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CityViewNC.com | 17 hamstring leg muscles. These muscles come into play during physical therapy following surgery. Toby Anderton, M.D., is an orthopedic surgeon with Fayetteville Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. He says hip and knee joint replacement surgery can give patients a new life, but surgery is always a last option. Physicians try to treat arthritis with simpler solutions first, such as medicine and physical therapy. Anti-inflammatory injections can be tried next. "If that doesn't work, only then do we possibly consider surgery," Dr. Anderton said. If surgery is called for, patients can rely on Cape Fear Valley's award-winning orthopedic program. It offers a compre- hensive range of services, ranging from general orthopedics and sports medi- cine to trauma surgery and total joint replacement. Cape Fear Valley's Joint Replacement Program has achieved disease specific certification by The Joint Commission. It can help restore function and mobility faster and with less pain. Procedures include total hip, total knee, partial knee and total reverse shoulder replacement – a new procedure offering hope to shoulder arthritis patients who were once considered inoperable. As part of its Joint Replacement Pro- gram, Cape Fear Valley has established the Joint Replacement Club, a carefully thought out and rigorous recovery pro- gram designed to assist joint replace- ment patients before, during and after surgery. "The goal," Dr. Anderton said, "is to help you get back on your feet, doing the things you want to do and enjoy it." You can learn more about joint pain and arthritis at Cape Fear Valley's next Arthritis of the Hip & Knee Seminar on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the pub- lic. It will be held at Cape Fear Valley's Education Center at 3418 Village Dr., Fayetteville. To pre-register, please call (910) 615-7996. cape fear orthopedics 4140 Ferncreek Dr. Fayetteville, N.C. 28304 (910) 484-2171 6000 Ramsey St., Suite 108 Fayetteville, N.C. 28311 (910) 484-3332 142 Paraclete Dr., Suite 301 Raeford, N.C. 28376 (910) 222-1200 fayetteville orthopaedics & sports medicine 1991 Fordham Dr., Suite 100 Fayetteville, N.C. 28304 (910) 484-3114 300 E. McKay St., Suite E Elizabethtown, N.C. 28337 (910) 862-2473 If surgery is called for, patients can rely on Cape Fear Valley's award-winning orthopedic program. It offers a comprehensive range of services, ranging from general orthopedics and sports medicine to trauma surgery and total joint replacement. Special Advertising Section

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