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"I was told I’d never ride again."
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"Two weeks after getting my new hip, I was rocking again!"
"I now have running back in my life and could not be happier."
"I continue to do strengthening exercises as everything continues to get stronger!"
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Dr. Shah
Orthopedic Specialist
About Dr.Shah
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ritesh Shah is a national leader in using new advances that allow many joint replacement patients to walk out of the hospital ninety minutes after surgery and get back to their active lives in days or weeks.
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A Patient's Self Video After a Total Hip Arthroplasty
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“My New Knee Gave Me My Life Back”
This first person published account describes how crippling and consuming severe knee pain can be. It also describes how a 2013 knee replacement by Dr. Shah transformed her life. A major theme of this article is that patients wait too long for knee replacement surgery. Many are fearful about outdated notions that a knee replacement is prolonged and extremely painful. That is another world. Today Dr. Shah’s otherwise healthy knee replacement patients are often out of the hospital ninety minutes after their surgery. Thanks to minimal tissue trauma, many choose to take nothing more than over the counter medications during their recovery. Read the article: https://patch.com/illinois/buffalogrove/my-new-knee-gave-me-my-life-back
The Arlington Park Jockey Who Got Back In The Saddle After A Hip Replacement
Fireman Back To Saving Lives After Hip Resurfacing
Young or middle-aged active men with moderate arthritis can often benefit from a hip resurfacing. Unlike a hip replacement, this operation preserves the patient’s original “femoral head.” As a result recovery is typically even faster, and range of motion even better, than following a total hip replacement. This published story describes a firefighter operated on by Dr. Shah who’s back to full active duty. Read the article: https://www.ahchealthenews.com/2015/08/13/firefighter-is-pain-free-after-hip-resurfacing/
Patrick’s Story with Intellijoint HIP
Chicago Doc Finds Way to Perform Surgery with Little or No Narcotics
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Fox News 32 Article: Chicago doc finds way to perform surgery with little or no narcotics
FOX 32 NEWS – An estimated 1 million Americans will undergo knee or hip replacement surgeries this year, and most will be given narcotics to deal with the pain. It’s just that sort of surgery-opiate cycle that is helping to fuel the opioid epidemic in this country. But one Chicago doctor has found a way to perform surgery with little or no narcotics.
Posted On June 26 2019
A Tennis Player’s Total Right Hip Replacement
Tennis is my passion and I have been playing for 46 years and I am a solid 4.5 player still. I was told that I was bone on bone
A Marathon Runner’s Bilateral Hip Labrum Tear Story
I am a competitive amateur marathoner who had completed 21 marathons prior to my injury. I began having muscle pain in my stomach and...
IBJI Wins the Award for the Best Physical Therapy in the Entire North Shore!
IBJI was voted the Best Physical Therapy in the entire North Shore for the 2019 Choice Awards, presented by 22nd Century Media.
Orthopedics Blue Ribbon ARTICLE Award
Dr. Shah was recently awarded a Blue Ribbon ARTICLE Award for his work in changing the way we manage blood clot prevention after total joint replacements.
Aspirin Alone Is Not Enough to Prevent Deep Venous Thrombosis After Total Joint Arthroplasty
Thromboembolic events after total joint arthroplasty are potentially devastating complications. This study evaluated the efficacy of 4 different anticoagulants in preventing deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism after total joint arthroplasty.
Is it safe? Outpatient total joint arthroplasty with discharge to home at a freestanding ambulatory surgical center
Background: Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is trending toward shorter hospitalizations; as a result, there are many ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) starting to perform outpatient TJA. However...
