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Tips to Relieve Your Hip Pain
According to New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer, the hipbone is the largest joint in the body and, when it’s working properly, it’s a thing of wonder. It is able to support forces equal to three times a person’s body weight and it allows the leg to swing...
What Your Feet Can Reveal About Your Health
Although it may sound strange, according to New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer, your feet are excellent indicators of your health. If you know what to look for, you can reveal certain things about your health that can range anywhere from signs of...
Exercise To Keep Bones Healthy And Pain-Free
Obesity and the impact on our overall health is a major issue in our country with more than one in three adults considered to be obese, and one in six children/adolescents. Your New Orleans orthopedic surgeon advises that because of this, hip and knee replacements...
Tips for Dealing with Bursitis
According to New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer, like arthritis and tendinitis, this common source of discomfort - affecting millions each year – (particularly older individuals, including those seeking to stay active) can be traced back to irritation or...
What You Need to Know About Joint Replacement Infections
According to New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer, knee and hip replacements are two of the most commonly performed elective operations today. And for the majority of patients, these surgeries relieve pain and help them live fuller, more active lives....
Is Exercise Good or Bad for Your Joints?
A joint is the place where two or more bones meet. New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer often gets questions from his patients regarding whether or not exercise is good for their joints. The more complicated answer is that yes, certain types of...
Tips for Preventing Youth Football Injuries
Football is one of the most popular sports played by young athletes in the country. But according to New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer it also leads all other sports in the number of annual injuries. Some injuries are unavoidable, but some can be...
Misconceptions Regarding Joint Replacement
New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer finds that many people are nervous about deciding to have a joint replacement, but urges them to disregard the misconceptions about these procedures. Infection and deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots are very rare...
Are You a Candidate for a Simultaneous Double Knee Replacement?
If you or someone you know has severe arthritis in both knees that greatly reduces their quality of life, New Orleans orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer says that the patient may be a candidate for bilateral simultaneous knee replacement surgery. Although it’s not...
Hip Replacement – Best Procedure in Medicine?
According to New Orleans orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Richard Meyer, hip replacement surgery may just be the best operation in medicine for restoring quality of life. When most patients wake up from surgery, the bone-on-bone, grinding, sharp, stabbing pain that they’ve been...