Exercise Caution: Advice for Returning Safely to the Gym
Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute director of Primary Sports Medicine, Dr. Casey Batten offers expert advice on returning to exercise safely.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jul 27, 2021
Gender Differences Mean More Knee Injuries for Women
Women athletes are twice as likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) as men, a figure that varies by sport. Dr. Natasha Trentacosta, a Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institu...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jul 23, 2021
Scars and Curves: A Scoliosis Patient Finds Healing in Art
Sandra Gray doesn't remember her first scoliosis surgery. That's because she was just one and a half years old. This signaled the start of a 25-year journey against an unusually ag...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jun 21, 2021
Scoliosis: When Life Throws Your Child a Curveball
It's important to catch scoliosis early to stop it from causing problems, but luckily, you can check for it at home if your child can't be tested at school yet.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jun 16, 2021
Faces of Cedars-Sinai: Dr. David Skaggs
Meet Dr. David Skaggs, the newly appointed director of Pediatric Orthopaedics and co-director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center. We asked him why he's excited to join Cedars-Sinai a...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Apr 12, 2021
New Center for Outpatient Hip and Knee Surgery Improves Access
As COVID-19 has made some patients wary of extended stays in a hospital. Cedars-Sinai has opened a Center for Outpatient Hip and Knee Surgery to increase the number of outpatient j...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 24, 2021
Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute Provides World-Class Joint ...
The Joint Preservation Program at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute was established to help patients maintain their desired level of activity without near-term surgical interv...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 19, 2021
One Soccer Star, Two Torn ACLs: How Cedars-Sinai Made a Differ...
Emily Wiggins tore the anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs) in both of her knees. Thanks to the personalized care and adolescent sports medicine expertise available at Cedars-Sinai a...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 19, 2021
The Beat Goes On: How Minimally Invasive Surgery Saved A 77-Ye...
Just a decade ago, surgical options were limited for people like 77-year-old drummer Denny Seiwell, who came to Cedars-Sinai with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm. But advances i...
Discoveries / Feb 17, 2021
Maximizing Mobility
Severe arthritis in degenerated joints can cause as much pain and disability as a hip or knee fracture, says Cedars-Sinai orthopaedic surgeon Brad Penenberg, MD. Recent advances in...
Discoveries / Feb 15, 2021
Dancing Again: Patient Jeanie Sewell
When North Hollywood resident Jeanie Sewell was dealing with a lot of arthritis pain in her hip and looking for a doctor to perform a hip replacement, it was an easy decision. Her ...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Sep 21, 2020
What Quarantine Is Doing to Your Feet
We know that shoes can cause a lot of damage to our feet. But did you know walking barefoot around the house is leading to plantar fasciitis, tendinitis and broken toes. Doctors at...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Aug 31, 2020
Crush the Weekend—Not Your Joints
For casual athletes who escape the demands of adulthood through exercise and playing sports, pursuing their athletic passions on weekends brings joy—and the possibility of joint in...
Cedars-Sinai Magazine / Feb 26, 2020
Athletes Can Return to Play in Half the Time with New Thumb Li...
Dr. Steven Shin at the Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedic program has developed an internal brace augmentation technique as a method for repairing thumb ulnar collateral ligament tears (UCL)...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 19, 2020
Cedars-Sinai Researchers May Revolutionize How Orthopaedic Inj...
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai may soon revolutionize how severe orthopaedic injuries are treated by harnessing the power of stem cells, gene therapy and ultrasound.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 15, 2020
