Hip and Knee Clinic
At the Central Alberta Hip and Knee Clinic we provide surgical and non-surgical management for patients with osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis or post-traumatic arthritis of the hip and knee. We adhere to the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network Hip and Knee pathway and are committed to providing care that meets and exceeds the accepted standard of care.
In an effort to decrease our wait times for appointments, we have started a new initiative - the Hip and Knee Screening Clinics. Here, patients are assessed by an experienced member of our team to better determine how severe your symptoms are, how you have responded to non-surgical management as well as whether you are ready for surgery. Based on this assessment, you will be assigned to the best fit practitioner for you.
If you have not had any non-surgical management and/or have mild or moderate arthritis on your x-rays you might be directed to our MSK Physician Assessment Clinic. This clinic can help direct your non-surgical management until you are in need of joint replacement. If you are redirected to the Musculoskeletal Assessment Clinic, this will not delay your appointment with an arthroplasty surgeon if still needed.
With regards to non-surgical management, we offer a comprehensive array of image-guided articular and peri-articular injections through our Ultrasound Guided Injection Clinic. We also offer consultations regarding non-invasive management of hip and knee arthritis through our MSK Physician Assessment Clinic.
We also offer surgical management of arthritis and our surgeons are all high-volume arthroplasty surgeons. Our surgeons each also have their own areas of interest and expertise so we also offer some minimally-invasive and partial joint replacement options. As part of the Hip and Knee Pathway, our patients are assigned a Case Manager and are offered support and teaching every step of the way.
Patients must be referred to the Hip and Knee Clinic by a physician or nurse practitioner.
What can I do while I wait for an appointment?
There are a number of non-surgical ways to manage arthritis and this includes keeping a healthy weight, participating in exercise programs, completing an evidence-based therapy such as the GLA:D program - click here or for more information or contact 403-986-2446 if you want to participate via our clinic - as well as joint injections for pain relief. If you would like a joint injection and are waiting to be seen at our clinic, please contact us directly.
You can find more information on the diagnosis, treatment and management of hip and knee arthritis, this information can be found by searching https://myhealth.alberta.ca/.
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