Joint Disease

You can no longer do the Fox Trot without pain. You can't walk without pain. The fact is, you can barely move without pain.

You may be one of the millions of people who suffer from joint degeneration — wear-and-tear on those parts of our body that give bones and muscles mobility and support.

Joints are actually bone ends connected by thick, bendable tissues. The bone ends that meet in a joint are covered with a smooth tissue called cartilage, allowing joint surfaces to glide together in pain-free movement. Through normal aging, disease or injury, cartilage is sometimes damaged and wears away. Bones then rub against each other, causing pain, and continuing degeneration and disability.

Although wear-and-tear may be an inevitable part of the aging process, the disability resulting from joint degeneration is not. Enormous progress has been made in developing both medical and surgical treatments that minimize pain and restore an active and healthy lifestyle.

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When something goes wrong with one of your 206 bones or hundreds of joints, ligaments and muscles, we can fix it.

At Southcoast, we perform 2,600 orthopedic procedures a year, including over 700 knee and hip replacements. And orthopedic specialists are on call 24/7 in our Emergency Departments.

With advanced computer-guidance systems, minimally invasive techniques and the expertise of 20 board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeons, the best place for your orthopedic care is now a lot closer to home.