Ten years after her right hand was shot at close range during a robbery, Winnii and her husband John from Nigeria came to the orthopedic hand specialists at the Philadelphia Hand Center for surgery in an effort to regain use of the hand.
Carlos thought he had a bad ankle sprain but after being diagnosed with synovial sarcoma that he had treated by the experienced specialists at the Jefferson Musculoskeletal Oncology Center.
It’s that time of year, when you pull out your rakes and get to work cleaning up your front lawn and back yards. If you’re like me, now that the weather has cooled off, you may enjoy getting out and doing some physical work on the evenings and weekends. But it’s probably been a year more »
It’s important, particularly for weekend warrior athletes to ease into sports in order to avoid injuries, says orthopedic surgeon Michael G. Ciccotti, MD, director of the Jefferson Sports Medicine Center.
Text messaging has given rise to achy thumbs, hands and wrists. Treatment of carpal tunnel and “BlackBerry Thumb” are common practices at The Philadelphia Hand Center at Jefferson.