Orthopaedics is a clinical forte that focuses on the care of the musculoskeletal system. The musculoskeletal system consists of the clutter of the bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and skin. The patient will be referred to an orthopaedist when you face issues in the above areas when they visit supreme hospitals.
Orthopaedists are physicians who correct functional abnormalities of the bones in our body with surgery, casting and bracing. Supreme hospital orthopaedists who are one of the best in Chennai have high expertise in treating conditions including breaks and disengagements, torn tendons, sprains, pulled muscles, bursitis cracked circles, sciatica, low back torment, pigeon toes, bunions, joint pain, bone tumours, solid dystrophy, development irregularities and cerebral paralysis. Our orthopaedist usually fills in as specialists to different doctors for better patient care.
A fracture is usually a break or a crack in a bone. If the broken bone damages the skin it is known as open fracture whereas in closed fracture the skin will remain intact. Sometimes fracture occurs due to low bone density as well.
Back pain is very common and most of us experience the pain at least once in our lifetime. A range of factors has a cumulative effect on the spine on which can range from your job to the mattress which you sleep. The unnecessary amount of stress from lifting weights in the gym and lack of sleep can also lead to back pain. Lower back pain is one of the main issues why a patient visits an osteopath at our supreme hospitals
The most common causes are mechanical in nature. Some of the common mechanical and non-mechanical causes are
In order for accurate diagnosis, your practitioner may ask a few questions like
During your assessment, it may be beneficial for your practitioner to perform a few tests to come to an accurate conclusion. Some of the tests are
At the supreme hospital, our orthopaedic surgery department is considered to best in Chennai and have high expertise in treating problems of the skeletal system in both adults as well as children. With specific attention given to children, our paediatric surgeons are the second to none which makes supreme hospital as the best orthopaedics hospital in Chennai.
Our orthopaedic doctors have experience in an array of issues including dislocations, bone and muscle deformities, cysts and tumors. Our paediatric orthopaedics surgery includes the treatments of cerebral palsy, septic arthritis and hereditary motor-sensory neuropathy.
Development dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a dislocation that may be present in newly born until they turn one. It means that the femur (thigh bone) does not fit into the pelvic socket. Foot deformities are also treated at our hospital like flat feet and club feet. Overgrowth disorders, brittle bone diseases are also treated at supreme hospital
For axis deformities, corrections can be performed here at our hospital while epiphysiodesis fuses the plate of one leg to allow the shorter leg to catch to the other leg in length as the child is growing.
Recent mechanical advances have greatly benefitted orthopaedic patients, for example, joint substitution and arthroscopy allows doctors to peer inside a joint.
When the patients visit the supreme hospital for orthopaedics your visit will usually begin with a specialist consultation followed by a physical assessment. This might be followed with laboratory diagnosis like x-ray which you will not leave the premises as we have all the laboratory facilities inside the hospitals itself making us the supreme hospital as the best hospital in Chennai. When your test results arrive your orthopaedist will decide the most appropriate treatment plan for you so that you can carry on with your regular functioning life.