Meet the Experts
In partnership with Baptist Health South Florida, the Health Channel, features medical specialists who discuss important health issues and answer live audience questions. Meet some of our contributors:
Our experts in Bones & Joints
Edward Hernandez
Repetitive motions, wrong technique, frequent overhead reaching, forceful exertion and keeping shoulder in one position too long are the most common causes of tendonitis. Edward Hernandez, Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, says a repetitive motion is one of the main causes of tendonitis, because it sees both in sport and in […]
Cynthia Laportilla
Cynthia Laportilla, Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, says the average of physical therapy after a total knee and total hip replacement is about three months, and usually about more or less twenty-four sessions. “Usually your therapist will have conversations with you; they might tell you you’re right on target, or this […]
