Patient Education Articles

Listed below are numerous patient education articles that can help keep you healthy and active or address questions you may have regarding specific injuries, conditions, or treatments. However, it's important to remember and understand that no online article will or should replace direct communication between you and your doctor. 

If you have questions regarding these educational articles, please call 850-863-2153, and our staff will be happy to assist you.

Patient Education

  • This is a break of the patella. That's the small bone in the front of your knee often called the "kneecap." The kneecap protects the joint and…

  • This is a pain you feel just below your patella (the bone we commonly call the "kneecap"). It's an injury to your patellar tendon, which connects…

  • This is a tear of a large tendon in the front of your knee. We call it the "patellar tendon." It connects the bottom of the kneecap to the top of…

  • This is a problem with the alignment of the patella (the bone at the front of the knee, commonly called the "kneecap"). With this disorder, the…

  • This is a pain you feel in the front of your knee. It involves the patella. That's the bone we commonly call the "kneecap." The patella slides up…

  • This noninvasive, outpatient exam is used to measure how quickly nerves conduct electrical signals through the body. NCS is a valuable technique…

  • This condition is a problem with the peripheral nervous system. These are the nerves that branch out from your brain and spinal cord and travel to…

  • This condition is a tearing of one or both peroneal tendons, which travel down the lower leg, behind the lateral malleolus and along the outer…

  • This condition is an inflammation of one or both peroneal tendons, which travel down the lower leg, behind the lateral malleolus and along the…

  • If you have problems moving your body, physical therapy can help. It can control your pain and help you recover from injury or disease. It can…