Orthopaedic Problems
Conditions we diagnose and treat
From hip and knee pain to sports injuries and inflammatory arthritis — browse by category below.
Hips
Hip Osteoarthritis
Hip pain coming from the hip is a fairly common condition that is seen in the Orthopaedic clinics. Many times people confuse low back ache with…
AVN
This essentially stands for loss of blood supply to the ball of hip joint. The reason for the ball of hip joint getting affected is mainly to do with…
Impingement
Hip impingement also known as femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI) occurs when the head of femur (ball of hip) pinches against the acetabulum (cup of…
Other Painful Conditions
On day to day practice we do see patient in our OPD who has complains of nagging pain around hip and pelvis. After evaluation we found the causes are…
Knee
Osteoarthritis of knee
Osteoarthritis of the knee is a degenerative condition where the cartilage layer gets thinned out or eroded due to degeneration and the bone…
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a painful condition of the knee where the pain is felt around and behind the knee cap and aggravated by at…
Chondromalacia patellae
It is a painful condition of the knee which arises due to softening or wear and tear of kneecap cartilage. Cartilage under the kneecap acts as a…
Patellofemoral instability
Knee cap plays a major role in knee movements as well as our daily activity. It is the point through which body weight and forces transfer to help in…
Anterior Knee Pain
Anterior knee pain refers to the pain at the anterior aspect of the knee around the knee cap. Prevalence of anterior knee pain is more common in the…
Knee Swelling
Knee swelling is the result of accumulation of excessive joint fluid. It may present with swelling, pain, stiffness or redness. Knee swelling is a…
Foot & Ankle
Flat Feet
Flat foot or pes planus is the foot shape where the medial arch of foot collapses and the whole sole touches the ground. Flat feet can be either…
High Arch Foot
In high arch foot medial arch is high and most of the sole does not touch the ground and most of the weight bearing happens through heel and ball of…
Bunion/Hallux Valgus
Hallux valgus is the deformity of great toe in which it deviates towards the lesser toes and the joints between the toe and foot becomes prominent,…
Lesser Toe Deformity
In this deformity the distal phalanx bends downwards at the distal interphalangeal joint and creates a mallet-like deformity. Second toe affects most…
Heel Pain
Heel pain is the most common symptom of foot and ankle outpatients. Heel pain usually presents with pain at bottom of heel which is commonly plantar…
Sports Injury
Knee Sports Injury
Knee is a hinge joint which is the largest hinge joint of the body. It is formed between lower end of femur and upper end of tibia. Its stability…
ACL Injury
Anterior cruciate ligament gives rotatory stability to the knee. It provides stability especially during pivoting activity like kicking a football.…
PCL Injuries
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) injuries are not as common as an ACL injury. PCL tear happens when the knee is forcefully pushed back on a flexed…
Other Ligament Injury
Isolated medial Collateral ligament is not so common even if they are less severe. Complete injury is always associated with ACL injury and most of…
Knee Meniscus Injury
Meniscus is a C-shaped pad of cartilage placed inside the knee joint between femur and tibia, one at medial and the other at the lateral aspect of…
Knee Cartilage Injury
Knee joint cartilage injury happens especially at femoral condyle surface and patellar articular surface due to trauma such as pivoting sports,…
Ankle Sprain
Ankle sprain is an injury of lateral ankle ligaments, happens when it rolls, turns or twists awkwardly. Various other injuries of the outer aspect of…
Achilles Tendon Injury
Tendo Achilles is the strongest tendon of the body. It connects the bulky Gastroc-soleus muscle of the calf to the posterior aspect of heel bone…
Stress fracture
A stress fracture is a small crack in a bone, or severe bruising within a bone. Most stress fractures are caused by overuse and repetitive activity,…
Lisfracs Injury
The Lisfranc joint complex is the midfoot joint that formed between bases of all metatarsals, cuneiform and cuboid. This joint complex is very…
