Vitamin D for Bones
By Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho) How Vitamin D Keeps Your Bones Healthy Vitamin D is a vitamin for bones. Vitamin D, also known as the “sunshine…
By Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho) How Vitamin D Keeps Your Bones Healthy Vitamin D is a vitamin for bones. Vitamin D, also known as the “sunshine…
By Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho) Osteporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced. As bones become more fragile and porous,…
By Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho) Vitamin D deficiency. How common is it? It is very common than you think. Most of them have no symptoms. If…
We often hear the term calcification. Calcification in the knee, spine, heel, and other areas is commonly mentioned. WHAT IS CALCIFICATION? Calcification refers to the growth of new bone on…
By Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho) People of all ages are glued to their mobile phones. Other than the social impact, this phenomenon causes serious health issue…
By Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho) When the bone is soft or osteoporotic, it can fracture with trivial injury or even without injury. Spine bone is one of…
By Dr Tony Setiobudi BMedSci, MBBS, MRCS, MMed (Ortho), FRCS (Ortho) Spinal cord is a big nerve that connection the brain with the arms and legs. External compression to the spinal cord can interfere with…
Spine stabilization Spinal fusion surgery is indicated when the spine is expected to be unstable after the index operation. In general if there is a sign of instability before surgery,…
Mr Wong is suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee. Knee pain from osteoarthritis commonly affect elderly. It interferes with the daily activities. Mild cases of knee osteoarthritis can be treated with medication and activity…
Knee injury is very common during sporting activities. Most of injury is mild and does not cause any significant disability. Sometimes, the injury can be significant like in the case…