Joint Centers

About Lakeland Orthopaedics

A regional resource for joint replacement serving patients from across the South Carolina region

Orthopaedic Associates of the Lakelands is one of the largest orthopedic groups in South Carolina.

The “Lakelands Region” refers to the region around Greenwood, South Carolina located near Lake Greenwood, SC. The region includes about 7 surrounding counties across the western region of South Carolina.

The orthopedic group includes a team of board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons who specialize in the treatment of sports medicine problems, hip replacement, knee replacement and shoulder replacement.

For patients who suffer from extreme arthritis and painful joints that restrict movement, the orthopedic surgeons perform hip replacement, knee replacement and shoulder replacement to help patients back to full activity and their favorite sport.

Orthopaedic Associates of the Lakelands has a main office in a freestanding clinic building in Greenwood, SC, and operates satellites office in Abberville, Saluda, Edgefield, Laurens and McCormick, SC located just north of Augusta, GA and Athens, SC.

Within their educational web site, there are home remedies for knee pain, home remedies for hip pain, home remedies for shoulder pain and other foot/ankle and arm/hand problems.

This site has a knee pain symptom chart that shows what may be causing knee pain and when to see a physician.

Visitors to this web site can also download a Joint Pain Handbook. The handbook outlines what causes joint pain symptoms, provide non-surgical treatment options that can be explored, and when joint replacement might be considered.

The best way to determine what is causing knee pain, hip pain or other joint problems is to visit with one of our orthopedic specialists. Your visit may include X-ray or MRI diagnostics of the joint.

The good news is that artificial hip, knee and shoulder technology has progressed greatly to help most people to return to an active life.

Orthopaedic Associates of the Lakelands is an orthopedic group that provides sports medicine and orthopedic care for residents of a 7-county area known as “The Lakelands” in the northwest area of South Carolina around Greenwood, SC stretching east to Lake Greenwood. The Lakelands Orthopedic group serves the cities of Greenville, Piedmont, Abbevile, Anderson and Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Other patients come from Columbia, South Carolina. The team of orthopedic surgeons is proficient in all joint replacement surgery, and includes hip replacement surgeons, knee replacement surgeons and shoulder replacement surgeons.

The hip joint specialists can provide nonsurgical treatment options for relief of hip pain, and if necessary hip replacement surgery using the advanced Mako Robotic System that spares bone during hip joint surgery.

The orthopedic surgeons provide knee replacement surgery, hip replacement surgery and shoulder replacement surgery, including "reverse shoulder replacement surgery”. For hip replacement surgery, the orthopedic surgeons can provide minimally invasive hip replacement to shorten the recovery time and speed return to activity after hip replacement surgery.

The orthopedic surgeons at Lakelands Orthopedics can provide a second opinion for knee pain, hip pain or shoulder pain symptoms including if joint replacement surgery is recommended for the person’s problem.