Orthopaedics

Orthopaedics is the medical specialty that focuses on injuries and diseases of your body’s musculoskeletal system. This complex system includes your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves and allows you to move, work, and be active.

The orthopedic services Grand River Health provides include (but are not limited to):

• Joint replacement surgery (hip, knee, shoulder), both primary and revision
• Sport medicine
• Hand operations besides microvascular surgery
• Trauma including fracture and soft tissue repairs (ie tendons)
• Knee arthroscopy
• General orthopedics

Orthopaedists care for patients of all ages, from newborns with clubfeet to young athletes requiring arthroscopic surgery due to an injury to older people with arthritis. And unfortunately, anybody can break a bone at any age, we’re here to care for your orthopaedic needs.