Learn more about whether knee replacement might be the right choice for you. Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in orthopedics. For many people with ...

Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in orthopedics. For decades, kinesiology tape has been used by amateur and professional athletes, trainers and ...

Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi is Co-Chief of HSS Spine and an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at HSS. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer of HSS Florida. Dr. Qureshi is a recognized leader and one of the ...

Broken ankles are painful and temporarily disabling. If a fractured ankle is not properly treated, it can lead to significant, long-term complications and debility. A broken ankle is a fracture or ...

Tears to the specialized cartilage tissue in the shoulder known as the labrum can cause pain and instability in the shoulder. The labrum is a cup-shaped rim of cartilage that lines and reinforces the ...

Spinal stenosis refers to narrowing of the spinal canal or tunnel that houses the neural elements (nerves) that travel along the spinal column. The narrowing can be central stenosis (referring to the ...

The library is open to all HSS staff and alumni as well as students and staff of Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University. Users must display an ...

The HOOS, JR. and KOOS, JR. are joint-replacement-relevant short forms of the HOOS (Hip dysfunction and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score) and KOOS (Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score) surveys ...

Dr. Theodore Blaine is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in orthopedics and shoulder and elbow surgery. Prior to joining HSS, he was the Physician in Chief of the Bone and ...

The mission of the Department of Biomechanics is to apply principles of engineering and materials science to solve orthopedic problems by conducting basic and applied research that translates to the ...

Under New York's Health Care Proxy Law, any competent person can authorize another person (often a family member) to make health care decisions, if the patient becomes unable to do so. You do this by ...

Dr. Fritz Boettner is a specialist in joint-preserving arthroscopic surgery and minimally invasive total joint replacements of the knee and hip. His practice concentrates on the nonsurgical and ...