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Couch Potatoes – Spring Back into Exercise!
Posted at: 5/4/2020 12:00 PM
BY: DR. TODD C. BATTAGLIA, MD, MS After a long winter, warmer days are finally here again. Many of us are itching to get outside and get a taste of spring by teeing up for a round of golf or jogging a few miles. But you can't go straight from zero to sixty – don't be so eager and excited that you overdo it. While you can't make drastic changes in just a few weeks, it is possible to get back on the workout track in time to enjoy the warmer weather ahead. You need to prepare your body for your
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Posted at: 5/1/2020 12:00 PM
Hip or knee pain can impact daily functionality. Dr. Seth Greenky, SOS orthopedic surgeon, discusses when to consider joint replacement. LISTEN TO JOINT REPLACEMENT PODCAST View Full Podcast Details from St. Joseph's Health: https://www.sjhsyr.org/about-us/news-and-media/st-josephs-health-medcast Transcription: Bill Klaproth (Host): Hip joint pain and knee pain may be the result of many unique circumstances for each patient, such as arthritis, injury, inflammation, aging and more. So, how
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Posted at: 5/1/2020 12:00 PM
Update: Thank you to all that called and donated to the telethon on May 5th, we raised $50,532! Thousands of Nepal earthquake survivors need our help. SOS is working with the CNY community to organize a telethon to raise funds. The telethon will air Tuesday May 5th at 5PM on News Channel 9. Tune in to support and donated It is with heartfelt sorrow that the physicians of Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists and the Operation Walk Syracuse Team have been following the tragic developments resul
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Celebrating Advancements in Orthopedics: Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists’ One-Day Surgery Center
Posted at: 4/30/2020 12:00 PM
April 2020 marks the one-year anniversary of the new, expanded location of the Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists’ One-Day Surgery Center. “We opened our same-day surgery center in April 2019,” says James Alan Lemley, MD, President of the Surgery Center and Orthopedic Surgeon with Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists. “It’s given us the capability to do things that were previously only available to patients in hospital settings.” Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists has offered outpatient surgery services
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Posted at: 4/27/2020 12:00 PM
We are proud to share St. Joseph’s Health spine program with SOS spine surgeons Dr. Aaron Bianco, Dr. Richard DiStefano, Dr. Justin Iorio, and Dr. Warren Wulff, ranks #1 in New York State for the lowest readmission rates. Readmission rates track the number of patients who experience unplanned readmissions to a hospital after a previous hospital stay. It is one category of data used to evaluate the quality of care given. The spine program also ranks in the top 50 in the entire country for read