by OrthoSurgeon Support | Sep 26, 2025 | ACL Tear, Orthopaedic surgeon, Sports Injury, Sports Injury Prevention
Here’s how. Why the ACL Matters The ACL connects your thigh bone (femur) to your shin bone (tibia) and keeps the knee stable during sudden movements like pivoting, cutting, and landing from jumps. An ACL injury is often severe, leading to swelling, pain, instability,...
by OrthoSurgeon Support | May 2, 2023 | Orthopaedic surgeon, injury treatment, Knee, knee braces, knee injury, Sports Injury
The use of knee braces in sports medicine is known to be a controversial topic amongst informed professionals. Knee braces are used for a wide variety of problems and conditions. But do knee braces actually help? When browsing through a sporting goods...
by OrthoSurgeon Team | Jun 29, 2022 | Orthopaedic surgeon, Cape Town Orthopaedic Surgeon, Exercise Benefits, injury treatment, Orthopaedic health, Physical Activity, Sports Injury
When playing sports or exercise it is possible to sustain injuries. Commonly injuries occur either as accidents or due to poor training practices such as not warming up or using improper gear. When applying forces greater than a body part can structurally endure at...
by OrthoSurgeon Team | May 27, 2022 | Foot, Achilles Tendon Rupture, Cape Town Orthopaedic Surgeon, Orthopaedic surgeon, Sports Injury
The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body. It connects your calf muscles to your heel bone and is used when you walk, run, and jump. So therefore, an Achilles tendon rupture is an injury that affects the back of your lower leg. It mainly occurs in people...
by OrthoSurgeon Team | Nov 30, 2021 | Cape Town Orthopaedic Surgeon, Heat and Cold Treatment, injury treatment, Sports Injury
Should You Ice or Heat an injury? The simple answer is, treating pain with hot and cold can be extremely effective for a number of different conditions and injuries, and easily affordable. We can treat everything from arthritis to pulled muscles to inflammation with...
by OrthoSurgeon Team | Sep 29, 2021 | Cape Town Orthopaedic Surgeon, injury treatment, Knee Degeneration, Meniscus Tear, Sports Injury
Meniscus tears are among the most common knee injuries. A torn meniscus is a tear in the cartilage of the knee. Athletes, particularly those who play contact sports, are at risk for meniscus tears. A meniscus tear is often caused by a single acute injury—such as a...
