McJunkin, MD
• Lifting injuries Featuring: Young An
• Spinal stenosis Featuring: James Hawkins, MD
• Spinal fusion Feauring: James Hawkins, MD
• Spinal cord stimulation Featuring: Tory McJunkin, MD
• Can anything help spinal compression fracture? James Hawkins, MD
• Water exercises to help the back and joints Keith Garrison

Broken Bones

• Broken bones Featuring: Gregory Sirounian, MD

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome  Featuring: Kent Chou, MD
• Diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome Featuring: Kraig Burgess, MD 
• Treating carpal tunnel syndrome Featuring: Edward Prince, MD
• Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome Featuring: Kent Chou, MD

Feet

• Plantar fasciitis Featuring Jason Lake, MD
• Are flip-flops and sandals bad for my feet? Featuring Jason Lake, MD
• Flip-flops Featuring Therese Losi
• Why is my heel sore? Featuring Jason Lake, MD
• My big toe is stiff and swollen. Is it a bunion? Featuring Jason Lake, MD

 Hand Injuries

• Repetitive Stress Injuries and Ipods Featuring: Kent Chou, MD

Hips

• Hip pain Featuring: Robert Karpman, MD
• Non-arthritic hip pain Featuring Grant Padley, D.O.
• Does hip pain mean I will have to have surgery Featuring: Robert Karpman, MD
• Special surgical table for hip replacement surgeries Featuring: Steven Myerthall, MD
• Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty  Featuring: Steven  Myerthall, MD
• Minimally invasive surgeries for the hip Featuring John Toth, D.O.
• Anterior Hip Replacements Featuring Greg Sirounian, MD
• Pain after hip replacement surgery Featuring Michael Latteier, MD

Joint Pain

• Joint Pain during Monsoons Featuring Jonathan Fox, MD
• Joint pain Featuring Edward Prince, MD

 Joint Surgeries

• Joint surgeries Featuring: Marc Rosen, MD
• Joint-replacement surgery options Featuring Steven Myerthall, MD
  

Knees

• Chronic Knee Pain Featuring Cory Manton
• Knee replacement surgery Featuring: Audrey Tsao, MD
• Walking after knee replacement Featuring: Keith Vavrinak
• Knees and exercise Featuring: Danton Dungy, MD
• Pain after knee surgery Featuring: Gregory Sirounian, MD
• Rehab after knee surgery Featuring Dan Dzurida
• Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery Featuring: Jonathan Fox, MD 
• Meniscus tear Featuring: Douglas Mangan, MD

Osteoporosis

• Osteoporosis Featuring: Janeen Bjork, MD
• Osteoporosis and calcium Featuring: Lucia Magat-Gregorio, MD
• Osteoporosis in hips Featuring: Robert Karpman, MD
• Osteoporosis of the spine Featuring: James Hawkins, MD
• Osteoporosis and exercise Featuring: Bingfen Grace Yu, MD
• Osteoporosis drugs and dental problems Featuring Allison Perrin, MD
• Symptoms of osteoporosis Featuring Jerry Owensby, MD
• Importance of bone-density screening Featuring Scott Faulkner, MD

Shin Splints

• Shin splints Featuring: Aaron Reinhardt

Shoulder Pain

• Shoulder pain  Featuring: C. Sabin Cranford, MD
• Painful Shoulder Syndrome Featuring: William Brainard, MD
• Pain in the Arm can Mean Pain in the Neck Featuring: Paul Glause, MD
• Reverse total shoulder replacement Featuring Daniel Heaston, MD

 Sports Injuries

• Avoiding sprained ankles while running Featuring Spencer Niemann, DPM, FACFAS
• Sports injuries Featuring: Douglas Mangan, MD
• Orthopedics and women in sports Featuring Dennis Armstrong, MD
• Tennis elbow Featuring Kent Chou, MD