What is Arthroscopy and Sport Medicine?
Sports medicine doctors are specialized in treating and diagnosing in different levels of sports and exercise related injuries. No matter if you play sports on professional level or as a hobby, with time you will be familiar with sports medicine, arthroscopy is one common treatment used by best sports injury doctor in Delhi.
While most of the sports medicine use non-surgical methods, there are some best sports medicine doctor in Delhi NCR who focus on surgical method for sports injuries,
Common Types of Orthopedic Sports Injuries and Treatments.
Some common orthopedic sports injuries are mentioned below.
Fractures of bones and stress fractures: fractures of bones may be result of direct trauma or continuous stress, while most of lower fractures are result of stress
Concussions: A most common and least serious kind of traumatic brain injury (TBI), this injury may temporarily affect the normal functioning of the brain, this injury may cause headaches and memory loss.
Dislocation : an injury of joints that may cause dislocate the end of joint from their position, sudden movement can also be a reason for the dislocation of joints, dislocation of fingers are common in playing sports.
Knee sport injury: Fractures, dislocation of knee joints, tear in ligament are some common knee injury while playing sports, in some cases a surgery is require to get back the normal functioning of knee.
Ankle sport injury : in sports like football, volleyball, basketball where there can be some strain on your ankles, injuries like fractures, ACL, dislocation of joints may happen any time, in the case of injuries cannot be treatable through non-surgical method, a surgery like arthroscopy might be required.
Shoulder and elbow sport injury: Rotator cuff injury, slap tear, dislocation of shoulder is three common sport injuries of shoulder. These injuries are bound to happen in sports like tennis or football because of repetitive overhead motions.
For Different sports injuries that require surgery your sports medicine doctor in Delhi may perform arthroscopy or traditional surgery depending upon the nature of injury.
What is Arthroscopy Surgery?
Arthroscopy is also known as arthroscopic is a surgical procedure which is used for treating and diagnosing different kind of joint injuries. Your doctor may suggest arthroscopic procedure after all the x-rays and imaging tests
In this surgical method a pencil shaped tool (attached with a tiny camera) is inserted through the small incisions, best arthroscopy surgeon in Delhi diagnose the injuries with the help of video screen, after diagnosis other instruments are inserted through small incisions for the treatment.
Benefits of arthroscopy surgery in Delhi from best sports medicine doctor in Delhi
There are many benefits of arthroscopy over traditional surgery, some benefits are listed below:
- Its minimal invasive method which means small incisions in place of larger incisions like traditional surgery
- Patient can resume normal activities within few days.
- Small incisions cause lower chance of infections.
- Less painful method and faster recovery.
Recovery from Arthroscopy Surgery
Recovery period can be different for each individual, some may recover fast while for others it may take time. For recovery your age, amount of injury, and current health condition matters, although the recovery period of arthroscopy is much faster than the traditional method of surgery.
For the faster and smooth recovery you can benefit from the guidance of best arthroscopic surgeon in Delhi Dr. Lalit Bafna, and some of his tips for recovery are mentioned below:
- You must intake the medications prescribed by the doctor
- Ensure proper rest, and ice treatment for the reduction of swelling
- You must follow the prescribed physical therapies
- You should also follow the suggested exercise routine
Get cost effective arthroscopy surgery in Delhi from best arthroscopy and sports medicine surgeon in Delhi, NCR Dr. Lalit Bafna