It抯 no surprise that one finds several health care centers in Wisconsin, one of the most state in the United States. Avid sports followers are aware that that it is home quite a number of well-known ...

It抯 no surprise that one finds several health care centers in Wisconsin, one of the most state in the United States. Avid sports followers are aware that that it is home quite a number of well-known basketball, baseball, and hickey teams, and many orthopedic problems from injuries directly or indirectly caused or related to sports. Many orthopedic surgeons Wisconsin-based specialize in sports medicine in children and teeners. Since the state of Wisconsin also has German influence (binge drinking), being the beer capital of the United States, many road accidents occur from driving under the influence of alcohol. These are probably the strong factors that contribute to an orthopedic surgeon抯 decision to base his or her practice here, and for medical companies to build most of their operational facilities here.

Orthopedics is a field of specialty in science which covers a rather wide area of interrelated fields. An orthopedic surgeon is a highly trained and supposedly competent doctor who perseveres investigates, restores and all in all cures dysfunctions of the extremities and the spine and its associated structures, like problems in the muscles and the effects if lesions in the nervous parts of the musculoskeletal system.

sOrthopedic surgeons perform such procedures as:

牋?Hip resurfacing

牋?Hip arthroplasty

牋?Knee replacement

牋?ACL knee surgery

牋?Toe realignment

牋?Surgery of the bunion

牋?Spinal stenosis

牋?Endoscopic therapy

牋?Endoscopy

牋?Costisone injection

牋?Rotation Cuff repair

牋?Aspiration

Sometimes the medical jargon is just too much to take in for us ordinary laymen. So it is enough to keep in mind that if one has chronic back pains, fractured knees or sprained joints, or is bothered by foot and ankle pains, one needs to see an orthopedic specialist.

At present there are around 500 orthopedic surgeons Wisconsin-based. Most of them belong to the Orthopedic Association of Wisconsin, or are practicing and teaching in colleges such as the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. If fact, in the list of the US News Top Doctors, three of the best orthopedic surgeons are found in Wisconsin. These doctors were chosen by their peers, and two of the three have received national recognition for the outstanding accomplishments.

The services these physicians provide include total patient care including post-operation physical therapy and occupational therapy, conducting researches that puts them at the front line of new procedures to improve the handling of patients, undergoing rigorous training and exercise and specialty fellowships for themselves and the subspecialist physical therapists, podiatrists, physiatrists, spine surgeons and any other interested orthopedic surgeon of any field of specialty.

People from neighboring counties and states come to Wisconsin for their orthopedic concerns. A common ailment suffered by elder women is pain in the hips. Recently, orthopedic surgeons in Wisconsin Hospital and clinic in Madison have announced that they now offer the state抯 only Robotic-assisted hip replacement for patients with hip joint diseases. The difference of this from that of other hip replacements procedures is that the surgical operation is customized to the specific hip characteristic of the patient.