At WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, we aim to provide the highest quality joint replacement care for the people of the Ohio Valley. We pride ourselves on staying at the forefront of joint replacement technology and techniques. In addition to providing excellent surgical care, our goal is to make the total joint replacement experience as worry free for our patients as possible.

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital offers a variety of comprehensive solutions for people with chronic joint pain cause by arthritis. We remind patients that there is no need to live in pain, and a simple consultation can provide a wide variety of answers.

Our joint specialists provide a full array of joint care options – from non-surgical treatments and primary joint replacements to revision surgeries. We offer the following surgical treatments for adult reconstruction, including:

• Primary Total Knee and Hip Replacements
• Partial Total Knee Replacements
• Rosa Robotic-Assisted Knee Replacements
• Complicated revisions of failed Total Knee and Total Hip Replacements

Investigating the Causes of Joint Pain

Joint pain is a condition that can significantly affect your quality of life, making it essential to understand its causes. Common joint pain causes include inflammatory conditions, injuries, overuse, infections, diseases, and other factors. By understanding why joints hurt, you can make informed decisions about your health, seek the right treatment options, and manage your condition effectively. Whether you’re experiencing joint pain or want to help someone who is, WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital can provide the necessary information to help best understand the issues.

Common Reasons Why Joints Hurt

Joints hurt due to various reasons, including certain medical conditions. Two primary joint pain causes are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects cartilage in the joints. Over time, cartilage wear and tear can lead to arthritis pain, stiffness, and swelling in affected joints such as knees, hips, and spine.
Contrarily, rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease causing inflammation in the joints when the immune system mistakenly attacks the joint lining. This results in arthritis pain, swelling, and stiffness, affecting multiple joints throughout the body, including the hands, wrists, and feet.

If your joints hurt, it’s crucial to consult a healthcare professional for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate joint pain treatment. At WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, our orthopedic team of bone and joint experts provides comprehensive care for joint pain and related conditions, offering a range of treatment options including medication, physical therapy, and minimally invasive procedures.

How Inflammatory Conditions Cause Joint Pain

Inflammatory conditions can also be significant joint pain causes. Understanding these conditions can help in the effective treatment and management of arthritis pain. Conditions like Bursitis, Tendinitis, and Lupus can cause joint pain.

If your joints hurt due to an inflammatory condition, seeking professional help is essential. At WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, our team of highly skilled orthopedic experts specializes in diagnosing and treating various inflammatory conditions that cause joint pain. We offer comprehensive care and personalized joint pain treatment plans to manage your symptoms and improve your quality of life.

Joint Pain Causes: Injury and Overuse

Injury and overuse are other causes that make joints hurt. Sports injuries, repetitive strain injuries, and fractures can all lead to joint pain.

If you’re experiencing joint pain, it’s important to consult a healthcare professional for a diagnosis and appropriate joint pain treatment. At WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, our experienced team of orthopedic specialists provides comprehensive care for joint pain and related conditions. Contact us today to schedule an appointment and find relief from your joint pain.

Appointments and Directions

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
1 Medical Park
Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: 304-243-3252

The WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Sports Medicine program cares for athletes of all sports and all ages – from weekend warriors to competitive high school, college, and professional athletes. Our goal is to help every patient get back to their highest level of activity possible – whether that means returning to the gym or reporting for practice. We provide evaluations for clearing athletes to return to their sports, and give peace of mind to our patients that they are being cared for with the highest quality services possible.

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Sports Medicine physicians perform complete physical examinations for athletes of all sports and all ages to identify historical or physical factors that may predispose you to injury and to assess your athletic and physical fitness. We also provide guidance on nutrition for sports performance.

Sports and performance injuries are as varied as the range of activities involved, and our specialists offer a complete range of sports medicine treatment. Many problems can be solved using rehabilitation and strengthening exercises. We will teach you proper conditioning and techniques to help you heal and return to the activities you love.

Conditions We Treat

• Knee
  • ACL Tears
  • Ligament Repairs (PCL, MCL, LCL, PLC)
  • Meniscus Tears
  • Cartilage Injuries
  • Patellar Tendon Injuries
  • Quadriceps Tendon Injuries
  • Hamstring Injuries
• Shoulder
  • Dislocations/Instability
  • Labral Tears
  • Throwing Injuries
  • Acromioclavicular Joint Separations/Instability (Shoulder Separation)
  • Cartilage Injuries
  • Biceps Tendon Tears
• Elbow
  • Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow
  • Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tears (Tommy John)
  • Ligament Tears
  • Throwing Injuries
  • Biceps Tendon Tears
  • Triceps Tendon Tears
• Hip
  • Labral Tears
  • Snapping Hip
• Foot and Ankle
  • Achilles Tendon Tears
  • Ankle Sprains
  • Syndesmosis Injuries (High Ankle Sprains)
  • Fifth Metatarsal/Jones Fractures
  • Various Other Sports/Activity Injuries
• Hand and Wrist
  • Wrist and Finger Fractures
  • Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital offers a variety of comprehensive solutions for people with sports and activity related injuries. We remind patients that there is no need to live in pain, and a simple consultation can provide a wide variety of answers. Physical Therapy is often a high quality solution for patients, but when surgery is required we have a team of deeply experienced fellowship trained surgeons that perform a large range of services.

Services We Provide

• Knee
  • Knee Arthroscopy
  • ACL Reconstruction (Including Quadriceps Tendon Graft)
  • Fertilized/Biological Augmented ACL Reconstruction
  • Ligament Repairs and Reconstruction (PCL, MCL, LCL, PLC)
  • Meniscus Repairs
  • Meniscus Transplantation
  • Cartilage Restoration Procedures
  • Limb Realignment Osteotomies
  • Patellar Tendon Repairs
  • Quadriceps Tendon Repairs
• Shoulder
  • Arthroscopic Surgery
  • Shoulder Stabilization
  • Labral Repairs
  • Rotator Cuff Repairs
  • Acromioclavicular Joint Reconstruction
  • Cartilage Surgery
  • Biceps Tendon Surgery
• Elbow
  • Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repairs and Reconstruction (Tommy John Surgery)
  • Ligament Repairs
  • Elbow Arthroscopy
  • Biceps Tendon Repairs
  • Triceps Tendon Repairs
• Hip
  • Hip Arthroscopy
  • Labral Repairs
• Foot and Ankle
  • Achilles Tendon Repairs
  • High Ankle Sprain Repairs
  • Fifth Metatarsal/Jones Fracture Repairs
  • Ligament Repairs
• Hand and Wrist
  • Wrist and Finger Fracture Repairs
  • Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Release

Appointments and Directions

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
1 Medical Park
Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: 304-243-3252

The Bone and Joint Fracture Center at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital provides a comprehensive approach to fracture care by nationally recognized, fellowship trained experts. Our Orthopedic Trauma Team at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital is a team of highly skilled medical professionals specializing in the comprehensive management of traumatic musculoskeletal injuries.

They employ a range of surgical techniques to address complex fractures, dislocations, and soft tissue injuries resulting from accidents, falls, or traumatic incidents. Whether it’s a traumatic fracture repair, joint stabilization, or the reconstruction of severely injured limbs, our orthopedic trauma team is dedicated to providing the highest level of care. The primary goal is to restore optimal function, alleviate pain, and improve the overall quality of life for patients affected by trauma-related musculoskeletal problems, enabling them to regain mobility and lead fulfilling lives.

Conditions We Treat

• Elderly fracture care
  • Osteoporosis care to prevent second fracture
  • Routine Fracture
    1. Wrist, forearm, elbow, and shoulder
    2. Hip, thigh, knee, ankle, and foot
  • Complex Factures
    1. Pelvis and hip socket
    2. Fracture around joint
  • Post traumatic reconstruction
    1. Issues from fractures that don’t heal
    2. Fractures that heal crooked
• Complex joint injuries
• Open fractures
• Complex trauma reconstruction

Appointments and Directions

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
1 Medical Park
Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: 304-243-3252

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital Orthopedics provides comprehensive evaluation and surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. Our highly skilled orthopedic surgeons have completed additional fellowship training to offer you the most modern treatment methods. We are one of the few programs in the state of West Virginia equipped to provide complex procedures using the latest technology, including reconstructive surgery.

Conditions We Treat

• Shoulder
  • Dislocations/Instability
  • Labral Tears
  • Throwing/Sports Injuries
  • Acromioclavicular Joint Separations/Instability (Shoulder Separations)
  • Cartilage Injuries
  • Biceps Tendon Tears
  • Degenerative Conditions (Arthritis)
• Elbow
  • Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow
  • Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tears (Tommy John)
  • Other Ligament Tears
  • Throwing/Sports Injuries
  • Biceps Tendon Tears
  • Triceps Tendon Tears
• Hand and Wrist
  • Wrist and Finger Fractures
  • Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

WVU Medicine Orthopedics performs a variety of procedures to repair fractures, nerve decompression, tendons, rheumatoid deformities, and congenital defects. Our physicians are well-trained to address fractures of the hand and injuries to the carpal bones that affect wrist movement. We use the latest treatments for trauma to these areas, including microvascular, arthroscopic, and reconstructive surgery, and our team of occupational therapists specializes in hand, wrist, and elbow rehabilitation.

Services We Provide

• Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
• Cartilage Surgery
• Biceps Tendon Surgery/Repairs
• Total Shoulder Replacements
• Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repairs and Reconstruction (Tommy John Surgery)
• Elbow Ligament Repairs
• Arthroscopic Elbow Surgery
• Triceps Tendon Repairs
• Wrist and Finger Fracture Repairs
• Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Release

Appointments and Directions

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
1 Medical Park
Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: 304-243-3252