Castle Orthopaedics in the News

News briefs and assorted articles... read more >>

New Treatments in Fracture Care by Scott M. O'Connor, M.D.

Orthopedic surgeons treat millions of fractures each year in the United States . Traditional methods of surgical fracture repair developed over the past century provided reliable results with regard to fracture union (healing) and functional recovery. Recent innovations... read more >>

New Hope for Low Back Pain by Thomas J. McGivney, M.D.

There are countless causes of low back pain, many of which continue to perplex spinal surgeons and are not well defined or understood. One known and common cause is degenerative disc disease (DDD). As an individual ages, there is a normal physiologic loss of... read more >>

Focus on Osteoporosis by Suresh Velagapudi, M.D.

Bones are the structural foundation and scaffold upon which the rest of the body is built. Bone mass is a measure of both the size and weight of all the bones in our bodies. The health and the strength of bones are affected by genetics, diet and exercise, general health... read more >>

What's What in the Knee? by Steven A. Marciniak, M.D.

It is common to hear someone say that he or she has torn a cartilage in the knee. Sometimes it is said that there is a torn meniscus. So just what are knee cartilages all about? There are actually two different types of cartilage in the knee. The first is called articular...read more >>