How to Reduce Hip Pain While Running
Staying active is one of the best ways to feel your best at any age. In fact, it’s proven that exercise is essential to keep arthritis at bay and to even prevent it from developing in the first place. Running,…
Dr. Vigdorchik Featured in Eurekalert! for His Tool That Identifies the Risk of Post-Surgical Hip Dislocations
The science news source, EurekAlert!, has featured Dr. Vigdorchik in an article that discussed his latest tool, a risk assessment score and treatment algorithm designed to help patients avoid dislocation after a total hip replacement. Dr. Vigdorchik has presented…
Dr. Vigdorchik Featured in PR NEWSWIRE for His Latest Research Work
Dr. Jonathan Vigdorchik, MD has completed a groundbreaking study which developed a new assessment tool to help identify patients who are at a higher risk of post-surgical hip dislocations. As the lead doctor in this study, Dr. Vigdorchik aimed to…
Dr. Vigdorchik Presents his Groundbreaking Study on Dislocation Risk Assessment After a Total Hip Replacement at the AAOS
This year, Dr. Jonathan Vigdorchik of Hip Surgery NYC and Hospital for Special Surgery has completed his ground-breaking research study that created a risk assessment score and treatment algorithm designed to help patients avoid dislocation after a total hip replacement. Dr.…
Winter Safety Tips for Hip Replacement Patients
With the onset of severe winter weather at the beginning of the year, it’s always important to remember that safety is never more important than during your post-operative healing window. In winter, staying comfortable and mobile becomes more difficult due…
Sexual Activity After a Total Hip Replacement
After a patient receives a total hip replacement, they receive many forms of information guiding them through the recovery process to ensure that they do not re-injure themselves or elongate the healing process. However, one detail that is often overlooked…
Patients Are Much Happier with Robotic Assisted Knee and Hip Replacements
As I explained to CBS New York on their segment about advanced knee and hip joint replacements, using the Optimized Positioning System (OPS™) is a more accurate and less invasive procedure where “I’ve pretty much done the surgery before I’ve…
Same Day Hip Replacement in New York City
Planning for a same-day discharge hip replacement is no different than a regular hip replacement, except there's a little more preparation that goes into making it happen beforehand. Everything that we would normally teach you in the hospital, we will teach you in the…
Dr. Vigdorchik Guest Speaker at 2017 Ukraine Orthopaedic Association Meeting
Dr. Jonathan Vigdorchik was one of the invited guest speakers at the 2017 Ukraine Orthopaedic Association Meeting in Karkiv, Ukraine. The conference was dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology with guest society attendance by:…
The Benefits of Computer Assisted and Robotic Assisted Joint Replacements
Joint replacement surgery involves the removal of a damaged joint and replacing it with an orthopedic implant. Whether it is for a hip implant or knee implant, orthopedic implants are designed to replicate the feel and function of a natural…