Back problems are among patients’ most frequent complaints to their doctors. Nearly 65 million Americans report a recent episode of back pain. Some 16 million adults — 8 percent of all adults — experience persistent or chronic back pain, and as a result are limited in certain everyday activities. Back pain is the sixth most costly condition in the United States.

This morning we will talk with Dr. Cochran about prevention and treatment of spine pain as well as areas of specialization at Aultman Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine and Aultman’s Back and Spine Center.

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 Dr. Richterman is with OrthoUnited, a newly formed joint practice between the former Spectrum Orthopedics and Omni Orthopedics. This is our second in a series of discussions with OrthoUnited. 

Dr. Richterman is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand and wrist surgery, specializing in tendon and nerve procedures and complex reconstruction. 

We’d like to remind our listeners that today’s program is also available on our podcast.

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On this program you can learn more about Dr. Richterman’s specialty and the services offered by OrthoUnited.

Get answers to these questions:

1. What are the most common hand conditions you see on a regular basis?

2. When is it time to make the decision to see a doctor for hand or wrist pain?

3. What would you consider to be an emergency that would need immediate medical attention?

4. What is a typical patient experience like at OrthoUnited?

5. What are typical after-surgery recovery times? Do they differ between carpal tunnel and arthritis surgeries?

6. Where can patients receive the highest level of surgical care with regard to safety, efficiency, quality, and cost?

Learn more about OrthoUnited Express Care services here.

Thanks for listening today! We’d like to remind our listeners, if you suspect you have a medical issue, please contact your healthcare provider. Thanks to our sponsor Aultman Helath Systems. As always, we thank our listeners for joining us on Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy. Have a healthy week and we’ll see you again next Friday right here on News Talk 1480 WHBC.

Dr. Stonestreet is with OrthoUnited, a newly formed joint practice between the former Spectrum Orthopedics and Omni Orthopedics.  

Dr. Stonestreet is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with training in hip and knee reconstruction focusing on complex primary and revision knee and hip replacements.  

in this episode you will learn:

1. Why was OrhtoUnited created?

2. What are Dr. Stonestreet’s specialities?

3. We all have aches and pains and at times we worry that it may be arthritis. What are some general hip and knee symptoms that we may not realize that could be arthritis?

4. With those in mind, what are some things our listeners could do at home to help ease some of these symptoms?

5. When should a patient see the help of an OrthoUnited physician and what would be the first steps of diagnosis?

6. How do these outpatient surgeries help the patient heal faster and what is it like for a patient in the following days and weeks?

7. Beyond the normal outpatient surgeries, OrthoUnited also offers the most advanced technology to perform complex procedures assisted by robotics. Tell us about robotic assisted surgeries?

8. Dr. Stonestreet, there are a lot of options for knee and hip surgeries.  Tell us about the minimally invasive knee replacements that you perform?  How are they different than the standard full knee replacement?

9. Explain to us the servcies offerec at Express Care Unit at OrthoUnited

Thanks for listening today! We’d like to remind our listeners, if you suspect you have a medical issue, please contact your healthcare provider. Thanks to our sponsor Aultman Health Systems. As always, we thank our listeners for joining us on Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy. Have a healthy week and we’ll see you again next Friday right here on News Talk 1480 WHBC.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.