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I don’t want to have to take you to the hospital if you fall” may be a mother’s lament to a rambunctious child, but “it is precisely that kind of message which has us unnecessarily going to a hospital emergency department for treatment of the simplest of injuries,” according to orthopedic surgeon Alejandro Badia, MD, founder and chief medical officer of the Florida-based Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and OrthoNOW®.

What is truly exciting is that CBD may help patients avoid addictive narcotics – opioid drugs – and long-term dependence on over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen to relieve pain,” says Dr. Badia, founder and chief medical officer of the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and OrthoNOW®.

I heard about Dr. Badia through my urgent care local doctor. I did a lot of research and found out how highly trained he is, and that how he also trains other physicians….. I felt so fortunate to be able to work with him. Megan Stockman

Yordenis Ugas was diagnosed with a suspected long head of biceps tendon rupture. During the procedure, it was found that the patient had glenohumeral join synovitis with fraying of superior and anterior labrum,” explained Dr. Badia.

We treated Ben with a CTM injection after he expressed pain when pitching during baseball practice. The MRI revealed an injury to the ulnar collateral ligament,” explained Dr. Badia

Thanks to current advancements in surgical techniques and joint-implant technology for treatments for painful osteoarthritis of the thumb, “we are getting much closer to the ideal,” says Miami-based orthopedic surgeon Alejandro Badia MD. “The future is now.”

Seeing the right clinician at the right time is what will get valuable workers back to their jobs faster and more cost-effectively, reduce overall workers compensation liability, avoid early retirement, and limit chances that the employee’s injury will develop into a more complex, longer-term problem because of treatment delays,” says Dr. Badia.

The shoulder joint is most vulnerable when the arm is raised up from the side, the elbow bent approximately 90 degrees, and the hand facing forward. That is exactly the position an athlete assumes when serving in tennis or lifting a club to drive a golf ball from the tee,” says Dr Badia, who is also a sports medicine specialist and founder and chief medical officer of the Miami-based Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and OrthoNOW®, and author of the chapter on hand/wrist injuries in the renowned book, “Tennis Medicine”.

The population in this country is rapidly getting older, and their orthopedic issues are unique, requiring the care of physicians trained in musculoskeletal disorders,” Dr. Badia says.

Orthopedists have been performing arthroscopy since the 1970s, but ongoing advances in the technique have substantially enhanced its value in pinpointing, evaluating, and resolving disorders of complicated joints like the shoulder,” emphasizes Dr. Badia.