Category: Joint Replacement

Do you need orthopedic surgery? Why not consider Bone & Joint’s Surgery Center?

When surgery takes place in an accredited ambulatory surgery center (ASC), your health and your budget receive the benefits. Consider the positive results when you choose to have your surgery at Bone & Joint’s Surgery Center. You will: Receive specialized care at a facility designed to meet ...

Are you low on fluid?

Synovial fluid is a thick, straw-colored substance that lubricates your joints. Like the oil in your car reduces friction in your engine, this synovial fluid minimizes the friction in your joints; it helps your bones glide past each other when you bend, extend, and rotate. Synovial fluid allows th...

Why is my primary care provider sending me to a sports medicine specialist for arthritis pain?

When older people have a hard time walking across the room, they can’t help but wonder why their primary care provider says they should see a sports medicine specialist for treatment. It sounds odd. Why would a sports medicine doctor be the right fit for a person that has a hard time getting up...

Meet Douglas Keele, DO

Douglas Keele, DO, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist who joined Bone & Joint in 2010. Dr. Keele specializes in arthroscopy, direct and anterior total hip replacement, total knee replacement, dislocations, elbow and shoulder injuries, fractures, foot and ankle...

Meet Matthew Moore, DPT

Matthew Moore, DPT, is a Workers Compensation Therapy Specialist who provides care in Plover and Wausau. Matthew joined Bone & Joint in Fall 2019 to help people return to work after an illness or injury. Matt provides total joint replacement rehabilitation and functional dry needling. Matt also...

8 questions to answer as you consider joint replacement surgery

With today’s technology, you can have a shoulder replaced in the morning and be back home the same afternoon. Today, your knee or hip replacement surgery happens one day, and the next day you’ll be up walking around. Even though joint replacement surgery is relatively common, it has the same ris...

12 signs your hip pain needs treatment

Are you one of those people who don’t like to go to the doctor? In truth, that may describe most people. We would rather wait and see if the pain goes away. But there are times when you should listen to your symptoms and take action. Here are a dozen reasons to make an appointment with an orthope...

What are the benefits of anterior hip replacement?

  Anterior hip replacement is a minimally invasive type of total hip replacement surgery. The procedure removes the diseased and painful area of the hip and replaces it with a man-made, ball-and-socket to restore the hip’s natural function. The main difference between the anterior approach a...