Dr. Leonard Joseph Marchinski begins Blog about Orthopaedic Medical Issues

WYOMISSING, Pa. - March 1, 2019 - PRLog -- Leonard J. Marchinski, MD, focusing on orthopaedic surgery, started a Blog to provide easy-to-understand information about the many orthopedic and orthopedic surgery issues so that the public and patients can easily understand the underlying medical issues and treatments. The Blog is available at https://leonardmarchinskimd.wordpress.com/ In his Blog, Dr. Marchinski will provide information to the public about issues such as:

·      Wrist Arthroscopy and treatment of Wrist Instability
·      Reconstruction of the Base of the Thumb Joint
·      Tendon and Ligament Repair, Reconstruction, Transfers
·      Shoulder Replacement
·      Operative and Non-Operative Fracture Care

Dr. Marchinski explains that "in today's medical practices, nurses, staff and medical doctors are rushed and rarely have the time to answer all questions that the patients have. When patients research online, such as on the website of the NIH (National Institutes of Health), they find highly complex answers that are very difficult to understand for a layperson. I decided to fill that information gap with explanatory articles that anybody can understand." For example, many people hear and talk about "Carpal tunnel syndrome" when their wrists hurt, but few understand how such condition is diagnosed and treated. "Carpal tunnel syndrome" is a common condition that causes numbness and tingling in the hand and arm. This medical condition occurs when the median nerve (one of the major nerves to the hand) is compressed. For most affected people, this condition worsens over time. Initially, the symptoms can be alleviated with non-surgical solutions, such as a wrist splint and steroid injections. There are certain risk factors which increase the risk of Carpal Tunnel syndrome, such as heredity, repetitive hand use (in office settings, for example), and other health conditions such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Finally, sometimes surgery is required, called "carpal tunnel release." Essentially, the types of surgery used increase the size of the tunnel and decrease pressure on the median nerve.

Dr. Marchinski's blog is available at https://leonardmarchinskimd.wordpress.com/

*** Dr. Leonard J. Marchinski received his undergraduate education at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and his Medical Degree in 1981 from The Medical College of Pennsylvania (now Drexel-Hahnemann).

Website: https://leonardmarchinskimd.com/