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Regional Medical Center
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To nd an orthopedic
specialist at RMC:
Talk with your primary care
physician.
Call
256-231-8880
.
Visit
www.rmccares.org/our-doctors
.
RMC Orthopedic Services can help you find relief.
DOES YOUR SHOULDER ACHE
after
playing softball, tennis or golf? Does your knee
creak when you climb the stairs? Is a worn-out
hip limiting your mobility? When you have an
orthopedic problem, the specialists at Regional
Medical Center (RMC) can help you find relief.
Orthopedics is the medical specialty that
involves treatment of your musculoskeletal
system, including your bones, spine, joints,
ligaments, tendons and muscles. Whether it’s
muscle or joint pain, tendon or ligament tears,
or bone fractures or arthritis, RMC is here to
help.
Sometimes your best treatment may be a
knee or hip replacement. As a Blue Distinction®
Center for Hip and Knee Replacement, surgeons
and sta at RMC Anniston can handle that
too. With an experienced team of specialists,
orthopedic surgeons, a neurosurgeon, surgical
sta, nursing and rehabilitation therapists, you’ll
experience comprehensive care and recovery
for your bone, joint and muscle injuries or
conditions.
Pleased as punch
Gail Herring is a retired registered nurse.
At 68 years old, when her hip pain caused
her to limp and began limiting her mobility,
she and her daughter, a nurse practitioner,
researched options. She was referred to
Duane°Michael°Tippets,°DO, orthopedic surgeon,
to be evaluated for the anterior approach to
total hip replacement. On March 1, 2016,
she had surgery at RMC Anniston.
“Dr. Tippets listened intently to
everything I said,” reflects Herring. “He
shared that I would have virtually no
restrictions after surgery, compared to
the traditional procedure. He was true
to his word—even after just a few
days, I had no limp, no hip pain, and
I could do pretty much anything. I
was pleased as punch!”
Herring looks back on her
experience with RMC and those
who cared for her with great satis-
faction. “I was in the hospital only
two nights, and the people I dealt
with were amazing. As the primary
caregiver for my 92-year-old parents
and an active, involved grandmother
myself, I was so grateful for less pain and
a quick recovery after this major surgery!”
Ample experience
You don’t have to live with knee, shoul-
der and other joint pain. With the latest
diagnostic and imaging technologies, our
specialists will determine the cause of your
pain and the best way to fix it.
It’s good to know that there is no need
for you to travel for diagnosis, treatment and
rehabilitation for most common and many
complex orthopedic conditions. More than
7,000 surgical procedures are performed at
RMC each year, including nearly 600°joint
replacements and over 1,000 other ortho-
pedic procedures.
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