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Osteoarthritis and the Hip

How osteoarthritis changes the anatomy of the hip? Dr. Juan Carlos Suarez, Orthopedic Surgeon with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, talks about the disease and explains it with a diagram of the pelvis with both hips...
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Kyphosis

Spine Disease: Kyphosis

The osteoporosis can cause a condition of the spine called kyphosis. Dr. Georgiy Brusovanik, Spine Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, explains with a 3-D imaging what lordosis and kyphosis are and describes when they appear at the spine. The octopus has been caused a condition of the spine called kyphosis and we have…...
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The Dexa Scan: Bone Density Test

Dr. Deepa Sharma, Family Medicine Physician at Baptist Health Primary Care, explains DEXA scan is also called the bone density charge and it is the only way that doctors use to detect bone density and to determine if a patient has osteoporosis. "It can also help us determine if the bone health is normal or…...
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Can Osteoporosis Cause Vertebral Factures?

Osteoporis is one of the causes of back pain. Theresa Pazionis, Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute, says the majority of fractures are due to osteoporosis and especially as the population ages, more patients are diagnosed with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Jose Mena, Interventional Spine Specialist at Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine…...
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Risk Factor of Arthritis

The main risk factors of arthritis are: age, gender, heredity, weight, injury, infection and, in some cases, job explains Dr. Ronald Tolchin, Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Spine Care. He says even nobody can reverse aging, but he affirms it’s possible to slowdown some of the processes. He advises their patients to…...
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The Different Types of Spinal Fractures

Dr. Ronald Tolchin, Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Spine Care explains the three types of spinal fractures. Wedge fracture is the most common fracture and it’s related with osteoporosis. Crush fracture is due to major trauma and the bone breaks. Burst fracture occurs when the bone bursts and some of the bone…...
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Osteoarthritis in the Hips

Gregory Kaplan, Physical Therapist with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says osteoarthritis in the hips is not as common as it is in the knees and the hands. Some of its symptoms are inflammation in the hip joint and also in the lower back or spine, and narrowing of the space within the joints. He explains…...
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Common Spine Conditions

Degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis and kyphosis are the most common spine conditions. Dr. Ronald Tolchin, Medical Director of the Baptist Health Center for Spine Care, says degenerative disc disease happens with the narrowing of the discs, they are irregular, the cartilage in between is thinned out, and the gel inside the disc is dried…...
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