Nov 1, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
Chicago teenager Emma Falk just finished playing her spring high school softball season successfully after putting the game on hold this past fall. She had been recovering from an increasingly common knee injury among athletic girls her age – an anterior cruciate...
Nov 1, 2020 | Cancer Care, News, Patient Stories
If you are turning the big 5-0 this year, your health should be your priority. Even if you aren’t ready to sign up for an AARP membership card, you should undergo a colorectal cancer screening because your chances of developing the disease increase considerably after...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Cheryl Williams endured increasingly debilitating back pain for three years before finding relief. The Chicago woman first tried conservative treatments: pain medications, physical therapy, and epidural injections, but nothing worked. The pain intensified in her lower...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Patient Stories
Every day at 5 p.m., Julius Marbury would look up at the clock in his room. He knew that within minutes, his wife and daughter would walk through the door, asking about the work he’d done that day to re-build his strength. Their visits to his 4th floor room in the...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Patient Stories, Sports Medicine
Across America a majority of Tommy John elbow surgeries – also known as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction procedures – are being performed on teenagers. According to an American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine report (2007 to 2011), nearly 57...
Nov 1, 2020 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
The evolution of total hip replacement technology means more young adults than ever are moving forward with the surgery. New techniques and instruments result in more active futures for the recipients. But for years, a hip fusion was the treatment of choice for young...
