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Joint care

Orthopedists specializing in joint care diagnose and treat issues such as strains, sprains, arthritis or chronic joint pain. To help you heal, these doctors may recommend lifestyle changes, medication, rehabilitation or joint replacement.

Compassionate joint pain experts

Our joint care specialists partner with you to relieve your pain and get you back on your feet.

At Mission Hospital, our orthopedists and joint replacement specialists are skilled in diagnosing and treating joint pain with surgical and nonsurgical methods.

Are your bones and joints healthy?

When something is wrong with your bones or joints, it can be painful and debilitating. We offer quick knee and hip health risk assessments to help you get started on a path to recovery and wellness.

Conditions that may cause joint pain

There are a variety of conditions that may be the cause of joint pain. Our specialists are skilled at treating these conditions, which may include:

  • Arthritis or osteoarthritis
  • Broken bones
  • Bursitis
  • Gout
  • Joint dislocation
  • Lupus
  • Lyme disease
  • Sprains or strains
  • Stress or overuse of injuries
  • Tendonitis

Our joint care services

Our joint care specialists at Mission Hospital work with you to understand the cause of your joint pain, and help you determine the right treatment for your lifestyle.

Knee care

If you are suffering from knee pain or an injury that is limiting your mobility, it is important to receive the right care in order to return to the activities you enjoy and prevent future musculoskeletal conditions. Our knee specialists will work with you to understand the cause of your knee pain, and will recommend the right treatment, beginning with non-surgical options like physical therapy or regenerative medicine procedures. If surgery is required, we offer minimally invasive procedures for a faster recovery.

Foot and ankle care

Our foot and ankle specialists provide care for a wide range of issues, including overuse injuries from sports, complicated deformities and traumatic injuries. Other foot and ankle conditions we treat include:

  • Bunion correction
  • Clubfoot residual deformities
  • Diabetic foot care and Charcot foot deformities
  • Flatfoot
  • Hammertoe
  • Infections/osteomyelitis
  • Soft tissue and bone reconstruction
  • Trauma

We provide both surgical and nonsurgical solutions to help reduce your pain and help you return to your daily activities.

Hip care

If you are experiencing hip pain, we will partner with you to discover if your pain can be resolved with physical therapy, or if a surgical solution is the right choice. At Mission Hospital, our surgeons are the only ones in western North Carolina who regularly perform arthroscopic surgery for hip conditions, as well as hip preservation procedures to support your health.

Arthritis care

If you are suffering from degenerative arthritis or chronic pain, we offer comprehensive arthritis management as well as orthopedic surgery options. We use nonsurgical methods first to help relieve pain and stiffness, including steroid injections, anti-inflammatory medications and physical therapy, and also provide minimally invasive surgical solutions. As a regional leader in arthritis care, our goal is to reduce your pain and help return you to a high functional level.

Joint replacement surgery

If you need surgical care to reduce your joint pain, we offer total joint replacement procedures that use minimally invasive techniques to aid you in recovering faster. We offer a range of procedures, including joint replacement for:

  • Hip
  • Knee
  • Shoulder

Looking for a location?

We also offer quality care at these other locations in our extended network.

Our Joint care Locations

Mission Hospital
509 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 213 - 1111
Mission Hospital
509 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 213 - 1111

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