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Are There More Shoulder Injuries in Warmer Weather?
Our Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center (GLOC) specialists here in Northern Michigan tend to see and treat a lot of shoulder injuries in the warmer months. Why? The bodily actions involving the shoulder and triggering these injuries—the repetitive, intensive, excessive,...
Difference Between Podiatrists and Foot and Ankle Surgeons
When it comes to your foot and ankle, you need to be sure you have solid footing, so to speak. These two parts of your body are highly intricate, with 26 bones, 33 joints, and more than 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments all working in collective cooperation. When...
Common Knee Injuries
As you can imagine, in Michigan’s Winter Wonderland, we see our fair share of injuries. With the various winter sports available here in northern Michigan, knee injuries tend to be amongst the most common injury we see and treat this time of year. At Great Lakes...
Happy Thanksgiving
Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center wishes you and your family a happy Thanksgiving!
Anterior Hip Replacement
There are three surgical approaches to an arthroplasty, or total hip replacement––the front, or anterior; the back, or posterior; and the side, or lateral. Since its inception in 1960, hip replacement surgery is the one of the most successful surgeries performed.
Revision Hip and Knee Replacements
If you are a recipient of a hip or knee replacement, you know firsthand how it changes your life. You are no longer in pain and have your mobility returned to you––your quality of life has skyrocketed. But what happens if sometime after the replacement you find...
Vitamins for Dr. Groseclose’s Trip to Guatemala
GLOC Welcomes Stephen G. Reichard, MD
Stephen G. Reichard has joined the staff at Great Lakes Orthopedic Center (GLOC) and brings a wide range of specialties with him. Dr. Reichard specializes in foot and ankle surgery, hindfood reconstruction, total ankle arthroplasty, flatfoot reconstruction, sports...
Black Bear Gran Fondo Bike Race
On Saturday July 14th, 2018, Great Lakes Orthopaedics (GLOC) co-sponsored the Black Bear Gran Fondo Bike Race along with the Grayling Rotary Club and other local businesses in Grayling, Michigan. The race had approximately 200 bikers. The race is a cross country type...
Delivering Accountable Care
On February 21st, our very own Dr. Galdes will be offering a presentation to local providers within the Northern Physicians Organization on evidence based non-operative management of hip and knee arthritis. Topics that will be discussed will include methods of...
