What’s Your Arthritis IQ?
May is National Arthritis Awareness Month, so it’s time to ask … what’s your arthritis IQ? Here’s an easy way to find out: Take this short arthritis quiz and see how you do. Ready? Let’s go! Exercise is not an effective treatment for arthritis. (True/False)Once you...
Knee Surgery: What You Knee-d To Know
Knee surgeries run the gamut from a simple cleanup of frayed cartilage to ligament repairs to a total knee replacement, with rehab times ranging from a couple of weeks to months. You might not think all these different types of knee surgeries have much in common, but...
Discontinuation of Shielding in Radiology
We talk a lot about the things that we’re doing at SPO, but now we’re going to talk about something we’re not doing: We’re not having you wear a pelvic shield when you get an x-ray. There’s a good reason for this change, and like virtually everything we do, it’s...
Meet Renee—Your New Joint Journey Physical Therapist
My name is Renee Vande Laarschot MS, PT and I’m the Joint Journey Physical Therapist at Stevens Point Orthopedics. I work closely with Shawn Dombrowski, the Joint Coordinator, to provide care for individuals who are having a joint replacement surgery. Prior to joining...