Orthopedics and Rehabilitation News and Events - Baptist Health System

Attend A Free Joint Seminar Near You

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Join Baptist Health System and our featured speakers for a free seminar and learn everything there is about joints.

The seminars will take place through May. At each seminar, dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 6:00 p.m. These seminars are free, but registration is required. Call 297-7005 to hold your spot today!

Joint Pain, NO Longer! Solutions to your pain
with Dr. Michael Earle
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Presentation
Northeast Baptist Hospital

Joint Pain, NO Longer! Solutions to your pain
with Dr. Sergio Viroslav
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Presentation
Mission Trail Baptist Hospital

What are Your Options for Joint Replacement?
with Dr. Ty Goletz
Monday, May 21, 2012
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Presentation
St. Luke's Baptist Hospital

Tackle Your Hip and Knee Joint Pain Today!
with Dr. Greg Gordon
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Presentation
St. Luke's Baptist Hospital

Why Rehab is Necessary for Your Joints
with Dr. Alasdair Goldstein
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Presentation
St. Luke's Baptist Hospital

These seminars are free, but registration is required. Please call (210) 297-7005 to register.

Physician Disclaimer

Patients Love HealthLink

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

HealthLink Outpatient Therapy services is the largest, most comprehensive network of rehabilitation clinics in San Antonio offering physical, occupational, and speech therapy.

Because of the excellent care and outcomes HealthLink provides, it has grown in scope and size from one to seven conveniently located clinics. "We expanded our operations in response to patient demand," says Dr. Kay Harrell, Director of HealthLink. "We focus on patient care by developing processes to improve continuously in patient safety, quality, effectiveness, efficiency and patient experience." With this focus at the forefront, HealthLink has achieved a 99% patient loyalty* ranking.

Rehabilitation services at HealthLink include, but are not limited to the treatment for strokes, neurological disorders, orthopedics, and cardiac conditioning.� We ensure that patients will receive Baptist's continuum of care through coordinated clinical management evaluation, training and education designed to meet each individual patient's needs. All locations are staffed by licensed therapists and highly trained clinical support staff.

HealthLink expects to open two new facilities, at Highway 281 and Overlook Pass and Highway 1604 and Hausman over the course of the next 8 months.

Multi-disciplinary Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech Therapy

Clinic hours are Monday - Friday, 7 am - 6 pm. For more information call, 297-9907 or visit healthlinksa.com��

Visit one of our seven HealthLink Rehab locations:

_{*Based on 2010 data}

Avoiding Fragility Fractures - Your Life May Depend on It

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

More than 353,000 people are hospitalized for hip fractures each year. The total cost in medical bills and lost income resulting from hip fractures is more than $12.6 billion a year or an average of $37,000 per hip fracture. Close to ninety percent of hip fractures are among persons 65 and older. Women over age 65 have a one in five chance of having a hip fracture during their lifetime.

Who is vulnerable to a fragility fracture?

Age. The rate increases for people 65 and older.
Gender. Women have two to three times as many hip fractures as men.
Heredity. A family history of fractures in later life, particularly in Caucasians and Asians.
A small-boned, slender body.
Nutrition. A low calcium dietary intake or reduced ability to absorb calcium.
Personal habits. Smoking or excessive alcohol use.
Physical impairments. Physical frailty, arthritis, unsteady balance and poor eyesight.
Mental impairments. Senility, dementia, e.g., Alzheimer's disease.
Weakness or dizziness from side effects of medication.

Reducing Your Risk of Fractures

Get regular exercise. Try walking, swimming, or weight training.
Make your home safe to avoid accidents.
Eat foods that are rich in calcium, or take calcium supplements.

Things to Avoid

Alcohol is toxic to bones. It is a major cause of bone loss. Heavy drinking can cause osteoporosis even if you have no other risk factors.
Smoking reduces bone mass. Smoking may also interfere with estrogen levels and cause early menopause.
Inactivity makes your bones lose strength and become thinner. Over time, thin bones may break. Women who aren't active are at a high risk for osteoporosis.
Certain medications such as cortisone increase bone loss. They also decrease bone growth. Ask your healthcare provider about any side effects of your medications.
Protein-rich or salty foods eaten in large amounts may deplete calcium.
Caffeine increases calcium loss. People who drink a lot of coffee, tea, or colas lose more calcium than those who don't.

Northeast Baptist Hospital is committed to helping prevent fragility falls. Here are some of the steps they take for our patients in the hospital:

Check vitamin D and calcium levels
Give 50,000 IU of vitamin D immediately to all elderly patients
Prescribe calcium (1200 mg daily)
Prescribe vitamin D (minimum of 1000 IU daily) upon discharge from the hospital
Refer to Physical Medicine or Physical Therapy for fall-prevention education
Refer for a home-safety check
Include a plan to identify causes of osteoporosis, obtain bone density testing, and initiate osteoporosis medications if appropriate

North Central Baptist Hospital Joint Club Gets Up and Running

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Considering a knee or hip replacement? Joint Replacement Clubs make the process much easier. Baptist Health System has Center of Excellence Joint Clubs at Northeast and St. Luke's Baptist Hospitals. Now North Central Baptist Hospital is offering Joint Club for all patients undergoing joint replacement surgery.

Patients get to meet other people also undergoing the procedure, go through educational classes together and even rehab together. Going through the process with others has been shown to help patients recover faster and easier.

The new classes at North Central Baptist Hospital are offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to Noon in Atrium Classrooms 1 A&B. Patients are encouraged to bring a family member or friend to the class as their "coach."

For more information, call 297-7005 or visit bhsjoints.com

When:

Time:

Location:

Tuesdays & Thursdays

10:00 am - Noon

North Central Baptist Hospital
Atrium Classrooms 1 A&B
undefined 520 Madison OakDr.�
San Antonio, Texas 78258
Maps & Directions

Stone Oak "Bones Up" With New Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Pretty much every kid has suffered a bump, bruise, strain or pain at some time or another resulting from a sports injury, horseplay or a minor accident.� But when things are more serious, it's nice to know that Elizabeth Magnabosco, M.D. is now practicing in the Stone Oak area. Dr. Magnabosco is a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon. When she's not at North Central Baptist Hospital doing surgery, she sees between 30 and 50 children a day at her office, treating everything from congenital developmental issues like scoliosis, to trauma, sports injuries and more.�

�"The number one question I get from parents is, 'How do I know if my child needs to be seen by a doctor?' says Dr. Magnabosco. "I tell parents, if it's crooked or bleeding, go to the ER. On the other hand, if a couple of days have passed, and they can move their fingers but can't lean on the arm, they need to be seen by a doctor."� �

Dr. Magnabosco decided to go into the pediatric subspecialty of orthopedics because she loves taking care of� kids. A mom of two young children herself, she says her patients can turn a bad day around for her. "If I'm having bad day, as soon as I start seeing patients it gets better. They're silly and funny, and they want to get better. I treat every family how I would want to be treated if it was one of my kids - and it all works out."

Dr. Magnabosco also enjoys seeing a wide variety of cases and the immediate results that are possible in orthopedic surgery.� "In adult orthopedic surgery everything is pretty specialized. You see a shoulder specialist for a shoulder injury, a hip specialist or knee specialist for each particular disease or injury. But in pediatric orthopedics you take care of all sorts of problems."

A typical day is hardly typical for Dr. Magnabosco. Surgery days start at 7:30 a.m. in the operating room. She may do one long scoliosis spinal fusion or six separate cases in a day. On clinic days she does rounds in the hospital, then goes to the office to see patients from nine to noon, eats lunch at her desk while doing paperwork, returning calls and going over imaging reports, then it's back to seeing patients, sometimes until 6pm. In between all that - she sees patients in the emergency room at North Central Baptist Hospital when needed. After hours she is often on call for unexpected emergencies or follow-up.

Originally from Southern California, Dr. Magnabosco says she got to Texas as fast as she could. She earned her undergraduate degree at UCLA, attended medical school in Chicago, completed her Internship and Residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and accomplished a Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedics and Scoliosis at Texas Scottish Rite in Dallas. After being in private practice for ten years, Dr. Magnabosco decided to join the Baptist Physicians Network.

Her new office, Pediatric Orthopedics at Stone Oak, is located at 19026 Stone Oak Parkway, Suite 100. Because she is able to do X-Rays in the office, many patients can be taken care of in one stop, rather than going to an urgent care setting, then to the pediatrician and ultimately to the orthopedic surgeon.

For more information on Dr. Elizabeth Magnabosco and Pediatric Orthopedics at North Central Baptist Hospital, call 496-BONZ (2669) or visit baptisthealthsystem.com.

A New Option for People with Knee Pain

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

^{Baptist Health System-affiliated orthopedic surgeon David Fox, M.D., and patient Karen Camargo are all smiles knowing that Carmago can keep dancing with a new knee implant designed to last twice as long as previous implants.}

Recent advances by researchers have opened a new chapter in high-performance knee replacement surgery. The world's first knee implant tested to simulate 30 years of wear was just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April of this year and is being used at Northeast Baptist Hospital.

"After 10 to 15 years, a common issue with knee replacements is what surgeons refer to as 'wear,' which can often result in the need for a second knee replacement," says orthopedicsurgeon David Fox, M.D. "This new implant gives patients the confidence that they are not going to need another surgery."

The Legion Knee with Verilast Technology has been tested to last more than twice the length of knee replacements made with traditional materials. 53-year-old Karen Camargo, a former sheriff's deputy, recently had knee replacement surgery at Northeast Baptist Hospital. She had been injured in a car accident while on duty in 1986, and over the years the pain got worse and her mobility was seriously diminished. Camargo's surgeon used the Legion implant because she is so young.

"I had gone to another orthopedist who told me that I was too young to have a knee replacement, so I was stuck just living with the pain and the fact that I couldn't do many of the things I love anymore, like dancing," says Camargo. "Some coworkers told me about Dr. Fox, so I went to see him and was so pleased that he was not only able to get rid of my pain, but get me back to dancing again . and not just for 10 years, but for 30!"

Camargo says she never had any pain after surgery, "except when I did it to myself by going so hard in physical therapy."� She says the hospital experience was kind of like a party. "The nurses would come into my room at night and just hang out. We laughed and I even got some of their e-mail addresses so we can stay in touch."

What's next for Camargo? "Well, I'm going to get the other knee done next. But first I'm going to do a lot of dancing and get back to the gym and work out again. My daughter is in the Air Force stationed in Germany, and I haven't seen her for two years. She's coming home soon, and I can't wait for her to see the new me."

Learn More About 30 Year Legion Knee with Verilast Technology

Baptist Health System Awarded Gold Seal of Approval

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Joint Clubs at Northeast Baptist and St. Luke's Baptist hospitals are the first orthopedic programs in San Antonio to earn the Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission, the nation's largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. The Center of Excellence designation is for quality care in total knee and hip replacement.

Why is Joint Club so effective for patients? An emphasis on educating patients before their surgery prepares them for exactly what to expect. All the orthopedic surgeons are Certified in their field. Finally, going through education and rehabilitation with other patients creates a supportive atmosphere.

To earn the Gold Seal, a disease management program undergoes an extensive, unannounced, on-site evaluation by a team of Joint Commission reviewers. The program is evaluated through an assessment of a program's processes, the program's ability to evaluate and improve care within its own organization, and interviews with patients and staff.

"This certification means Baptist Health System does the right things and does them well for knee and hip replacement patients," says Jean E. Range, M.S., R.N., C.P.H.Q., executive director, Disease-Specific Care Certification, Joint Commission.

"Baptist Health System voluntarily pursued this comprehensive, independent evaluation to enhance the safety and quality of care we provide," says Graham Reeve, President and Chief Executive Officer of Baptist Health System. "It's part of our effort to live our mission of helping people achieve health for life through compassionate service inspired by faith."

World's First 30 Year Knee Implant - New Option for People with Knee Pain

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The world's first knee implant tested to simulate 30 years of wear is being used at Northeast Baptist Hospital. The new "Legion Knee" has been tested to last more than twice the length of traditional knee implants.

53-year-old Karen Camargo recently had knee replacement surgery at Northeast Baptist Hospital. She had been injured in a car accident while on duty as a Sheriff's Deputy, and over the years the pain got worse and her mobility was seriously diminished.

Camargo's surgeon, David Fox, M.D. used the Legion implant because she is so young. "I had gone to another orthopedist who told me that I was too young to have a knee replacement, so I was stuck just living with the pain and the fact that I just couldn't do many of the things I love anymore like dancing," says Camargo. Some co-workers told me about Dr. Fox, so I went to see him and was so pleased that he was not only able to get rid of my pain, but get me back to dancing again. and not just for 10 years, but for 30!"

What's next for Camargo? "Well I'm going to get the other knee done next. But first I'm going to do a lot of dancing and get back to the gym and working out again."

For more information on the new Legion knee implant or orthopedic services provided by Baptist Health System, visit www.bhsjoints.com or call 210-297-7005.

The Joint Replacement Club at St. Luke's Baptist Hospital & Northeast Baptist Hospital

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Whether you're undergoing knee, hip or other joint replacement procedures, the Joint Replacement Club is a club that makes a difference. Patients are placed together to provide a supportive, caring environment.

Get With The Program
How to become part of the Joint Replacement Club

1) Speak up.
Tell your surgeon you would like to have your surgery at Baptist�and you want to enroll in the Joint Replacement Club.

2) Set a date.
Your surgeon's office will work with you and the hospital to schedule your surgery.

3) Plan ahead.
The Baptist Joint Replacement Club coordinator will contact you to schedule your pre-operative education class 2 to 3 weeks prior to your surgery.

4) Pre-Admission Testing.
Your surgeon or Club coordinator will contact you to schedule pre-admission testing prior to your surgery.

5) Get Moving. What to expect after your surgery�
Rejoin your loved ones who came to support you in one of the private Joint Replacement Club rooms.�
Recover your mobility with the help of our specially trained nursing, physical rehabilitation and medical staff in the form of:

Instruction and assistance with exercises that will ease your transition when returning home.
A package of instructions and adaptive equipment to increase your independence in performing day-to-day tasks.

For more information call (210) 297-7005.

Join the Stroke Survivor Support Group at Baptist Medical Center

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Join us and be a part of our Community Support Group.

Develop friendships

Share experiences

Become inspired

Our Stroke Support Group is a community organization for stroke survivors and their family members as well as friends. It helps people learn more about stroke, and become inspired to move forward after experiencing a stroke.

Seeking support from others who have experienced stroke can be a huge benefit to the recovery process. Our support group will give you and others an opportunity to share feelings, ideas, resources, and often provide important education for survivors and caregivers alike.

Relationship building can make a big difference in your and your loved one's life.

Learn constructive communication skills through open and honest group discussions.

Develop the emotional support you need to keep living your life

Talking to others by sharing experiences can help reduce stress and feelings of being overwhelmed.

When:

Time:

Location:

Every 1st Tuesday

2:00 p.m.

Baptist Medical Center�
111 Dallas Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Maps & Directions

For more information call (210) 297-8191 (select option 2).

Support Group also available at St. Luke's Baptist Hospital.