Who writes the medical content on this site?
A physician writes and reviews it.
Jeff Cole, MD treats hand, wrist, and elbow conditions at OrthoSouth in Memphis, and the pages here reflect the conditions he sees and treats, not a general template written by a marketing team.
Does a doctor actually check this information before it's published?
Yes. Dr. Cole reviews the clinical pages on this site for accuracy, drawing on his fellowship training in surgery of the hand and upper extremity at Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Content about hand, wrist, and elbow conditions is written and checked against what he sees and treats day to day.
Where do the facts on this site come from?
From Dr. Cole's own clinical training and practice, not from guesswork or copied text.
His residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Tennessee, Erlanger Hospital, and the hand and upper extremity fellowship referenced above shape how each condition and procedure on this site is described, so the language matches real clinical practice rather than a stock description.
Does this website replace seeing a doctor?
No. The information on this site is educational.
It explains conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, and hand and wrist fractures in plain language, but it does not diagnose or treat anyone. Readers with symptoms, especially after an acute injury or a sports related injury, should be evaluated in person.
How often is this content reviewed or updated?
On an ongoing basis, not just once when a page is first published.
Pages covering Dr. Cole's focus areas, hand and wrist, elbow, trauma, and sports medicine, are revisited as his practice and the conditions he treats evolve.
Can content written to rank in search engines still be accurate?
Yes, when accuracy comes first.
Each page on this site is written to answer a real question a patient or a referring physician would ask, then checked by Dr. Cole, rather than written to game a search ranking and reviewed afterward, or not at all.