Don Jensen On Monday, October 23, the Health Night Out team will welcome Dr. William Prickett, Orthopedic Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon, to SaddleBrooke. Dr. Prickett will discuss diagnosis and treatment options for various orthopaedic conditions including rotator cuff problems, tears to tendonitis, arthritis, instability and common fractures. He will explain non-operative and surgical options to…
People of all ages develop problems with their shoulders, but these problems become even more common with time. By retirement age more than half of the people have partial tearing of their rotator cuff or worse. And the number of shoulder replacements performed in the United States is expected to triple in the next 10-15…
Dr. William Harant, a Podiatrist, was the speaker at the Health and Wellness Talk at SaddleBrooke Ranch on August 9. Along with a slide presentation, he spoke of a number of ailments including bone spurs, hammer toes, callouses and planter fasciitis. Dr. Harant encouraged questions from the audience. Nearly every topic he covered led to…
Linda Shannon-Hills What is the difference between Health and Wellness? Health originally meant absence of disease, both physical and mental. Wellness, on the other hand, is the state of living a healthy lifestyle. At SaddleBrooke Ranch many of us want to live a healthy lifestyle and moved here to improve our lifestyles. Wellness is the…
Phyllis Ketring Monday, October 26, at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health and Wellness will host Karen Mercereau, a clinical RN, specializing in patient advocacy education. Navigating the medical system today can be daunting and leave one open to preventable medical errors. At present there are 12 million misdiagnoses in the…
Dolores Robu Monday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health & Wellness will host speaker Seana K. Daly, M.D., Board-Certified Family Medicine at SaddleBrooke (NWAP) “Bone Up and Break Free,” things you should know about Osteoporosis. About half of all seniors will have a fracture of the hip, wrist…
What’s new and what’s true in total joint replacement? Please join Dr. David Martin for an opportunity to ask questions and learn about the latest advancements in total knee and total hip replacements Benefits of computer-assisted guidance in total knee arthroplasty Minimally-invasive joint replacement Pre-op and post-op care options Posterior approach vs. anterior approach in…