Orthopedics

Orthopedics
Orthopedics specialized in dealing with problems involving bones, joints, and soft tissues (including muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, blood vessels, and intervertebral discs) in the upper limbs, lower limbs and spine. Its service targets cover from newborns to the elderly, and the scope of services covers a variety of congenital, developmental, traumatic, degenerative and neoplastic orthopedic diseases. In terms of treatment, orthopedics is basically divided into surgical treatment and non-surgical treatment. Orthopedic specialists often combine the two treatment modalities to provide patients with the most appropriate treatment to help them regain mobility and improve their overall quality of life.

Common Diseases

General injuries
      • Fractures: wrist, ankle, clavicle, etc.
      • Sprain injury
 
Sports injuries, such as
      • Anterior cruciate ligament tear
      • Meniscus tear
      • Rotator cuff tear
      • Joint dislocation
 
Joints, such as
      • Frozen shoulder
      • Knee arthritis
      • Knee Osteoarthritis
      • Hip arthritis
      • Bone spurs
Hands, Wrists and Elbows, such as
      • Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
      • Ganglion cyst
      • De Quervain’s tenosynovitis (Mother’s wrist / Mother’s thumb)
      • Stenosing Tenosynovitis (Trigger finger)
      • Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
      • Medial Epicondylitis (Golfer’s Elbow)
 
Legs and Ankles
      • Club foot
      • Flat foot
      • Cavus Foot (High-Arched Foot)
      • Hallux valgus (HV)
      • Plantar fasciitis
      • In-Toeing
      • Out-Toeing
      • Genu varum (Bow legs)
      • Genu valgum (Knock-knees)
      • Leg length discrepancy
      • Diabetic foot and Charcot foot
 
Spine
      • Herniated disc
      • Cervical spinal stenosis
      • Lumbar spinal stenosis
      • Sciatica
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