Musculoskeletal+-+Orthopedics


 * Musculoskeletal clinic** (updated per email from Jose Yasul, November 23, 2015)

This is a teaching clinic with most patients seen by a resident and an attending. One provider has background as a physical therapist and an ergonomics consultant and is certified as a hand specialist.

Please consider this clinic for your patients with problems that do not require orthopedic surgical consideration. We do joint injections. We initiate home exercise programs.

Clinic hours: Monday AM Where: Martinez Building 1, 3 North How to order: "Musculoskeletal" in ccLink

Patient types: 1) ER follow-up from the week before (Monday to Sudnay) with the following diagnoses 2) Sports related / overuse injuries, e.g. chronic shoulder pain, chronic knee pain, chronic ankle/foot pain, recurrent ankle sprain, chronic wrist pain, rotator cuff / subacromial bursitis, tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, etc. 3) Sports concussion evaluations for return to play protocol 4) No chronic neck or back pain, please
 * Fractures that do not need reductions (Boxer's, Nightstick, Jones', non-displaced distal fibula, clavicle, etc)
 * Acute sprains (ankle, knee, wrist)
 * Acromial-clavicular separations

See also the ccrmc/Arthralgia or Joint pain or Arthritis|Arthrititis/Arthralgia/Joint Pain page


 * Rehab exercises for patients from Dr. Yasul**
 * Shoulder (Eng) - print page 1
 * Knee (Eng) - print page 2
 * Hand (Eng) - print page 3
 * Back (Eng) - print page 4
 * Knee (Spanish) - print page 5
 * Shoulder (Spanish) - print page 6


 * Joint injections from Dr. Yasul**
 * [[file:ccrmc/Injections I do.doc|Injections I do.doc]] -** joint injections, and doseages chart

Knee exam

Jose Yasul's musculoskeletal clinic (as of September 2008)
 * Clinic info**
 * Monday AM in Martinez, only
 * See back of MR-191 for referral guidelines
 * Jose Yasul created a list of suggested views when taking X-rays (last updated May 9, 2008): [|X-ray Views].


 * Total Joint Replacements**

[|Total Joint Replacement Flow Sheet] is now under Medical Forms, yellow star icon (per email Dave MacDonald 10/2010)

Other options for Total Joint Replacements for non-CCHP Medicare/Medical patients - outside of CCHP. (per Jan Diamond 9/2009) These should be referred to our Orthopedics clinics. They will be managed thru the Total Joint protocol (email from Tremain, 10/09).
 * All patients managed by CCHP require PA thru CCHP for referral out for the procedure.
 * Medi-Cal patients would have to be referred to UCSF or UCD.

from Dr. Loosli
 * Low Back Pain -**

Lymphedema Clinic for Custom Support Stockings Phone 510-221-2410 Fax 510-221-2414
 * Fax Referral, Coversheet, Rx
 * 4 week waitlist