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Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders. While playing outdoor games, it is common that you get hurt by one way or the other. Whether it is a graze on the skin or some deep gash, we need to make sure that your bones are not affected due to it. Luckily, there are some of the credible orthopedic doctors in India, with some of the best orthopedic doctors in Bangalore. Here are few of the top 5 best Orthopedic doctors in Bangalore who can treat your muscular injury and treat you with care. Dr. Mani Venugopal: Dr. Mani Venugopal has been practicing since 33 years, in India and also in Leeds, UK. He has worked in many prestigious hospitals in Bangalore like Hosmat Hospital and Fortis Hospitals. He sits at his clinic, ...

Image Source: Total Orthocare Spine care is one of the most important aspects of taking care of your health. Millions of people are affected by back pain every day. And beyond living with the pain itself, this kind of condition can lower your quality of life, causing you to miss work and social activities that you enjoy and preventing you from being able to accomplish even simple, everyday tasks. A strong and supple spine can help make your activities of daily life more comfortable and less painful. Take time to treat your spine to several of these small tips and make them a part of your everyday spine care routine: 1. Exercise: Exercise is essential when it comes to maintaining a healthy spine—and it can also aid in rebuilding an injured spine. You don’t need to be an expert in physical fitness to indulge your spine with regular exercise. A simple exercise program that focuses on stretching and strengthening the back, hamstrings, and abdominal muscles can go a long way toward: > D...

Image Source:  Total Orthocare Our shoulder is one of the largest, complex, and most versatile joints in our body allowing a wide range of motion of the arms. The shoulder joint is formed where the humerus (upper arm bone) fits into the scapula (shoulder blade), like a ball and socket. Suffering a direct or indirect injury to the shoulders or any surrounding muscles, ligaments or tendons can cause pain and limit our movement of our arms to a great extent. Other than an injury various other conditions and diseases that affect the surrounding chest region can also cause shoulder pain. These are not a direct pain in the shoulders but due to other known or unknown conditions and are known as referred shoulder pain. There are various conditions related to Shoulder pain : > Frozen Shoulder: Development of Inflammation causes shoulder pain and stiffness in our shoulder. As a frozen shoulder progresses, movement in the shoulder can become severely limited. > Osteoarthritis: The commo...

Image Source: Total Orthocare Physiotherapy is a branch of medical science that deals with restoring movement and functions of our body when affected by injury, illness or disability. It addresses the illnesses, or injuries that limit a person's abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives. Physiotherapy is used to improve a patient's physical functions through physical examination, diagnosis, prognosis, patient education, physical intervention, rehabilitation, disease prevention and health promotion. Physiotherapy is provided as a primary care treatment or alongside, or in conjunction with, other medical services. Physiotherapists maintain health for people of all ages, helping patients to manage pain and prevent disease. The profession helps to encourage development and facilitate recovery, enabling people to stay in work while helping them remain independent for as long as possible. Physiotherapy is a science-based profession and takes a ‘whole p...

  Image Source: Total Orthocare The knee is one of the largest and most complex joints in the body. The knee joins the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia). The smaller bone that runs alongside the tibia (fibula) and the kneecap (patella) are the other bones that make the knee joint. Tendons connect the knee bones to the leg muscles that move the knee joint. Ligaments join the knee bones and provide stability to the knee. Our knee is very much capable of absorbing the shocks and jerks that are felt while doing ordinary tasks like walking, running and jumping to some extraordinary tasks such as parkour. Even after all this our knees are still one of the most vulnerable joints in our body. Constant friction between the bones can cause knee pain and even degrade the bones beyond repair. When it happens, knee replacement surgery comes into picture. So let’s now take a look at what is knee replacement surgery? Various conditions revolve around that decide knee pain. Many of them...

All those years of hard work have put a strain on your body and now that you are growing old you are starting to feel it more and more day by day. There are times when you feel a pain along the back and down your spine. This is what today we will discuss about - Spine Care . Taking care of your body that goes without saying is important. We were constantly hammered with the fact that sitting straight will prevent all the back problems later in life. This is partially true as there are multiple underlying factors that contribute to back problems. We will discuss some of them today. Back pain is one of the most common reasons for skipping work and a leading cause of disability worldwide. Having a back pain is like living under a weight that is tied and moves along with you. Most of the time it can be resolved if you consult with your doctor early on before your back pain becomes severe. Spine care is one of the most important aspects of taking care of your health. There are various reaso...

  Image Source: Total Orthocare Sports injuries, in the broadest sense, refers to the kinds of injuries that most commonly occur during sports or exercise. Children are particularly at risk for these types of injuries, but adults can get them, too. You’re at risk for sports injuries if you haven’t been regularly active or don’t warm up properly before exercise or if you play contact sports. Different types of Sports Injuries : Different sports injuries produce different symptoms and complications. The most common types of sports injuries include: > Sprains: Overstretching or tearing the ligaments results in a sprain. Ligaments are pieces of tissue that connect two bones to one another in a joint. > Strains: Overstretching or tearing muscles or tendons results in a sprain. Tendons are thick, fibrous cords of tissue that connect bone to muscle. > Knee injuries: Any injury that interferes with how the knee joint moves could be a sports injury. It could range from an overstret...

  Image Source: Total Orthocare One of the most important joints in your body is your knees. These hinge joints provide us with the ability to walk and run of course the major role is played by our hip joint nonetheless. Still caring for our knees is important. These hinge joints offer us to do the bending and straightening movements while walking or running. Our knees consist of two major bones - Femur (hip to knee) and Tibia (knee to foot) along with the major ligaments that connect them and the cartilage that provides lubrication and avoids friction between these two bones. Being active is the best thing that you can do for your body, however, sometimes injuries happen while being active and often they involve our knees. It often happens that due to underlying reasons we feel pain in our knees . A few of the most common problems are sprains in the ligaments, meniscus tears, inflammation in the tendons, or even an untreated old knee injury. Other major causes include arthritis, g...