George Cierny, MD, and Doreen DiPasquale, MD, physician-partners at REOrthopaedics in San Diego. Dr. Cierny is an international lecturer in orthopedic surgery who has published more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters in the field of musculoskeletal pathology and infection. Dr. DiPasquale, an orthopedic surgeon, is former residency program director at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
When most people think of bone problems, broken bones and osteoporosis (reduced bone density and strength) come to mind. But…