At Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS. Orthopedics, our orthopedic surgeons and highly-trained staff are devoted to the care and treatment of the musculoskeletal system for adults and children. This includes the bones, joints, ligaments and muscles, as well as conservative and surgical treatment of arthritis, torn meniscus, and more. Our goal is to provide patients with state-of-the-art comprehensive care in arthroscopic shoulder, knee, elbow, hip, wrist, hand, and ankle surgery; PCL ligament reconstruction, torn ACL treatment, sports injury care and medicine, joint, hip and knee replacement, rotator cuff treatment, minimally invasive and fracture care, including all aspects of complex orthopedic trauma surgery. We also treat all types of hand and microvascular ailments ranging from cosmetic to congenital and reconstructive. For adults and children with a wide range of back and neck problems, Plancher Orthopedics offers evaluation and diagnosis, relief from pain, and a return to activities. Following an initial evaluation, we employ the latest techniques and technologies for diagnosis, treatment and recovery. With offices in both Connecticut and New York, we take pride in serving patients throughout both states. To schedule your initial appointment and learn more about robotic surgery, we welcome you to contact one of our offices today!
Our group of fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopaedists are specialists and draw upon their training at world-renowned medical centers. Moreover, we offer on-site certified occupational therapy, registered physical therapists, and certified athletic trainers, all eager to design individual rehabilitative treatment regimes to optimize functional return and Get You Back in the Game. Whether your injury requires light physical therapy treatment, or a full orthopedic surgery procedure, our professional doctors will make sure you are completely evaluated in order to get you back and feeling your best. Our patients travel from the Greenwich, New Canaan, Westport, CT areas, as well as both the Upper East Side and Upper West Side, NY regions.
Plancher Orthopedics serves as a complete Center for Regenerative Medicine providing the most up-to-date and innovative technology for treatment protocol. We offer both non-operative and operative treatment options, including Robotic Surgery for total knee, total hip and partial knee replacements, ACL reconstruction, with all the newest cartilage restoration procedures. With these great advancements in technology, it allows each of our orthopedic Surgery procedures and different sports injury treatments to be completed faster and with less down time.
It is of the utmost importance to the physicians at Plancher Orthopedics that every patient completely understands his or her condition and the most effective treatment options available to remedy it. For this reason, each doctor takes the time to talk to patients about every aspect of their total Orthopedic management program. Our skilled orthopedic team will provide a diagnosis and treatment regime. We aim to treat each patient as a whole, with individual attention to treatment and rehabilitative needs. Quality time is devoted toward the restoration of health and prevention of future problems.
I’ve been going to Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAOA, FAAOS. for many years and have had two meniscus repairs and I’m amazed how much better I feel and the years of activity I have been blessed to have. I’m extremely active in the mountains and depend on my legs. Anyone serious about getting better, come see Kevin D. Plancher!!
An ACL injury refers to trauma to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the knee, which can range from a mild sprain to a complete tear.
Common signs include hearing or feeling a "pop" at the time of injury and experiencing instability or a buckling sensation in the knee.
An ACL injury usually occurs when the knee is sharply twisted or extended beyond its normal range of motion.
Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, is a thickening and tightening of the soft tissue capsule that surrounds the glenohumeral joint, the ball and socket joint of the shoulder.
The major symptoms of frozen shoulder are pain and loss of motion.
The labrum is a disk of cartilage on the glenoid, or “socket” side of the shoulder joint. It helps stabilize the joint and acts as a “bumper” to limit excessive motion of the humerus, the “ball” side of the shoulder joint.
The primary symptom of a labral tear that is not associated with instability is pain in the area of the injury. Labral tears that involve the biceps tendon can make using the biceps tendon painful. Patients with labral tears from internal impingement will complain that they have pain with throwing.
Repeated abrasion on any of the surfaces of the patella and femur stresses the soft tissues of the patellofemoral joint and may even lead to a bone bruise. In some cases, the pain is caused by a weakening of the articular cartilage and/or swelling within the joint.
