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Rheumatic Diseases and Awareness with Dr. Afroz

September is Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month. Rheumatic diseases are chronic conditions that can affect people of all ages and disrupt daily life. Dr. Afroz helps spread awareness by explaining what types of rheumatic diseases there are and how she supports [...]

Non-Operative Solutions to Pain with Dr. Harper

Seeing an Orthopedic Physician doesn't necessarily mean you are having surgery! In fact, we operate on less than 30% of our patients at OSMS. Dr. Michael Harper, OSMS Interventional Sports Medicine Physician, discusses your options to treating sports medicine and [...]

Walking to Help with Knee Pain

The latest talk in reducing knee pain? Walk the walk. It’s a well-known fact: walking has a wide variety of health benefits, including improved sleep quality, stress and weight management, muscle strength and flexibility, respiratory fitness, joint health, bone density, [...]

Osteoarthritis: Causes and Conservative Treatments

Osteoarthritis: Causes and Conservative Treatments By Dr. Joseph McCormick, Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Joseph McCormick is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. He is seeing patients at our Appleton orthopedic office, located in Ascension NE Wisconsin – St. Elizabeth campus. Schedule an appointment [...]

The Pain of Arthritis – It’s Real. In So Many Different Ways.

Just like the term “shoe” is an all-encompassing description of hundreds of types of footwear ranging from tennis to pumps, flats to sandals, cleats to horse, so is the term “arthritis.” Arthritis is the general term that describes varying diseases [...]

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