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Weight Loss Strategies to Reduce Hip and Knee Arthritis Pain
- 13 October 2025
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Bone and Joint
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Weight Loss Strategies to Reduce Hip and Knee Arthritis Pain If you’re living with hip or knee arthritis, you’ve likely heard that losing weight can help reduce your pain. But understanding why this matters—and how to approach weight loss in a way that works with your body rather than against it—can make all the difference
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Understanding Shoulder Pain: Causes and When to See a Doctor
- 13 October 2025
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Shoulder
If you’ve ever experienced shoulder pain, you’re not alone. The shoulder is one of the most mobile joints in your body, which also makes it one of the most vulnerable to injury and discomfort. Whether it’s a dull ache that won’t go away or sharp pain that strikes when you reach overhead, understanding what might
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Treatment Options for Knee Arthritis: A Patient Guide
- 7 October 2025
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Knee Injuries
If you’ve been diagnosed with knee arthritis, you’re not alone. Millions of people experience the pain, stiffness, swelling and reduced mobility that comes with this condition. The good news is that there are many treatment options available to help manage your symptoms and improve your quality of life, and surgery is no longer the “only
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Day case total hip replacement is a reality
- 15 May 2023
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Hip
Day case total hip replacement is where the patient is safely discharged back home on the day of their operation. This is the next milestone in the evolution of an enhanced recovery programme pathway which was started to expedite recovery after total hip replacement, improving patient satisfaction and functional outcomes, as well as minimising complications
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Joint replacements to treat painful arthritis of the thumb
- 23 April 2023
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Hands
Osteoarthritis affecting the joint at the base of the thumb, known as the 1st carpometacarpal or trapeziometacarpal joint is very common. It may cause pain, particularly with gripping and twisting movements such as opening jars or with any activity which involves applying pressure with the thumb, and if severe even pain at rest. Initially the
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Heel pain in kids
- 19 March 2022
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Bone and Joint
As a parent myself, its always tricky to know what aches and pains to listen to and which to ignore. Heel pain in children is one of the most common orthopaedic problems referred to us. Hopefully, this blog can help you decide whether this is one of those problems that you should ask for help
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Thumb base arthritis
- 9 December 2021
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Hands
Thumb base arthritis is common as you get older, in fact it is thought that as many as 1 in 3 women over the age of 50 will have it. This type of arthritis occurs when cartilage wears away from the ends of the bones that form the joint at the base of your thumb
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Scaphoid fracture: symptoms and treatment options
- 25 November 2021
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Hands
There are eight carpal bones in the hand. The most common one to be fractured is called the scaphoid. This is a small bone which lies between the thumb and the side of the wrist. Scaphoid fractures can be caused by falling onto the hand, or by anything which forces the wrist backwards, or by punching injuries. Here, one of our expert
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No need for a General Anaesthetic for most Hand and Wrist Surgery
- 29 June 2021
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Hands
For many years a number of hand operations have been done under local anaesthetic, where the surgeon injects the local anaesthetic into the area being operated on to numb it. Carpal tunnel and trigger finger releases and most surgery on the fingers is done this way. Historically for more major hand and wrist surgery patients
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Computer guided personalised shoulder replacements come to Tunbridge Wells
- 11 June 2021
- Posted by: invicta_ortho
- Category: Shoulder
Mr Rose and his team at the Spire Tunbridge Wells carried out Tunbridge Wells’ first computer navigated shoulder replacement this month, using the Exactech Equinoxe GPS system. This system allows incredibly accurate positioning of shoulder replacement components, reducing the risk of complications and improving patient outcomes. This case was a reverse total shoulder replacement using
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