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Welcome
to Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute.
We hope you find our newsletter to be both interesting
and helpful. After you read it, please explore our website,
where you will find educational pamphlets and videos
on most orthopedic topics. We strive to be an innovative
medical leader. Our professional, experienced physicians
and surgeons are fully committed to meeting your orthopedic
needs. At AOSMI, our focus is always on the patient.
Please give us an opportunity to show you our unparalleled
Patient-Centered, Patient-Focused
Care TM.
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Greller President |
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We opened our new state-of-the-art office located at Renaissance Crossing Medical Arts Building in Monroe Township. More Info >
Fellowship-trained, spine specialist, Dr. Grigory Goldberg has joined our practice.
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The First
Fully Cementless, Minimally Invasive, Total Knee Replacement
Performed at CentraState Medical Center.
William
Ward is already on his feet well into the rehabilitation process
following the total replacement of his left knee on November
20th. William, who retired from the Freehold Police Department
in 2005, received the first fully cementless, minimally invasive,
total knee replacement using trabecular metal technology in
the history of the CentraState Medical Center in Freehold
New Jersey.. >more
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| Arthroscopic
Treatment of Knee Injuries |
By
Michael Greller, MD, FAAOS
The knee
joint is the most easily injured joint and with so many
parts working together to provide mobility and speed,
injuries can occur. In the past, many athletes and others
simply learned to live with their knee pain. Today these
individuals have a wide variety of medical treatments
and surgical procedures as options. Surgery is always
the last option; however arthroscopic surgical treatments
have become significantly more advanced in recent years,
and can reduce or eliminate knee pain for almost anyone,
with a surprisingly short recovery time.
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| Getting Back in the Game Faster |
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2008 edition of Healthy Directions from CentraState. Edited by Dr. Gregg Berkowitz
After playing basketball for 35 years on concrete surfaces, Mitch Martinez gradually began to feel the effects on his 40-something-year-old knees. In one knee particularly, he knew something was wrong, and the pain became more pronounced each time he played. “It felt like a hamstring injury—but in my knee. Sometimes the cramping sensation was so strong, I had to sit out part of my game.”
Mitch, a business owner from Marlboro, doesn’t recall a single point in time that the injury occurred. “I really only experienced the knee pain when I was playing. But over the ...>more
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| Arthritis
and Joint Replacement Surgery |
By Alan
S.Nasar, MD, FAAOS
Joint replacement
surgery has increased in popularity over the last five years.
People have become more involved with sports, exercise, and
recreational activities and are staying active later in life.
These patients often have old joint injuries that never healed
completely, and others have had arthroscopic surgery. At a
certain point, the pain, stiffness, and other symptoms in
their joints begin to limit function and patients’ ability
to participate in the activities that they enjoy. There are
many non-operative treatments for arthritis and joint pain;
however many patients with arthritis eventually require joint
replacement surgery to regain function in their injured or
worn out joints.. >more
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