Gelenk-Klinik-Orthopaedic-Hospital-in Freiburg

22/02/2025

“All hips and knee are strong now and working with no pain !
Please let doctor’s know this 75 year old man is very happy. Looking forward to golf season!”

Messages like these from all over the world – in this case, from Canada – reassure us in our work and bring us great joy. Our highest goal is to help people regain their quality of life and move without pain.

Thank you for your trust!
Your team at the Gelenkklinik

25/05/2023

Dear Claudia Ponert,
The entire staff of the Joint Clinic congratulates you on 10 years of international patient care 💐
You are an essential pillar in our team and have contributed to our clinic's reputation as a friendly place of well-being and recovery for international patients worldwide.
We appreciate you very much for your hard work and dedication over the past 10 years.
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary, and thank you for all you do for us and our patients!

21/04/2023

Medical Leaders at Gelenk-Klinik, Germany 🩺
Dr. Martin Rinio, MD, Senior Orthopaedic Consultant and Trauma Surgeon
Dr. med. Thomas Schneider - Senior Orthopaedic Specialist
Prof. Dr. med. Sven Ostermeier, Senior Orthopaedic Consultant
about Dr. Martin Rinio, MD, Senior Orthopaedic Consultant and Trauma Surgeon
PD Dr. med. habil. Bastian Marquaß, Senior Orthopaedic Consultant and Trauma Surgeon

https://www.joint-surgeon.com/orthopedic-consultant.html

07/03/2023

😄 63-year-old patient skiing after inserting a knee endoprosthesis (knee TEP) on BOTH sides three years ago!

👆 Our patient suffered from severe knee osteoarthritis on both sides. Prof Dr Ostermeier replaced both destroyed knee joints with artificial knee joints in 2019.

👍 Prof. Dr. med. Sven Ostermeier is a specialist in orthopaedics, trauma surgery and head orthopedist of the certified EndoProthetikZentrum (EPZ) at the Gelenk-Klinik Gundelfingen.

We are pleased about this success story! Thank you for allowing us to publish these pictures.

22/02/2023

🚶🏻‍♂️ Walking backwards has many health benefits, explains 👉 Dr. med. Thomas Schneider, foot and ankle specialist and head of the Center for Movement and Gait Analysis at the Gelenk-Klinik in Gundelfingen, in an interview ➡️

👍 "In general, this walking variation is recommended to strengthen the back and leg muscles. The otherwise usual, always the same load on the body is completely changed. The alternative to forward walking offers an excellent opportunity to train balance and coordination skills. Thanks to the smaller steps and walking on the forefoot, joints and heels are less strained. In particular, the impact loads on the knees are gentler when walking backwards in smaller steps than when walking forward."

15/02/2023

⚡️Pain is a purely subjective sensation, and there is hardly a worse experience than suffering from severe pain whose intensity we cannot communicate understandably.
👍 The pain scale helps patients, doctors and nursing staff, on which the patient ticks off how strongly they feel their current pain.

✅ Visual Analog Scale (VAS) The affected person indicates on a 10 cm line where his pain intensity currently lies. The starting point is "no pain", and the end is "severest pain imaginable". The number of cms corresponds to the respective pain intensity.
✅ Numerical analogue scale (NAS) The individual pain levels are subdivided at a distance of 1 cm with a numerical value of 0-10.
0 corresponds to "no pain", and 10 is "severest imaginable pain". The respective number corresponds to the analogue pain intensity.
✅ Smiley Analog Scale (SAS), six smiley faces reflect the current pain state. The affected person selects the face closest to their perception of pain.

🙂 Smilies and colours help children, elderly patients, patients with limited language skills, patients with dementia and patients with poor German language skills to express the intensity of their pain.

05/02/2023

18/11/2022

More than 40% of all adults suffer from spinal disorders and lower back pain is one of the leading causes of work disability in the industrialized countries of the world.

https://www.joint-surgeon.com/orthopedic-services/back-and-spine-specialist/expert-diagnose-of-back-pain

11/11/2022

Team of Specialists - Gelenk-Klinik in Gundelfingen, Germany
https://www.joint-surgeon.com/orthopedic-consultant.html

12/10/2022

Skiing after total knee replacement surgery on both sides? Yes 👍 that is possible!

The prerequisite is the specialist examination beforehand. The knee specialist gives the OK after the orthopaedic check-up.
The patient should prepare for these requirements and, in addition to good ski equipment and correct adjustment, build up his musculature accordingly. The best way to return to skiing is under professional guidance.

The video shows our 61-year-old patient skiing in March 2022.
In 2019, the patient suffered from severe knee osteoarthritis on both sides. Prof Dr Ostermeier replaced both destroyed knee joints with a knee endoprosthesis.

👉 Prof. Dr. med. Sven Ostermeier is a specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery and head orthopedist of the certified EndoProthetikZentrum (EPZ) at the Gelenk-Klinik Gundelfingen.