Not all chronic hip pain is due to arthritis. Hip impingement can cause significant pain during sports activity as well as daily routines including getting dressed, climbing stairs, and even sitting comfortably in a chair. Hip impingement tends to occur in active young adults, and especially athletes. It’s a painful and often unrecognized condition involving a tear in the hip labrum.

Now the damage can be repaired and the bone re-contoured using a procedure known as using hip arthroscopy. With two small incisions and a small camera, the surgeon can clearly visualize the hip ball and socket, see exactly where the impingement is, and repair the problem. Because it’s minimally invasive surgery, there’s significantly less pain, minimal scarring and a shorter recover time than with open surgery.

ONS Orthopedic surgeon Tim Greene, MD is Fellowship-trained in sports medicine and hip arthroscopy.

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., announced a recall of the ASR™ XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System used in hip replacement surgery due to the number of patients who required a second hip replacement procedure.

ONS physicians have never used this device in their hip replacement procedures and none of our patients should have concerns about this recall.

Dr. Scott Simon will speak at the Sports Concussion Seminar at OGRCC on September 14.

Sports Concussion: Know the Facts! a free sports injury prevention seminar for middle and high school-age kids will take place on Tuesday, September 14 at 7 p.m. at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich.  The program, which is presented by the ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education and the OGRCC, is open to students, parents, coaches and trainers.  Neurosurgeon Dr. Scott Simon and Greenwich High School athletic trainer and concussion management coordinator/ImPACT test supervisor Peter Falla will discuss the latest concussion management strategies and the ImPACT Test. The seminar is free of charge. Refreshments will be served.  Registration is required. Call (203) 637-3659 or email ogrcc.execasst@yahoo.com to register.

The ONS Foundation wants to raise awareness about the risk of concussion and help educate athletes and their parents about concussion signs and symptoms. “Concussions are the hot topic in the NFL and on high school and college campuses across the country,” says Dr. Simon. “Concussion is the most common type of brain injury sustained in sports and most concussions do NOT involve a loss of consciousness. Many people don’t realize that you can sustain a concussion even if you don’t hit your head. Multiple concussions can have cumulative and long-lasting life consequences.” (more…)

Friday’s Greenwich Post featured a story about Dr. Katie Vadasdi, orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist.  Don’t miss this article, titled, A women surgeon takes on a male-dominated specialty, which offers an interesting look at an impressive young surgeon.

This fall, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and sports medicine specialists of the ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education will present six free lectures on topics including sports concussion, preventing running injuries, osteoporosis prevention and treatment, arthritis and ski injury prevention. The seminars, which are conducted by a combination of experts including physicians and physical therapists, are part of the Foundation’s education initiative which sponsors programs for adults and youths throughout the year. The seminars will be held at the offices of ONS at 6 Greenwich Office Park on Valley Drive, at the OGRCC at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, and at the Noble Conference Center at Greenwich Hospital. The programs are free of charge, however registration is requested. For complete details on all the seminars, visit www.ons-foundation.org.

The first seminar, Sports Concussion: Know the Facts! takes place Tuesday, September 14 at the OGRCC in Old Greenwich. Speakers Neurosurgeon Scott Simon, MD and Pete Falla, ATC will talk about concussion management strategies for high school athletes and the ImPACT Test.

CONCERNS ABOUT CONCUSSIONS and the brain health of contact-sports athletes are being raised on high school and college campuses across the country.  This seminar is designed to help educate youth athletes and adults about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of concussion. Participants will learn what you should know about concussion, the latest guidelines for concussion management, and about the ImPACT testing program.

Refreshments will be served. The seminar is free. Registration is required. Call (203) 637-3659 or email ogrcc.execasst@yahoo.com to register.

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