Some phrases are commonly used and are only sometimes valid when said. For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, an example could be using the term “It’s freezing out.” This phrase is often used when ...

Doctors in the U.S. perform nearly 800,000 total knee replacements every year, but some estimates indicate that up to 10% of patients may emerge from surgery with a new problem: arthrofibrosis, or ...

As a wound heals, tissue begins to grow over the wound, protecting it and replacing the damaged skin. As this fibrous tissue settles in, you develop a scar. Essentially, scars are nature’s way of ...

New Orleans Pelicans announced Thursday guard Tyreke Evans underwent minor arthroscopic surgery yesterday to clean out scar tissue in his right knee. Evans will begin rehab on his right knee ...

ANAHEIM — Describing it as a “huge relief,” Mike Trout said the latest setback in his recovery is a minor one. The Angels embattled star underwent an MRI on his left knee that he said came back clean, ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it. But over time, too much scarring can prevent nerves ...

Baltimore Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins is going back on the shelf. Dobbins is undergoing knee surgery to remove scar tissue from his previous ACL surgery, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported ...