Arthritis & Adult Reconstruction Surgery

Arthritis is a disease that causes severe pain and restricts the movement of your joints. Additionally, arthritis affects the actions you rely on to perform your everyday activities. There a many ways to treat this disease depending on its severity. Activity modifications, an exercise program, and oral medications can often manage milder forms of the disease. Several medications can be injected directly into the affected joint to ease the pain of and improve the function of joint cartilage. Bracing can be helpful for some patients with arthritis causing a deformity. Arthroscopic surgery can be of use in patients with pain related to torn or loose cartilage. With today’s technological advancements, end-stage arthritis can often be successfully treated by joint replacement and reconstruction.

The specialists of Florida Orthopaedic Institute provide comprehensive care for adult reconstruction and arthritis surgery. Our physicians have specialty training from some of the world’s best universities and research centers in the many areas of the body that can be affected with arthritis. We provide you the most current treatment options available to make living with this disease easier and to allow you to comfortably continue with your essential and recreational activities of life.