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Summer Injury Prevention
Andrew Patton, MDStaying injury free this summer"do what we can, summer will have its flies"- ralph waldo emerson Happy Summer and Happy Fourth of July! With increasing temperatures, we often see an increase in injuries. Emergency rooms across the country see an...
Getting Back in The Game
Kids playing sports is great. According to Dr. Cynthia Bella, pediatric orthopedist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the benefits of sports participation include: Increased socialization with their peers Enhanced self-esteem Fosters a child’s...
Footloose and Fancy Free
American writer/ satirist, Russell Baker wrote “Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” Even though temperatures may rise to nearly unbearable in our beloved Louisiana, we still flock to our lakes and rivers, fire up the grill and flip flops...
Snap, Crackle, Pop… Noisy Joints
We’ve all experienced it: Knees that snap when we stand up, a neck that cracks when we turn our head and ankles that pop when we rotate them. Often, joint cracking can be loud – and perhaps a little disconcerting. It is no wonder that many people think there might be...
Common Shoulder Injuries and Complaints
Millions of people each year are making appointments with their doctors complaining of shoulder pain and upper arm and muscle strain. Over half of these visits, the shoulder pain was caused by injuries to the rotator cuff. Shoulder injuries are commonly seen in...
For the Love of Sports & Medicine
When thinking of sports medicine, many think it only focuses on helping athletes improve performance, recover from injury, and prevent future injuries…. while that’s true, it’s not the whole story. Today’s sports medicine physicians treat people of all ages and...
New Year, New You…
New Year’s Resolutions… inevitably they usually include weight loss and ideas about starting an exercise regime. One of the best ways to get a jump on your new year’s fitness goals and weight loss is to have a healthy attitude about diet and exercise. To get the best...
Who You Gonna Call
You have finally decided that that knee pain has gotten to be too much, the bunions have narrowed your shoe options to slippers, your lower back pain is interfering with a good night’s sleep, hip pain is keeping you from dancing the night away at the company Christmas...
Let’s Talk Knees & Hips
Chase Lobrano, MD is a board certified, fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstruction-hip/knee. Dr. Lobrano always knew he wanted to go into medicine and started working in medical clinics and hospitals in his teens and throughout college....
What a Year…
Andrew Patton, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine at Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana in Shreveport/ Bossier City. Dr. Patton recently celebrated his first year in practice and we decided to ask him a few questions about his first year at...
Take Your Iron, Live on Greens
Golf is a great game… It is one of my favorite sports. It is a terrific activity to consider as we all adjust to our new norms… it allows for social distancing, it is outdoors in a wide-open space and if you walk the greens, it’s a great opportunity to get your cardio...
There’s a New Doc Back in Town
Born and raised in Shreveport, Dr. Pearson is excited to come home to the Ark-La-Tex to begin practice at Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana. Dr. Pearson completed his medical school training at LSUHS-Shreveport; his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of...
Experience Counts- Mako Smart Robotics 10+ years in the making
It has been over 10 years since my partners, and I invested in Mako Robotic Joint replacement and in this time, I have put over 3500 Mako partial and total knees in patients across the Ark-La-Tex and beyond. In 2010, my partners and I at Specialists Hospital...
Hand & Wrist Pain
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes compressed or squeezed at the wrist. The median nerve controls sensation to the thumb, index, middle, and part of the ring finger. It also controls the muscle at...
Are you a candidate for Ankle Replacement?
Your feet and ankles bear the brunt of your entire body weight… They allow you to walk and dance and they are amazing options to get you from one place to another. Over time, osteoarthritis (wear and tear arthritis that results with age), post traumatic arthritis (...
Let’s talk Hips…
Total hip replacement has become one of the most common and most successful types of orthopedic surgeries. Nearly 500,000 hip replacement surgeries are done in the United States every year (AAOS). Recently, there is a lot of talk total hip replacement. More...
ACL Injuries in Young Athletes
Young athletes… I was one and as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, I treat a lot them. With an increase of sports participation in young adults, we have consequently seen an increase in sports injuries in these young athletes. Of those injuries,...
Five Questions to Ask Before you have a Knee Replacement
Your knee pain or knee instability has finally gotten to the point where you made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon and they have confirmed that you are indeed a candidate for a total knee replacement. The key word in the last sentence is CANDIDATE! Taking an...
Laissez les bons temps rouler… not your ankle!
If you grew up in Louisiana, you more than likely are familiar with the phrase- Laissez les bons temps rouler- let the good times roll. We love parties, family get togethers, and just about any viable reason to pass a good time! Having gone to a few parties recently,...