Throughout UMass Memorial hospitals, you'll find a comprehensive array of diagnostic and treatment options for joint pain and arthritis. Your care begins with advanced diagnostic testing and nonsurgical treatments, which may include oral medications, injections or a specialized rehabilitation program. If surgery is needed, you're in good hands. Last year, our orthopedic experts performed more than 1,700 hip and knee replacements, as well as more than 2,200 arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgeries. Our Medical Center in Worcester is among the top ten percent of all hospitals in the country for the number of joint replacements we performed last year. And UMass Memorial was one of the first in the state to offer knee replacements designed just for women. Exciting research on new treatments for joint disease and improving joint replacement surgery is being conducted at UMass Medical School, our academic partner. So you're assured you'll always find the latest treatments here that have been clinically proven safe and effective.
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Adults and children with acute or chronic foot and ankle problems have convenient access to a wide network of UMass Memorial specialties. Our orthopedists and podiatrists provide advanced nonsurgical and surgical care for arthritis, fractures, sports injuries, diabetes-related conditions, tendon repair, heel pain, bunions and more. We also offer convenient, state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging services that quickly help our specialists evaluate an injury or condition. And we provide an extensive array of rehabilitation services, including physical and occupational therapy, available at home or at our community hospitals.
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Successfully treating injuries or conditions affecting the hand, wrist or elbow is often complex and requires a high level of care from a multidisciplinary team of experts. Fortunately, the region's leading experts in treating these conditions are all right here at UMass Memorial. Drawing on years of experience in orthopedics, plastic surgery and hand therapy, our fellowship-trained hand specialists are highly skilled in diagnosing and treating bone and joint injuries, fractures, carpal tunnel syndrome and many other complex problems. In fact, we performed more than 600 carpal tunnel surgeries last year, more than anyone else in the region. We also offer the region's only dedicated Hand and Upper Extremity Center, located at our Medical Center in Worcester.
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Across all UMass Memorial hospitals, we offer responsive, high-level emergency orthopedic care. Our highly trained orthopedic surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, nurses and technologists are standing by around the clock. Individuals with severe orthopedic trauma also have access to the Trauma Center at our Medical Center in Worcester, the only designated Level One Trauma Center for adults and children in Central Massachusetts. And all our member hospitals provide convenient outpatient rehabilitation services, near where you live.
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From broken bones to congenital and developmental conditions, UMass Memorial provides young patients with specialized and sensitive care. Parents take special comfort knowing that if their child has an orthopedic injury during sports, emergency departments at all our hospitals provide expert care, backed by the most advanced diagnostic imaging technology. For long-term care of their children's orthopedic conditions, such as scoliosis, clubfoot, and congenital hip dysplasia, parents have access to the resources of our Children's Medical Center—the region's only comprehensive pediatric hospital. If rehabilitation services are needed, all our community hospitals provide expert treatment close to home
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Our physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, sometimes called “physiatrists,” help people suffering from musculoskeletal (the muscles and skeletal system) or neuromuscular problems regain movement and function. We treat patients with a wide range of conditions, including back pain, stroke, and knee, shoulder and neck pain. Our experts work closely with patients and other specialists to develop specialized rehabilitation and physical therapy programs that can enable patients to regain the highest level of function possible.
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For patients with orthopedic injuries or conditions, the experienced physical and occupational therapists at UMass Memorial hospitals play a key role in their recovery to an active lifestyle. Each of our hospitals has a fully equipped rehabilitation center as well as inpatient physical therapy services. Therapy programs are individually designed in collaboration with a patient's physician. For the athlete or sports enthusiast, we also offer specialized services for sports-specific strengthening, conditioning and training techniques.
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Studies show that up to 80 percent of Americans suffer from back pain at some point in their lives. UMass Memorial hospitals provide a wide network of high-quality spine care and offer advanced diagnostic imaging technology and comprehensive, convenient outpatient rehabilitation services. For patients with chronic back pain, the UMass Memorial Spine Center, the only comprehensive spine center in Central Massachusetts, may be the answer. Here, a multidisciplinary team of physicians, surgeons and nurses works collaboratively to provide a wide range of nonsurgical and surgical options for both treatment and pain relief. On-site diagnostic imaging services for x-ray, MRI and CT scanning are also available.
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Don't let an injury keep you on the sidelines.Throughout UMass Memorial Health Care, athletes and sports enthusiasts of all ages will find a full range of diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services that get them back into action. Our community hospitals offer several sports medicine specialists as well as orthopedists highly experienced in treating sports injuries. And our Sports Medicine Center in Worcester has earned a reputation for excellence by treating high school, college and professional athletes. In fact, our chief of sports medicine is a sports medicine doctor for the Boston Red Sox.
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