News & Events Orthopedic Hand Surgeon Dr. Alejandro Badia

My zone is performing shoulder surgery while listening to old Julio Iglesias ballads.”

Instead of referring patients immediately to orthopedic surgeons for proper diagnosis, many general physicians try to ‘fix’ the problem themselves and order unnecessary tests,” Dr. Badia says

Some wrist injuries – say, from a car or sports accident – are obviously more severe than others,” he explains. But most of us injure our wrists from time to time by tripping and falling. Our wrists aren’t designed for…”

Symptoms of a partial or fully torn UCL include pain – sometimes intense pain — on the inside of the elbow when throwing, pain when accelerating the arm forward, and numbness or a tingling sensation in the “pinky” and ring fingers..

Mom always said, “Drink your milk; the calcium in it is good for you.” But that is certainly not the case if the calcium, vital to bone health, begins accumulating on muscles and tendons, especially causing unwanted crystal deposits on shoulder tendons…

Time is of the essence in seeking treatment,” says Dr. Badia, an expert in care of the hand, wrist, and other upper limb joints and founder and chief medical officer of the Florida-based Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and OrthoNOW®.”