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We have good and bad news for smokers.

Stopping Smoking can reduce your knee pain.

The Bad News: knee pain and complications for treating knee pain are more items you can add to your list of reasons smoking is bad for you.

The Good News: less knee pain and better outcomes for knee pain treatment are among the many benefits you could experience by quitting smoking.

Smoking has been shown to cause increased pain in those suffering from osteoarthritis. We also know smoking causes complications in treatment of osteoarthritis, including knee replacement surgery.

So for your knee problems – and the rest of your health – make it a priority to stop smoking. (By the way, smoking is also related to similar problems with back, hip and other joints).

By following the tips in this article, children and adults can help prevent winter sports injuries

People spend hours of recreation time on activities ranging from sledding, snow skiing and tobogganing to ice hockey, ice skating and snow boarding. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), however, if the proper precautions are not taken to ensure warmth and safety, severe injuries can occur.

Winter sports injuries get a lot of attention at hospital emergency rooms, doctors’ offices and clinics. Injuries include sprains and strains, dislocations and fractures. In 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported:

Our complete team approach makes a difference in your care.

When choosing an orthopedic specialist to help you with your knee or hip problem, arthritis, back pain, sports injury or other orthopaedic-related problems, consider the complete approach of Shasta Orthopaedics.

Shasta Orthopaedics has worked hard developing – and continuing to develop – a complete team that includes a range of specialists to address your specific needs. That means that you will see a sports medicine specialist for your sports injury. In addition, that sports medicine specialist is able to consult with – and possibly refer you to – our hand specialist if the problem is related to your hand or to our spine specialist if your problem is related to your neck or back.

Being an athlete can be incredibly rewarding. It gives us a way to take better care of our  body and redefine what it can do. It gives us an avenue to achieve and push ourselves to overcome challenges. It gives us insight and inner strength that stays with us long after we’ve left the arena of competition.

The Shasta Orthopaedics Sports Medicine Team loves being a part of the athlete’s world. It brings us great pleasure to help athletes get back to their sport after an injury, help them reduce their risk of getting hurt, and give them tools to perform better. The Athlete’s Edge is another part of that effort.

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