Best Shoulder, Knee & Sports Injury Specialist in Bangalore

If pain has lasted more than two or three weeks, wakes you at night, limits how far you can move the joint, or follows an injury that has not settled, it is time to get it checked. Early problems are easier to fix than late ones.

Often, no. Many shoulder and knee problems improve with physiotherapy, injections or time. Dr. Thampy will only recommend surgery when it is the best option for your injury, and he will explain the alternatives first.

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Any recent scans or X-rays, your lab reports, and a list of the medicines you take. A short note on when the pain started and what makes it worse helps as well.

It depends on the joint and the injury. Keyhole surgery usually means a faster recovery than open surgery, and Dr. Thampy will give you a recovery plan with clear stages so you know what to expect at each point.

At Manipal Hospital on Sarjapur Road in Bellandur, mornings from Monday to Saturday and on Sunday mornings, and at the Manipal Clinic in Sarjapur on weekday evenings. Both are on the Sarjapur Road corridor, so patients from Bellandur, HSR Layout, Koramangala, Whitefield, Marathahalli and Electronic City reach them without crossing the city. Confirm the current timing on the booking page before you travel.

Yes, including patients travelling from Kerala and from other parts of Karnataka. If you are coming a long way, send your scans ahead through the booking page so the consultation can be planned around your trip rather than spread over two visits.

It depends on the procedure, the implants used, the room category and how long you stay, so no honest single figure exists. The hospital billing desk gives you a written estimate before anything is booked, and they will tell you what your insurance policy covers and what it does not. Ask for that estimate at the consultation rather than after admission.

Most arthroscopic and joint replacement procedures are covered by standard Indian health insurance policies, though waiting periods and sub-limits vary by policy. Bring your policy details to the consultation and the hospital insurance desk will confirm the cover and handle the pre-authorisation.

Most people are walking without support within a few weeks and back to running at around three to four months, but returning to pivoting sport such as football, basketball or badminton usually takes nine to twelve months. Going back early is the main reason grafts fail. Dr. Thampy sets return-to-sport milestones on how the knee tests rather than on the calendar.

Many keyhole procedures are. Some need a night in hospital, particularly larger rotator cuff repairs or when other health conditions need watching. You will be told which applies to you before the date is fixed, so you can plan the time off.

Usually, yes. Most frozen shoulders settle with a structured stretching programme, and an ultrasound-guided injection into the joint often speeds that up considerably. Surgery is reserved for the small number of shoulders that stay stiff after months of proper rehabilitation.

Once a shoulder has dislocated more than once it rarely stops on its own, because the labrum and the ligaments that hold it in place have usually torn off the socket. Each further dislocation takes a little more bone with it, which makes the repair bigger. This is one of the injuries where getting it looked at early genuinely changes the operation you need.