Total Joint Replacement in Elkhart and Other Locations

Think you need total joint replacement? Contact OSMC specialists.

The specially trained doctors at OSMC are leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and conditions of the hip, knee, and shoulder – including joint replacement surgery and robotic joint replacement surgery. The ROSA Total Knee System has many benefits. If conservative therapies have failed to control your pain or other symptoms, surgery may be needed to get you back to pain-free movement.

Are You a Candidate for Joint Replacement Surgery?

Talk to your physician about whether you are a good candidate for surgery of the hip, knee, or shoulder. It will depend on a number of factors, including the success or failure of other treatments, your overall health and other medical conditions, as well as the severity of your symptoms.

One of the most common reasons for a joint replacement surgery is arthritic wear and tear. Osteoarthritis causes joint pain that can range from minor to severe, due to the wearing away of cartilage, which acts as a buffer at the place where points meet. Without the shock-absorbing function of cartilage at the hip, knee, or shoulder joint, you experience bone-on-bone grinding, which causes pain and inflammation and restricts your movement of the affected area.

Hip, Knee, and Shoulder Replacement in Michiana, or Northern Indiana and South Central Michigan

Trauma to hip, knee, or shoulder may also necessitate a joint replacement surgery – and the impact doesn’t even have to be that severe when it occurs in a person with osteoporosis, which causes bones to become weak and brittle.