Incorporate these nutrient-rich foods into your diet to help combat arthritis and keep your joints healthy. Chronic inflammation is not only bad for your overall health, but it can also lead to and exacerbate the symptoms of arthritis. “The inflammatory process certainly plays a role in joint health,” says Bucks County Orthopedic Specialists’ Dr. Thomas …
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Fitness PT Can Improve Your Health & Well Being!
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, physical therapy makes it easier for you to go get those apples! Whether you’re trying to reach new heights on an apple tree, or you simply want a pain-free trip to the grocery store, physical therapy can help. Check out these four ways the talented therapists …
Mental Health and Sports: What you Need to Know
Two of our top docs discuss mental health in young athletes and how to emphasize the positive…especially when there’s an injury. Dr. Sue Griffith and Dr. Michelle Horn are on the front lines, so to speak. Dr. Griffith is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in pediatric orthopedics. Dr. Horn specializes in sports medicine and concussion …
Don’t Get it Twisted
Everything You Need to Know About Ankle Sprains With school sports in full swing, we see a predictable rise in ankle injuries. “In sports like football, soccer, basketball, tennis, and field hockey players are running, rolling, sliding, jumping, and required to make fast lateral movements.
Concussion: How Active Rest is Changing the Game for Recovery
BCOS concussion specialist, Dr. Michelle Horn, discusses newer protocols and how active rest can improve physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. Many parents of today’s young athletes were once athletes themselves in the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s. Back then, if you suffered a concussion, you were likely told to lay still in a dark room…for a …
It’s Marathon Season! 9 Tips from our Orthopedists Who’ve Run Them
Want to know what orthopedic doctors do when they’re running a marathon? Check out these tips from a trio of our marathon running docs. 26.2 miles. It seems like a long way to drive, let alone run. And yet, thousands of people of all sizes, shapes, and backgrounds line up at starting lines all around …
Does Shoulder Pain Have You in a Pickle?
Pickleball and Your Rotator Cuff: What you Need to Know If you’re not playing pickleball, you probably know someone who is obsessed with it. Few sports have soared in popularity as quickly as Pickleball. In fact, participation in pickleball grew by 21.3% between 2019 and 2020, according to data from the Sports and Fitness Industry …
Bucks Orthopedic Surgeon Performs Innovative Rotator Cuff Surgery at Doylestown Hospital
Balloon Arthroplasty Surgery: Revolutionary Treatment Option Changes the Game for Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears at Bucks County Orthopedic Specialists Shoulder Surgeon, Dr. Kieran Cody, Answers the Most Frequently Asked Questions Before last year, if you had a massive irreparable rotator cuff tear, there were no minimally invasive surgical options to help relieve pain or …
Dr. Andrew Ritting Joins Bucks County Orthopedic Specialists
Doylestown, PA – Bucks County Orthopedic Specialists (BCOS) is expanding their practice with the addition of hand and upper extremity specialist, Andrew Ritting M.D. Following years of highly specialized training and experience, Dr. Ritting is coming home to Bucks County to provide orthopedic care, including minimally invasive arthroscopic procedures, rotator cuff surgery, shoulder replacement, fracture …
Options for Orthopedic Emergencies
Confused about where to go if you have an orthopedic injury or emergency? You’re not alone. Here’s some expert advice from our specialists. No one ever wants to deal with an orthopedic injury or emergency, yet at some point, most of us will. Whether your child twists their ankle at a soccer game, your elderly relative …
We Knew It! Same Day Total Joints ARE the Better Option
Broad study on outpatient total joint replacement surgery reveals exceptional results, bolstering Bucks County Orthopedic Specialists’ exclusive Heal@Home program. In 2017, following a rigorous application and review process, Bucks County Orthopedic Specialists (BCOS) was the first practice in Eastern Pennsylvania to gain approval from the state to perform total joint replacement surgery in a freestanding …
Get Back in Shape!
Advice and tips from our sports medicine specialist for returning to fitness, sticking to it, and avoiding injury. After 18 months of COVID related stress and disruption, our lives are starting to feel a little closer to “normal” these days. In fact, we are seeing an influx of patients who are interested in returning to …