Orthopaedics

Personal Attention from our Team of Orthopaedic Specialists
Whether you are experiencing rotator cuff problems or torn knee ligaments, carpal tunnel conditions or a herniated disk, your orthopaedic specialist will be with you from your first appointment through your follow-up visits. This close, one-on-one attention helps open up the lines of communication so you can ask questions and understand your care. In turn, we better understand what you are experiencing and how you are progressing.

•  See a list of Main Line HealthCare Orthopaedic specialists at Lankenau.

Nationally Recognized Orthopaedic Care That's a Step Ahead and a Step Closer to Home

NEWS: Lankenau Medical Center was recently designated a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery 

From a simple sprain to a more complex surgical repair, most of us will face a problem with our bones or joints at some point in our lives. And when it's your turn, you can take comfort in knowing that the expertise and quality care you need are close to home at the Lankenau Medical Center Orthopaedic Center. We offer a full range of orthopaedic services, from evaluation and treatment through recovery and rehabilitation. 

Our team of orthopaedic professionals is committed to giving you the best possible care. They perform thousands of procedures annually and specialize in:

• Joint replacement
• Sports medicine
• Shoulder injuries
• Hand, wrist and elbow injuries and conditions
• Osteoporosis
• Foot and ankle injuries and conditions
• Back and spine injuries and conditions 

Our main goal is simple: to provide top-quality orthopaedic care that will improve or restore your quality of life.

Joint Replacement

The Main Line Health system, which includes Lankenau Medical Center, offers one of the largest joint replacement programs in the Philadelphia area, and there's an important reason for that: Our surgeons do the job right. Referring doctors trust their patients to us because of our superior success rates and high level of patient satisfaction. From the first evaluation, we make sure your diagnosis is accurate, so that all subsequent treatments are appropriate to your condition. You can count on significant pain relief and return of function.

Our surgeons stay at the forefront of modern surgical technology, utilizing the latest equipment and procedures. These advances enhance our outcomes, result in fewer complications and promote a faster recovery. Even with an emphasis on technical excellence, precision and safety, the key to our patients' success is experience. Our orthopaedic surgeons are better at what they do because they've done it so many times—hundreds of knee and hip replacements are performed annually at Lankenau Medical Center. Add to this experience our proven regimen for recovery: a carefully balanced program of physician and orthopaedic nursing care combined with the most knowledgeable physical therapists.

Sports Medicine

Whether you are a weekend warrior or a professional athlete who zigged when you should have zagged, the our orthopaedic team can get you back in the game. Our sports medicine experts focus on repairing bones, ligaments, cartilage, tendons, muscles and joints for those who compete, exercise or just want to stay active. In fact, many of our orthopaedic surgeons are athletes themselves and serve as team physicians for the area's professional and college teams.

We've made our mark not only by returning patients to their active lifestyles, but also by improving sports medicine techniques and actually training other physicians in the field. We're also authorities in arthroscopic surgery and have helped pioneer many new and minimally invasive procedures. Our focus extends to injuries that result from repetitive motion or other physical activities that may or may not be sports-related but cause similar types of conditions.

Specializing in Your Special Parts

• Hands and Wrists: The delicate structure of your hand poses a special kind of orthopaedic challenge, and Lankenau Medical Center has the expertise to rise to it. Our hand surgeons have dedicated themselves to the care of all types of injuries and chronic conditions that can compromise the function of your hands and wrists. And they work together with dedicated, specially trained hand-and-wrist therapists to get you functioning at your peak level.
• Backs: If you have a back injury, our spine surgeons, often working with our skilled neurosurgeons, can help save you from long-term pain and debilitation. Whether counseling on shoe wear, managing critical occupational therapy or performing complex operations on the vertebrae, our back specialists offer first-rate care.
• Feet and Ankles: The members of our orthopaedic team who specialize in resolving foot and ankle problems move quickly to limit further injury and to initiate the healing process, with as few limits on your normal activities as possible. They use the most up-to-date external and implanted support to stabilize foot structures.

Rehabilitation Choices

Your condition probably began with pain and a decrease in your strength and mobility. In response, your rehabilitation will focus on reducing pain and restoring your strength and function as safely and efficiently as possible. Rehabilitation begins in the hospital where your surgery was performed and continues after you are discharged.

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