A healthy body
is something many of us take for
granted until illness, injury or
aging threatened to take it all away.
And here to discuss new technology
to relieve pain and get you
back to your active lifestyle is
Palomar health orthopedic surgeon,
Doctor James Breed. Welcome.
Thank you. Nice to be here.
Thank you very much.
Doctor. Sports medicine and orthopedics
hold a special place in your heart.
Tell us about your journey into healthcare.
Well, I I believe I had a strong interest
in science and I got interested in
medicine I wanted to be involved in.
Helping people, doing things for
people and as a. Lifelong athlete.
I've always had an interest in sports
and when I got into sports medicine,
Orthopedics, I just,
it was easy to be passionate about
what I'm doing and love going to
work every day for that reason.
So it was a great fit for me.
And Palomar Health has a nationally
recognized orthopedic and spine
center ranking in the top 10% of U.S.
hospitals and that's thanks to
your world class team of doctors
and innovative technology.
The technology is vital and Palomar
health has been great with us.
In providing the technology,
it allows us to be precise.
We can do the surgery more accurately,
with better quality,
smaller incisions and a much better outcome.
Things like the robot in the operating room,
computer assisted and other
innovative implants and that sort
of thing have been provided for us
and it it makes surgery much more
efficient and accurate and precise.
Are you most excited about?
Well, a lot of technologies change very
quickly and example and that's very exciting.
For example, ACL reconstructive surgery
just in the last three to six months,
a newer technique has evolved.
It's accepted and it, I believe it
gives you a better ACL reconstruction.
It's a quicker recovery and
a much better operation.
Also for example, in joint replacement,
we've developed some instruments
that allow us to do knee and hip
replacements through smaller incisions.
The Davinci type product,
like a robot and computer assisted
allow us to be more accurate.
And as a lifelong athlete,
what's the most rewarding part
about working in sports medicine?
Well. People who are hurt miss what
they're doing, and it's just so great
to be able to help people get back
doing what they love and what they
once did efficiently and quickly.
Whether it's youth sports,
getting kids back on the field with their
teammates and friends where they belong,
college and professional or
high or achieving higher goals,
and certainly adults so that they can
maintain an active healthy lifestyle,
playing tennis, golf, hikings, skiing.
So that's the most rewarding
to see people return.
To the fun activities that they
enjoy and keep them healthy.
And Palomar Health was honored yet again,
landing on the list of America's
100 best hospitals for joint
replacement and orthopedic
surgery for the last seven years.
How do you take the fear
out of scheduling surgery?
Actually, studies have been done
that show the educated patient. Is.
More likely to do better first and
foremost as you want a great outcome,
great result and that's something
we focus on as surgeons and
the hospital administration.
Additionally, it's vitally important that
the patient is fully informed, comfortable.
So we want to take a lot of time
to answer all the questions.
We have classes that are,
we require 2 hour class where people
are educated and they feel good
and educated patient does better.
So we want to be patient and
deliberate in answering all the
questions and have a great outcome
surgically which is on us.
And how do you know when hip,
knee or joint pain are serious enough
to require a visit to the doctor?
So when people have difficulty
doing things like playing golf,
playing tennis with their friends,
skiing with their family,
caring for their children,
their grandchildren,
picking them up and being active,
they're missing out on certain
things in life that they enjoyed.
That's a that's a time to consider
seeing it physician orthopedics
and and see what you can do to
improve that because we can do that
to learn more about treatment options
and get you back. Doing the things
you love, visit palomarhealth.org.
We'll see you next time.