Dr. K Gets You Back In The Game!
As one of the premier hip surgeons in San Francisco, I’ve had many patients who were both avid amateur athletes as well as some of the best professional athletes. They play very high contact sports like soccer, football and hockey. Many recent studies have shown that these athletes in the contact sports category develop knee [...]
As a shoulder doctor in San Francisco, I get many patients who come in with various shoulder pains that they aren’t sure about. They usually cannot pin point exactly what is hurting or where the pain is coming from, other than to say, ‘my shoulder hurts’ and they have suddenly started experiencing discomfort when they [...]
Despite my many years of medical experience I would be the first to admit that it is easy to confuse a shoulder separation with a shoulder dislocation, and I am sure that many other shoulder surgeons in San Francisco (and further afield) would admit the same. In fact without a visual investigation, such as an X-rays, [...]
Sylvia Sullivan of Castro Valley, CA worked some thirty years for Safeway. She also had been an exercise instructor since 1979, so staying healthy was always important to her. But the repetitive motion of lifting bags of groceries, dog food, and milk began to take its toll on her shoulder joints. Over time she started [...]
Craig Parker is a journeyman lineman from Pleasanton, CA and he doesn’t have your typical desk job. He spends his days climbing up poles to repair high voltage power lines. Any limitation in strength or mobility could threaten his livelihood. In 2006, Craig began to experience increasing pain and immobility in his left elbow. His [...]
Before and After I have been specializing in total and partial knee replacement surgery in the greater Oakland area for nearly thirty years. Also known as arthroplasty, a knee replacement procedure can result in the alleviation of pain in addition to the restoration of functionality in knee joints that have been damaged due to disease [...]
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In the event that hip replacement surgery is the right decision for you, it is usually a good idea to schedule an appointment with your Fremont area primary care physician so that a thorough physical examination may be conducted prior to your procedure. This medical evaluation is required in order to assess your overall health [...]
Shoulder surgery may be the only feasible option for those patients who have sustained a rotator cuff tear that fails to show progress after non-surgical efforts have been exhausted. This may be denoted by increased weakness, loss of function, and limited motion in the joint. Most surgeons consider a course of non-surgical treatments to be [...]
The ligament most commonly torn by ankle sprains is called the anterior talo-fibular ligament, or ATFL for short, and usually results in difficulty in walking due to pain and swelling. Thus, patients may often may need crutches to get around. The pain and swelling can last for as long as three days. If the injury is serious enough, [...]