For several years I have experienced mild knee pain. Mild turned to medium than spicy quickly,…read moresince I began a regimented exercise routine. I noticed every time I went to do a jumping jack my knees would buckle or I would feel searing pain like a stabbing feeling. I was using knee braces to help but when my exercises were being obstructed I knew I had to see an Orthopedic doctor since I don't want to be the person in class that can't do what everyone else is doing. I scheduled an appointment with the Orthopedic Association of Pittsburgh. The scheduling was relatively painless. I asked to see one doctor but was told it would be a couple of weeks so I asked for the first appointment available with any doctor. When I arrived I was checked in quickly and found the front desk lady to be polite and engaging. I waited maybe 10-15 minutes and was called back by I assume either a nurse or radiologist. He was super nice. Went over my issues with him and he was really inviting and likeable. After a while he took me back for x-rays. Then back to the room to wait on the doctor. First walks in a physician's assistant. She asks what the problem is. I retell my woes and she asks me to lie down where she begins to pinch and prod my knees and roundabouts. Followed with questions like "Does this hurt? How about now?" Yea it hurt stop it! She said hang tight and the doctor will be in with her to go over things. So I wait, probably a good 15 minutes. The doctor comes in with the assistant. Again asks me what's wrong. I regurgitate my story and he says my x-rays look good. But asks me to stand on a stool barefoot. I indulge him he makes comments to his colleague in doctor jargon, and wasn't really telling me anything. A few more exercises and he says, in layman's terms, that my knee caps are moving out. He suggests PT. I was really confused and didn't feel satisfied by his explanation. He started to say how the human body wasn't meant to do things like a bunch of jumping jacks in a row and these crazy HIIT exercises are causing this, along with my genetic makeup, AKA thanks mom and dad. After the comment about working out I started to realize this guy was an idiot. Annoyed I said what can I do for the pain? I was half hoping they would give me a cortisone shot just so I can maintain my routines, but no says he will give me 800 Ibuprofen. I don't like pills and won't take them unless it's necessary so this was of no help to me. He left the room quickly closing the door behind him, some muttering about see you in 6 weeks. Can't wait. So checking out I am annoyed. I didn't understand what my problem is and how PT will help. At some point I was approached by the nurse from earlier and asked how it went. I told him I had no idea what just happened and was confused. He seemed sympathetic which was appreciated. So I left and made my first PT appointment. I liked just about everyone I came across in this visit except my no bedside manor dippy doctor. Unfortunate really, but I think I will call and change to another one for the follow-up. Good doctors are hard to come by, especially specialist. I often wonder why they chose to go into this profession when it's clear they don't like people. Who knows? I have to say this place is a three regardless of the doctor's attitude.

A truly amazing doctor, both skill and "bed side manor". I fell 20' and broke my back-eyelash from…read morebeing paralyzed. Because of him I'm walking today. Took time to answer all questions/concerns. Several years later my wife developed back issues and there was never a question who we would go see. Again went above and beyond trying to diagnose problem. Once it was diagnosed made sure we got in contact with neurologist by personally calling in the evening. If you have any back issues, he is the doctor to see.

The staff at the CRS Monroeville Corporate One location were exceptional. Extremely…read moreknowledgeable, professional with strong work ethic, compassionate, confident with such humility. I was working with them for plantar fasciitis and tendonitis, both the PT and PT Assistant really cared about healing both issues. They were both so nice. The orthopedics doctor diagnosed my problems, but the PT treatments healed the problems. I cannot speak highly enough of the staff. I would recommend CRS Monroeville Corporate One to everyone in need of PT.

They are very respectful to your limitations but encourage you to try a little bit more in order to…read moreget better.

Simply the best, most comprehensive foot and ankle practice in Pittsburgh. And their physical…read moretherapists are also great.

Dr Prisk is an amazing surgeon. He did an amazing job reconstructing my ankle. His staff is so kind…read moreand caring. I would highly recommend his services.

I posted previously but decided I could almost post daily....if only I have the time to do so. It…read morehas been almost 3 months since my procedures. I worked outside all day yesterday and was exhausted, however as I was complaining to my husband that my legs, feet and hips were way overworked, then suddenly realized that was all true, but my knees did not hurt at all. So Blessed!!! When I am done cleaning dog poop and my Great Pyrenees is huge and so are his remains-----I always tried to check my shoes before coming in and that was a huge challenge as I could not bend my knees to look at the bottom of either shoe and in trying to do so always caused a painful problem. Well, no more, I can bend my knees to check my shoes with no pain, no problem. I could go on and on, each day I am excited with my progress. And yes, there are days that all does not feel great so I use my infarred heating pad and in a few days, all is back to being good. I would do this again in a minute!!!

RAPS earned one star on this review because I was categorically lied to, not because the procedure…read moredid not achieve the desired results. The desired result was the partial or complete healing of two torn meniscuses and the elimination of pain. Cheating on an exam results in complete failure, and intentionally lying to a patient results in a completely failing grade here. I went to RAPS for a consultation with Doctor Adelsheimer regarding my knee problem in the first half of 2014. He said I was a good candidate but was understandably uncertain what the outcome would be since the results are largely driven by the nature of the injury (long tear, short tear, in the middle of the meniscus or on the outside, etc). Whether or not the MRI revealed what was later learned from surgery is unknown to me (explained at the end). I decided not to do anything right away because I wanted to think about it. Eventually I called back with questions by contacting a service representative named Carol. Carol put me in touch with Doctor Adelsheimer who answered my questions. A few more months went by as I thought about it and I called back again with more questions. This time my questions were answered by Carol. I had two main questions. The first regarded the cyst in the joint identified by the MRI. I wanted to know if it would be drained. Carol definitively stated that it would be. The second question regarded both meniscuses since they were torn. I wanted to know if there would be an injection targeting each injured area or if only one injection was made for the entire knee. Again, Carol definitively stated there would be two injections - one each pinpointing the injured area. The only problem with both of these answers is they were categorically false. The cyst was not drained and there was only one injection (unless somehow I overlooked a second and excruciatingly painful needle stuck in my joint). This was not a miscommunication or a misunderstanding. This was an intentional lie. I know this because I was clear in my question, Carol was clear in her answer, and the actions taken by Doctor Adelsheimer clearly contradicted Carol's statement. The reason the word "lie" may make some readers uncomfortable is because the act of lying is a very, very uncomfortable action. Besides the problem with Carol, the staff was polite and patient. The work environment was professional and clean. Eventually, the knee became enough of a problem after the treatment that I elected to have knee surgery. Although there was an MRI, it was only after surgery that I learned the reason for the pain was the tear in the meniscus resulted in a fine thread of tissue with a nerve ending in it moving around uncontrollably. As for the other meniscus it turns out it was not torn at all. Although the MRI indicated it was injured, looking inside was the only way to know for certain what was happening. The moving of this thread resulted in pain, and so it was was removed. This fixed the issue and is why in this specific case the super concentrated platelet procedure would have never have worked. There are other doctors providing Regenexx procedures. I suggest finding one other than this one.