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Kara Franks started playing soccer
in the fifth grade in Smithville and
continued to play through Junior
High and High School. By the time
she arrived at Trine University in
Angola, Indiana, she was ready for
varsity play in addition to
Dr. Michael Todd
and Kara Franks
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pursuing her major in Accounting.
In all the years of playing soccer,
Kara had never had an injury but on
December 12th, just half way
through her junior year, she said she
“heard and felt pop-pop-pop in her
knee and fell on the field.” Kara had
torn her Anterior Cruciate Ligament
(ACL) that is in the center of the knee
and keeps the shin bone in place.
When it tears, it can cause the knee
to give way during physical
activity and it is very painful. This
injury required an Arthroscopic
Reconstruction at Wooster Community
Hospital performed by Dr. Michael
Todd, Orthopaedic Surgeon. The
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surgery was followed by a long and hard recuperation
with months of physical therapy at HealthPoint.
Kara spent her summer vacation watching the
World Cup, going to HealthPoint and working as an
Accounting Intern at D&S Distribution.
Classes at Trine University started on August 15th,
and Kara, who has been working with an athletic
trainer, and will be returning to the soccer field this fall
after nine months of rehabilitation. Dr. Michael Todd
describes his patient as compliant and cooperative
and she describes him as “a really cool guy.”
Dr. Michael Todd is Board Certified in Orthopaedic
Surgery with a Fellowship in Sports Medicine. He
graduated from Kent State University. He was selected
for The Health Professions Scholarship Program, which
sent him to Ohio University College of Osteopathic
Medicine. His Internship was as an Orthopaedic
Surgery pre-select at William Beaumont Army
Medical Center, El Paso,Texas. He continued at
William Beaumont with a four year Residency in
Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr .Todd was selected
for the prestigious John A. Feagin Jr. Sports
Medicine Fellowship at West Point, NY-United
States Military Academy 2007-08. From 20092010, Major Todd served in Iraq, and in 2012 he
was deployed to Afghanistan. Dr. Todd served
twelve years in the Army and felt that he had
the best possible Orthopaedic surgical experience
working with a large and relatively young patient
population. Dr. Todd left his army practice to be able
to spend more time with his family. He grew up in
Canton, Ohio and is happy to be living again in a small
town with his wife and children . Any recreational time
is spent mountain biking or hunting.
By Michael Todd, D.O.
My husband is middle-aged and is suffering from
persistent hip pain. He has tried chiropractic
treatment and medications but nothing seems to
alleviate the pain. What could be causing his pain?
Since your hip is a ball and socket joint, problems can
arise when they are not working smoothly together.
This problem can cause a condition known as Femoral
Acetabular Impingement (FAI). FAI occurs when the
head of your femur bone does not have full range of
motion within the socket (acetabulum). Over time, this
can cause a breakdown of the cartilage that lines the
socket. FAI is a major factor known to cause arthritis.
FAI can happen anytime between the teenage years
and middle age. It is possible to have FAI for years
without knowing it because often in the early stages
you do not notice any pain. When symptoms start to
develop, you may feel stiffness in the groin or front
of the thigh and/or a loss of your hip’s full range of
motion. Sharp stabbing pain may occur with turning,
twisting, and squatting, but sometimes, it is just a dull
ache. As the condition progresses, however, you may
feel pain with just sitting for a long time or walking
up hill.
If you feel you have symptoms of FAI, you can schedule
an appointment to have a doctor diagnose you. Your
doctor may first give you a physical exam to see your
limitations in the range of motion of your hip. A few
other tests can be done to determine your condition
which could include an X-ray or MRI. Treatment
options can include medications or physical therapy.
If the pain cannot be relieved from non-surgical
treatments, then surgery would be the next step. Your
doctor can go into your hip through a small incision
and clean out or repair any damage.
If you would like to schedule an appointment call
330.202.3420.
Dr. Todd’s office is the Ohio State Medical Center Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine located in the
HealthPoint facility at 3727 Friendsville Road.
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