Health Benefits of Chiropractic Care for Orthopaedic Indications What is chiropractic care? Invented in the 1890s by Daniel D. Palmer, chiropractic is an alternative form of health care that is dedicated to the nonsurgical treatment of disorders of the nervous and musculoskeletal systems. It is a holistic approach to health that focuses on prevention and [...]
For 52 years, Dr. Robert Heide provided medical care to Hampton Roads patients. So, when it finally was time to get care for himself, he chose Hampton Roads Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. As someone who spent so many years in the medical field, he knows what constitutes great care. Robert has been a Hampton [...]
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome is the result of chronic "impingement" (compression) of the tendons surrounding the rotator cuff in the shoulder. The condition causes pain and problems with normal shoulder movement. Shoulder Anatomy Your shoulder is made up of numerous parts, including three bones (the humerus, the clavicle and the scapula). The rotator cuff is made [...]
“Am I dreaming? Is this really happening?” Melinda thought. She could not believe she was up and walking down the hallway just a few hours after her bilateral hip replacement surgery. Melinda is a self-proclaimed “office bug”: she enjoys her job. “It’s work; but I love it, so it’s really like a hobby!” she declares. [...]
Coastal Virginia magazine named 10 physicians from Hampton Roads Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine (HROSM) to its 2017 ‘Top Doc” list. The ‘Top Docs’ issue will feature a total of 715 physicians recognized as ‘Top Doc’ in their specialty and will appear in the September print issue of the Coastal Virginia magazine. The ‘Top Docs’ were determined [...]
Did you know a single blood donation can help save up to 3 lives? What about that every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood? If that is not astonishing enough, approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U.S.… that’s right EVERY DAY! HROSM has been a long [...]
Iliotibial Band Syndrome, or ITBS, is pain mostly on the lateral side of the knee, which tends to bother athletes in endurance sports such as distance (cross-country) running, cycling, hiking and military service. It’s often confused with “the other runner’s knee”: Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS), which causes pain dominating the front of the knee or kneecap. [...]
One of the most aggressive and disabling forms of pain is hip pain. As the largest joint in the body, the hip plays an integral role in almost every bodily action from sitting to standing, walking to running, and even sleeping. Those that suffer from chronic hip pain generally experience diminished quality of life as [...]
Usually, when some part of our body hurts, we'll try to "baby" it by using it less and resting it more. But there are few parts of the body that get more daily use than the hands. That's why hand pain, regardless of its cause, can be so debilitating. The first step in finding real [...]
After 16 years of leading a prominent wound care clinic in Hampton Roads, Dr. Nelson Keller has decided to move his clinic to the HROSM Foot & Ankle Center in Yorktown. Dr. Keller has been providing wound care treatment for more than 23 years and is well recognized throughout the state and country for wound [...]