A new week for Ortho! Today, I was fortunate to be at the Wake Orthopedics office in Cary– which is MUCH closer to my house than North Raleigh. In the morning, I was able to shadow a PA who specializes in Ultrasound steroid injections to relieve arthritis in the knee, ankle, shoulder, and hip. We dealt with quite a few patients today, all over the age of 40. They all had arthritis in their joints and came to the PA to relieve some of that pain. An ultrasound steroid injection will only temporally fix any pain caused by arthritis and is not permanent in any way. Too many of these injections in a short amount of time is not good for you and can have negative side effects. After a quick lunch break, I was back in the office but this time shadowing a Physical Therapist. She was working with an older woman who had her hip replaced 3 times and was working to fully mobilize it again. Her husband was there as well as he was working with the PT to try and fix his balance doing various activities. Looking forward to tomorrow with an OT!
