Blogs & News

OrthoCarolina is excited to announce the addition of five expert physicians to our team starting September 1st, 2024. Discover more about Dr. Gregory Pereira, Dr. Justin Rennard, Dr. Petros Koutsogiannis, Dr. Ryan McCarter, and Dr. J. Taylor Bellamy, and the exceptional care they will bring to our communities.

Explore the groundbreaking contributions of Women Physicians at OrthoCarolina throughout February. Celebrating diversity in the orthopedic field, discover the expertise and dedication of these trailblazing specialists, shaping a future of medical empowerment. 

Paul Weaver, DO has joined OC in our Indian Land, Rock Hill, Pineville, and Ballantyne locations. He specializes in physiatry and spine.

On today’s episode, host Adam Walker talks to Dr. Swaroop Gonchikar. Dr. Gonchikar specializes in physical medicine & rehabilitation and spine orthopedics.

OrthoCarolina is proud to welcome physiatrist Vikram Arora, DO, & sports medicine surgeon Edward Walker, MD, to our team. Dr. Arora sees patients at OrthoCarolina Winston-Salem, while Dr. Walker practices at OrthoCarolina Lincolnton.

In the spine edition of our Orthopedic Anatomy Series: Exploring Your Body from the Inside Out, we look at the causes and treatments of back pain and common spine ailments.

The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body, so it’s not surprising that when it flares up, it feels intense.

Discussing orthopedic injuries and topics that affect you most. Watch our live stream on Facebook & YouTube (@orthocarolina).

Fluoroscopically-guided steroid injections can be an extremely effective method of treating back pain or joint pain without surgery. Here are some of your most pressing questions about these injections, answered.

Fluoroscopically-guided injections are a non-operative, conservative method of treatment for ongoing and chronic back pain or joint pain.

Dr. Ciaccia of OrthoCarolina Gastonia performs an epidural steroid injection and explains how it works.

Physiatry, or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), is a field of medicine that is designed to improve and maximize function lost through injury, illness or disabling conditions. Physiatrists are experts on the bones, muscles and nerves that control how your body is affected by trauma like spinal cord damage, sports injuries, limb amputations, strokes and other musculoskeletal conditions.

An electrodiagnostic study (EMG/NCS) is a diagnostic assessment of the electrical activity of your nerves and muscles to see how well they function, and is sometimes recommended for patients with neck, back, arm or leg pain.