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Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics provides specialized, dynamic care for virtually any orthopedic condition. We partner this professional care with a highly-trained, medical support team and advanced medical technologies, providing you a matrix of care that gets you back to daily activities as quickly as possible. Visit any one of our many locations in East Tennessee to receive the orthopedic care you deserve and the treatment you expect.
Category Archives: Patient Education
Back Pain Relief with Dr. John Lavelle
Dr. John Lavelle, a spine medicine physician at Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics, explains the options available for back pain to get you back to being your best self! Are you suffering from back pain? If you’re suffering from back pain,…
10 March, 2020 Dr. Pesut Demonstrates the Myerson Wrap
The proper Myerson Wrap technique for bunion surgery patients.
27 February, 2020 Getting Cultured: Man’s Knee Injury Repaired by Re-Implanting His Own Cells 
Matt Thompson knew immediately that loud “pop” he heard was serious. On a wet Dec. 26, 2016, Thompson — a lineman for a cable company — was coming down off a pole when his foot slipped on a 6-inch curb. “At first, I thought I broke my leg,” Thompson said. Instead, it was more injury to a knee that had given him trouble for nearly 20 years, following a torn ACL after playing high school, college and rec sports.
30 January, 2020 Sports-Related Concussions
Today Dr. Chase Wilson, a primary care sports medicine specialist is going to discuss sports-related concussions. He practices at our Fort Sanders regional office, our Parkwest office, our Oak Ridge office, and our Sevierville office.
22 October, 2019 Total Shoulder and Reverse Shoulder Replacement
Learn more with Dr. Brad Jaquith whose specialty is knees and shoulders and practices at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and at TOC Sevierville.
22 October, 2019 Shoulder: Rotator Cuff
Dr. Paul Brady is an Arthroscopic Shoulder Specialist with Tennessee Orthopedic Clinics. Today he will discuss torn rotator cuffs.
22 October, 2019 Pain In Your Arm Could Be A Shoulder Injury
John Reynolds is an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Specialists with Tennessee Orthopedic Clinics. He specializes in treating a lot of shoulder injuries, for example, One of the more common things he is asked in the office by patients is about pain they’re having in their arm.
22 October, 2019 Tennessee Football Legend Lee North Undergoes Two Knee Replacements
One Football Legend Gets Two New Knees in Three Months!
24 April, 2018 Hip To Pain
Andrea Anderson was hurting – she just didn’t know how much.
But when orthopedic surgeon Paul Yau, MD, urged her to track her hip pain after a cortisone shot, she installed a diary application on her smartphone and began making almost daily notes. “When I look back, I can see that I had no idea,” Anderson said. “I wanted to believe that it wasn’t as bad as I thought. But there were months when I was in pain 25 days out of 30.”
21 July, 2017