Procedure Handouts
One page per operation, written the way I explain it in clinic: what is wrong, what the surgery actually does, what the weeks afterward look like, and the risks without the sugar-coating. Each handout links to your own instructions and therapy protocol for that procedure.
Knee
Total Knee Replacement
Why an arthritic knee hurts, what "replacing" it really means (it is a resurfacing), the Quiet Knee recovery plan week by week, and the honest numbers on results and risks.
Read the handout → Trim · Repair · Root repairMeniscus Surgery
Three operations hide behind the words "torn meniscus," with three very different recoveries. Which one you need, what the research says, and why the choice deserves a real conversation.
Read the handout → Sports medicine · LigamentACL Reconstruction
Why a torn ACL cannot simply be sewn back together, what the graft choices mean, why I do not send you home in a brace, and the honest timeline back to sport.
Read the handout → Sports medicine · Newer optionBEAR ACL
An implant that lets your own torn ACL heal instead of being replaced with a graft. How it works, who it suits, and the honest case against it.
Read the handout → Sports medicine · LigamentPCL Reconstruction
The ACL's less famous partner — torn a different way, and often treated without surgery. Why the brace stays on four months when an operation is needed.
Read the handout → Kneecap instabilityMPFL Reconstruction
Why a kneecap that has dislocated once tends to do it again, what the checkrein ligament is, and how we rebuild it.
Read the handout → Tendon rupture · UrgentQuadriceps & Patellar Tendon Repair
When the tendon above or below the kneecap ruptures, the knee stops holding you up. Why this one should not wait, and the two brace rules that protect the repair.
Read the handout →Hip
Total Hip Replacement
Why hip arthritis shows up in the groin and sometimes the knee, what the implant is, why I repair the capsule and skip the old hip precautions, and what six weeks really asks of you.
Read the handout → Tendon avulsionProximal Hamstring Repair
The injury people are told is a pulled muscle for six months. What actually tore off the sitting bone, why timing matters, and the six weeks afterward.
Read the handout → Tendon tearGluteus Medius Repair
The rotator cuff of the hip. Why lateral hip pain gets called bursitis for years when the tendon is actually torn off the bone.
Read the handout →Shoulder
Shoulder Replacement
Two versions of the same operation, and why your rotator cuff decides which one you get. The block, the sling, the coffee-cup limit, and the ten-year numbers.
Read the handout → Sports medicine · TendonRotator Cuff Repair
A tendon torn off bone does not grow back. How the arthroscopic repair works, why I start motion early, and honest talk about healing rates.
Read the handout → Impingement · BursitisShoulder Impingement & Decompression
The most common reason a shoulder hurts to lift. What is happening in there, what therapy does, and how we decide whether an operation is right for your shoulder.
Read the handout → Instability · DislocationShoulder Labral Repair
Why a shoulder that has dislocated once tends to do it again, what gets reattached, the six weeks of position precautions, and the recurrence numbers.
Read the handout →Foot & Ankle
Achilles Tendon Repair
Almost everyone thinks someone kicked them. What actually tore, the honest comparison between operating and not, and the boot-and-heel-lift recovery.
Read the handout → Instability · BroströmAnkle Ligament Reconstruction
For the ankle that has rolled so many times you stopped counting. Why some sprains never heal tight, and why balance training comes first.
Read the handout → Heel · Insertional AchillesHaglund's Deformity Repair
The bony bump at the back of the heel that ruins every pair of shoes. A bigger operation than most people expect, and slower to recover from.
Read the handout → Tendon tearPeroneal Tendon Repair
Pain behind the outer ankle bone that never settled after a sprain. Often it is not the ligament at all — it is the tendons just behind it.
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