by Samothin Orthopaedics | Sep 30, 2021 | Pain
Dr. Samotin on Post-Op Recovery and Pain Medication Optimizing Postoperative Recovery: A Comprehensive Pain Management Guide Recovery following surgery can be a challenging process, often accompanied by discomfort and pain. Valuable insights have been shared by an...
by Samothin Orthopaedics | Aug 13, 2021 | Pain
It’s Hammer(toe) Time: Do I Have a Hammertoe or Claw Toe? What Should I Do? Have you looked down recently at your foot and it seems your toes are not laying on the ground the same? Does it seem they are bending up or down too much? Have they become more painful,...
by Samothin Orthopaedics | Sep 14, 2015 | Pain
Ice or Heat? Heat or Ice? Either or? Neither Nor? As a practicing orthopedic surgeon with over 20 years of experience, invariably, if I tell someone who asks this question that they should use ice, they then tell me a long story about why their relatives going back 10...
by Samothin Orthopaedics | Sep 13, 2015 | Elbow, Pain
Dr. Myles Samotin on TENNIS ELBOW I am currently treating a lot of tennis players and I am seeing a lot of tennis elbow. Tennis elbow formally known as lateral epicondylitis is an inflammation of the tendons as they insert onto the lateral epicondyle, which is on the...
by Samothin Orthopaedics | Sep 12, 2015 | Pain, Shoulder
Did You Know: Eighty Percent of Shoulder Problems Do Not Require Surgery! In the last several years I have diversified my practice and have started to take care of a greater number of people who have shoulder problems. I have had literally hundreds of patients come to...
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