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Success Stories of the Journey to Wellness

 Lifetime wellness can be a difficult journey – especially if you’re afflicted with a chronic condition that impedes your ability to be able to exercise the way you’d like to, or severely restricts your diet. However, overcoming those hang-ups is one of the most exciting things about wellness! Here are a few success stories about

Only 4 days until someone wins an iPad!

Only four days remain to register your email address for a chance to win a new iPad from Arthritis & Joint Replacement Center of Reading!  Just go to our new website’s homepage to register your email address by November 24th.    The drawing for the iPad will be held on Monday, November 25th. While you’re on

Dr. James Shaffer to speak on Shoulder Replacement Surgery

Please join us for an upcoming lunchtime presentation when Dr. James Shaffer of Arthritis & Joint Replacement Center of Reading will share how shoulder replacement surgery can help relieve joint pain. He will gladly answer questions at the conclusion of the presentation. WHEN:    Monday, December 9th from noon to 1:00pm WHERE: The Highlands at Wyomissing, 2000 Cambridge Avenue Wyomissing, PA INFO:      Cost for lunch

Enter to win a new iPad – only a few days left!

We’re so excited that there’s only a few more days until we announce the lucky winner of a new iPad! Have you registered for your chance to win an new iPad from Arthritis & Joint Replacement Center of Reading?  If not, there’s still time.  Here’s how you register for your chance to win: Just visit our

Senior Expo 2013 – A Day Devoted to Wellness

What a day at the Senior Expo yesterday!  Record attendance of over 4,000 people learning about wellness – a wonderful thing! We had hundreds of people – both new and familiar faces – visit our booth and learn more about our practice and the advantages of our Continuum of Joint Care.  Dr. Jim Shaffer, our surgeon specializing in upper extremity

VERILAST Knee Technology

VERILAST Knee Technology builds on the decade of success of an advanced implant material called OXINIUM (Oxidized Zirconium), joining this lightweight, low-friction metal with a special kind of “highly cross-linked” plastic that is also resistant to common implant wear. When these two surfaces work together in the joint, they do amazing and unprecedented things: In

30 Simulated Years of Wear Performance

The brightest minds at orthopedic medical technology company Smith & Nephew have worked for years to minimize concerns about a leading cause of knee replacement failure – implant wear. While scientific literature indicates knee replacements should be expected to last 10 to 15 years before wear becomes an issue, Smith & Nephew has always thought

Arthritis & Joint Replacement Center of Reading

2758 Century Boulevard, Suite 2
Reading, PA 19610
Phone: 610.376.JOINT • Fax: 610.376.8546

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