Santa Rosa Orthopaedics

✋ Can’t Bend Your Finger After an Injury? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Ignore It

The incapacitated hand: Flexor Tendon Injuries | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics A deep cut on the palm side of the fingers, hand, wrist, or forearm can damage the flexor tendons (the tissues that help control movement in the hand). A flexor ten-don injury can make it impossible to bend the fingers or thumb. Because flexor tendons are very close ...

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Christian Athanassious, M.D. | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Dr. Christian Athanassious is a board certified spine surgeon with fellowship training in spine surgery from Stanford University. He is the Medical Director of The Total Spine Health Program.

🦵 Knee arthritis keeping you from the life you love? Research shows total knee replacement may deliver meaningful pain relief—and strong value for patients.

Total knee replacement a cost-effective treatment for patients with osteoarthritis | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Knee osteoarthritis is a painful condition that affects over 14 million U.S. adults, many of whom have extreme obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) greater than 40kg/m2. Total knee replacement (TKR) is often recommended to treat advanced knee osteoarthritis, but surgeons may be hesitant to oper...

⚡ That Shooting Pain Down Your Leg Could Be Sciatica—Here’s What You Need to Know

Sciatica - it's real pain in the posterior! | Santa Rosa Orthopaedics Sciatica is nerve pain in the leg that is caused by irritation and/or compression of the sciatic nerve. It originates in the lower back, radiates into the buttock then travels down the leg. Onset can be sudden with pain in the lower back or hip. It is caused ...