Patient Education
At CSOG, we aim to provide you with the best orthopedic care possible and the information you need to actively participate in you care. To assist that effort, we have compiled information on many common orthopedic conditions and treatment options for you to review so that you are better able to communicate with your physician.
Click on a specific area of the body or a category on the right for more information.
- Electrodiagnostic Testing
- Orthopaedic Fast Facts
- Diagnostic Imaging Techniques
- Fractures
- How to Use Crutches, Canes, and Walkers
- What Are NSAIDs?
- Bone Tumor
- Metastatic Bone Disease
- Unicameral (Simple) Bone Cyst
- Osteochondroma (Bone Tumor)
- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
- Bone Sarcoma in the Upper Extremity: Treatment Options Using Limb Salvage or Amputation
- Adolescent Anterior Knee Pain
- Back Pain in Children
- Backpack Safety
- Calcium
- Clubfoot
- Congenital Muscular Torticollis (Wryneck)
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
- Elbow Fractures in Children
- Erb's Palsy (Brachial Plexus Birth Injury)
- Flexibility Exercises for Young Athletes
- Flexible Flatfoot in Children
- Forearm Fractures in Children
- Growth Plate Fractures
- Intoeing
- Juvenile Arthritis
- Neurofibromatosis
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Osteoporosis Prevention Starts Early
- Pediatric Thighbone (Femur) Fracture
- Perthes Disease
- Scoliosis in Children and Adolescents
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
- Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Knee Pain)
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Playground Safety: 10 Common Questions
- Arthritis in Children, Teens and Young Adults
- Body and Mind
- Center for Disease Prevention and Control: Health Topics for Infants and Children
- Center for Disease Prevention and Control: Adolescent Health Topics
- Kidd Safety
- Kid's Health Problems
- MedlinePlus: Children's Health
- National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
- National Safe Kids Campaign
- The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
- Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls
- SafeUSA
- Virtual Hospital: Pediatric Health Topcs
- The Foot And Ankle
- Bunions
- Corns
- Diabetic Foot
- Hammer Toe
- Heel Pain
- Ingrown Toenail
- Morton's Neuroma
- Plantar Warts
- Orthotic Devices
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Fracture of the Talus
- Fractures of the Heel
- Stiff Big Toe (Hallux Rigidus)
- American Diabetes Association
- American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
- Foot Arthritis
- MedlinePlus: Foot Injuries
- Pedorthic Footwear Association
- Virtual Hospital: Foot Problems
- Achilles Tendonitis
- Broken Ankle
- Sprained Ankle
- Stress Fractures of the Foot and Ankle
- Fracture of the Finger
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- What is a Hand Surgeon?
- Hand Fractures
- Arthritis of the Hand
- Arthritis of the Thumb
- Ganglion (Cyst) of the Wrist
- Thumb Fractures
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Sprained Thumb
- Wrist Arthroscopy
- Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
- De Quervain's Tendinitis (De Quervain's Tendinosis)
- Nerve Injuries
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Replantation
- Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement
- Osteoarthritis of the Hip
- Osteonecrosis of the Hip
- Activities After Hip Replacement
- Snapping Hip
- Hip Bursitis
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Hip Implants
- Total Hip Replacement
- Getting "Hip" to Joint Replacement Surgery
- Activities After Hip Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement Exercise Guide
- Common Knee Injuries
- Knee Ligament Injuries
- Meniscal Tear
- Arthritis of the Knee
- Knee Implants
- Runner's Knee (Patellofemoral Pain)
- Osteotomy and Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
- Meniscal Transplants
- Surgical Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- Cemented and Cementless Knee Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement
- Activities After a Knee Replacement
- Total Knee Replacement Exercise Guide
- Total Knee Replacement
- Care of the Aging or Post-Traumatic Knee
- Kyphosis (Roundback) of the Spine
- Scoliosis
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
- Sciatica
- Osteoporosis
- Cervical Fracture
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Neck Pain
- Herniated Disk
- Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
- Chordoma
- Congenital Muscular Torticollis (Wryneck)
- Neck Sprain
- Fracture of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
- Low Back Pain Exercise Guide
- Disk Replacement
- Spinal Fusion
- Preventing Back Pain at Work and at Home
- Preventing Back Pain: Tips for New Moms
- Dental Work After a Total Joint Replacement
- Total Knee Replacement
- Bone and Tissue Transplantation
- Your Joint Replacement: Urological Procedures & Antibiotics
- Shoulder Joint Replacement
- Wrist Joint Replacement (Wrist Arthroplasty)
- Hip Implants
- Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement
- Getting "Hip" to Joint Replacement Surgery
- Preparing for Joint Replacement Surgery
- Total Joint Replacement
- Total Joint Replacement Questions Patients Should Ask Their Surgeon
- Anesthesia for Hip and Knee Surgery
- Joint Revision Surgery - When Do I Need It?