Stephanie Kravlevich from Fox12 Oregon’s Good Day Living recently visited ROC’s Tualatin location to catch up with Jeffrey Feinblatt, M.D.
Dr. Feinblatt has been with ROC for over 17 years, specializing in reconstructive knee, foot, and ankle surgery. Stephanie and Dr. Feinblatt discuss how orthopedic medicine has changed since he started practicing and what makes ROC different.
Watch the full interview:
Video Transcript:
Stephanie Kralevich: ROC stands for Regenerative Orthopedic Center. And today, we are at the Tualatin location to speak with one of its Board-Certified orthopedic surgeons. We are with Dr. Jeffrey Feinblatt, a Board-Certified orthopedic surgeon at ROC. What is your specialty at ROC?
Dr. Jeffrey Feinblatt: I do knee reconstruction and sports medicine — everything basically from the knee down.
Kralevich: You’ve been here for seventeen years. What is your most common procedure?
Feinblatt: Knee issues are way above everything else. Meniscus pathology is really common, so we do that all the time.
Kralevich: Doctor, how have the surgical procedures changed since you began practicing here at ROC seventeen years ago?
Feinblatt: A lot of what I do is minimally-invasive surgery, and that’s been around for a long time. But really, the instrumentation and the implants that we use is changed, allowing us to treat a lot, a broader range of or variety of pathology. You know, there’s less scarring, there’s faster healing, and most times significantly less pain associated with the procedure.
Kralevich: I love that the slogan here is saving lifestyles because you’re getting people back on their feet.
Feinblatt: We want to not prolong life but really improve people’s lives.
Kralevich: What advice do you have for people who want to stay injury free and avoid the need for surgery in the first place?
Feinblatt: In Oregon, seventy percent of patients are Vitamin D deficient. We just don’t have exposure of our skin to the sun year round. And so Vitamin D deficiency is very common, and in people who are Vitamin D deficient, they are much more likely to have a stress fracture or stress reaction or these chronic injuries that just continue to nag. So I ask almost everyone, are you taking Vitamin D supplementation? If they’re not, we should be taking Vitamin D. That’s a very simple thing that we can do.
Kralevich: Let’s say someone is injured and facing the need for surgery. Why should they choose ROC?
Feinblatt: We are orthopedic surgeons. That’s what we do for a living, but we don’t only operate. We treat patients from injury till completion. And a lot of times, people don’t need surgery. If we can get someone through with equivalent results without surgery, we want to do that. A good example of that is Achilles tendon ruptures. A lot of times now, we are treating Achilles tendon ruptures just as successfully without surgery as we used to treat with surgery. So, yes, we do surgery, but there’s a lot more to it than just that.
Kralevich: To learn more about orthopedic care and recovery at Regenerative Orthopedic Center, visit rocpdx.com.
