Something we frequently hear in the office after someone has been diagnosed with a meniscus tear is, "My friend had a meniscus tear and they were able to fix it" or "My sister had a meniscus tear and she didn't need surgery". Comparing your meniscus tear to someone else's is...
If you suffer with hip pain, there are several conservative treatment options as well as surgical intervention to manage your symptoms. In the past, if you pursued surgery it was performed “open” which required a long incision to allow access to the joint; over the past 20 years orthopedic surgeons...
What is a meniscus transplant? The simplest answer is it’s a surgery to remove your damaged, irreparable meniscus and replace it with a new one from a donor. This surgery is a consideration when you are missing the normal function of your meniscus, usually from significant meniscus damage or surgical...
Dr. Mejia discusses shoulder pain as a known side effect some patients experience after a vaccination.
Etienne A. Mejia, M.D. Cortisone injections are commonly used to treat many musculoskeletal conditions and can provide relief of pain and improvement in function. Most cortisone injections are performed in joints, but they also can be helpful in other inflamed areas, like tendons, bursas, muscles, etc. There are multiple cortisone...
By: Dr. ET Mejia With the start of the baseball season, every year I see an influx of upper extremity throwing injuries in my office. Some of these injuries may have been lingering before the season and resurface when athletes resume throwing activities. The COVID pandemic has resulted in shortened...
By: Dr. ET Mejia As I returned from our annual family ski vacation, I wondered what my office waiting room would look like, usually packed with patients that stacked up while I was out of the office. It occurred to me that this is the time of the year when...
Knee pain is one of the most common conditions prompting patients to present to my office. Although there are many causes of knee pain, many people have pain around the front of the knee, or what we call “patellofemoral pain.” The patella is the kneecap. It is a focal area...
Frozen shoulder is a common cause of shoulder pain. It is poorly understood, and unfortunately, it is often missed or misdiagnosed and treated inappropriately. The frozen shoulder is characterized by stiffness and loss of shoulder range of motion accompanied by progressive shoulder pain. Sometimes the pain can be quite debilitating...
Colleen Dreher is spending the summer of 2020 enjoying the “Lake Life” with her family. The CEO of Dreher Collision Centers steps from the dock into the hull of her boat with ease, hugging two of her 12 grandchildren as she takes a seat next to them. This would not...
Sports Medicine Center and Arthroscopic Surgery Center is closely monitoring and enforcing the guidelines suggested by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) for COVID-19. If you or a family member have an appointment scheduled with our office and feel flu like symptoms, such as a fever, sore throat,...
Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, is a thickening and tightening of the soft tissue capsule that surrounds the glenohumeral joint, the ball and socket joint of the shoulder. When the capsule becomes inflamed, scarring occurs and adhesions are formed. This scar formation greatly intrudes upon the space needed for...
