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Meet with Concussion Experts at Franklin Family Health Night

With school sports well underway, there’s no better time to learn about concussions to help keep your kids safe. Join experts from the Concussion Care Network at Franklin…

When You Lose Your Grip with Basal Thumb Arthritis

Any condition that irritates or destroys a joint is referred to as arthritis. Basilar thumb arthritis is the most common form of osteoarthritis affecting the hand. More prevalent…

Milwaukee Public Schools Football Programs Just Got a Little Safer

Midwest Orthopedic Sports Medicine Athletic Trainers to be at All MPS Football Games More than 800 football players between 14 high schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS)…

All About ACL Tears in Athletes

Well, Packer Nation, we now all know that Jordy Nelson has torn his ACL during a preseason game. This is a very common injury in athletes (approximately 150,000…

Physicians Honored as "Top Doctors" by Milwaukee Magazine

Milwaukee Magazine’s August 2015 issue includes their annual listing of the Top Doctors in southeastern Wisconsin, and Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital and Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Services are proud…

Concussions – What Are We Testing & Is It Worth It?

Near the close of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, concussion in sport was once again thrust into the spotlight as two players at the height of their…

Fireworks Safety Essentials

Thousands of Americans, many of them children, are injured each year in incidents associated with fireworks, according to the National Council of Fireworks Safety. Most of these injuries…

Men Should Care About Bone Health & Osteoporosis

It’s Men’s Health Month, and we want to make sure you know the risks, symptoms and preventive methods for osteoporosis—affecting nearly two million American men and one of…

All About Sciatica

Sciatica, also known as lumbar radiculopathy, is a pain that originates along the sciatic nerve, which extends from the back of the pelvis down the back of the…