ORTHOPEDICS


Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Gout

Hip Pain in Children

Joint Aspiration and Injection

Knee Examination

Knee Injuries

Low Back Pain

Neck Injuries

Osteoarthritis

Osteoporosis

Preparticipation Evaluation

Scoliosis

Shoulder Problems

Wrist Injuries

Consider vitamin C 500mg/d for prevention of "Reflex sympathetic dystrophy" in fracture patients (Lancet 354:2025, 1999--JW)

In a population study of 150 pts with chronic unexplained musculoskeletal pain, 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were below normal in 93% of patients and severely low (< 8ng/mL) in 28% (Mayo Clin Proc 78:1457, 2003--JW)