by Sabrina Strickland | Aug 29, 2018 | Featured Articles, Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedics, Women
I hear this question quite frequently. Whether it be from my medical student mentees or from the residents and fellows I teach. The answer is that I love orthopedics for many reasons. For one, the fact I help improve a patient’s quality of life is immeasurable....
by Sabrina Strickland | Jun 21, 2018 | Featured Articles, Orthopedics
Patients come in all the time asking if I can replace or repair the damaged cartilage in their knee. I wish I could answer yes every time, but this isn’t always the case. When we think of cartilage lesions we sometimes use the term “pothole” to describe the...
by Sabrina Strickland | Jun 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Orthopedics
Question of the day: Would patients prefer to communicate with their surgeon electronically more than coming into the office? I think the answer depends on the patient, the type of problem they are facing, and what the office visit was supposed to accomplish....
by Sabrina Strickland | May 22, 2018 | Featured Articles, Fitness
Concussions seem to be the “hot” injury right now. Kids are missing more school because of concussions than any other injury and the diagnosis and treatment continues to be controversial. The scale of these are very broad as well. Sometimes there is minimal trauma and...
by Sabrina Strickland | Mar 30, 2018 | Featured Articles, Fitness, Women
A new finding revealed that rates of concussion are higher in women’s collegiate sports than in men’s. This sparked my interest and brings up the question; Why do female athletes, who play the same sport at the same level as men, report higher concussion rates? There...
by Sabrina Strickland | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured Articles, Knee replacement, Orthopedics
Patients ask me daily what they can do to prevent, slow down, or reverse the damages caused by Osteoarthritis. As we learn more and more about what contributes to the breakdown of cartilage in joints, we also develop new ways to halt and prevent damage. Unfortunately,...
