Dec 15, 2015 | Joints and Bones, Uncategorized
BY ANN M. O’PHELAN Highlands Today correspondent SEBRING — As a medical resident, Dr. Maurice Tom Pak was always interested in technology. “After residency I completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship where 90 percent of the surgery was arthroscopic,” Tom Pak said. Those...
Nov 1, 2015 | Spine/Lumbar
Facet joints (also known as the Zygapophysial joints or Z-joints) are paired structures at the back of each vertebra (spinal column bones). The facet joints, like other joints in the body, form a working motion unit that allows movement between two vertebrae. The term...
Oct 21, 2015 | Joints and Bones
The hip joint is one of the most important joints in the human body. It allows us to walk, run, and jump. It bears our body’s weight and the force of the strong muscles of the hip and leg. Yet the hip joint is also one of our most flexible joints and allows a greater...
