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Rehabilitation After Arthroscopy: What You Need to Know
After joint arthroscopy, it is necessary to restore movement, weight-bearing ability, muscle strength, and the capacity to tolerate everyday activity.
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#knee
#elbow
#shoulder
#foot
Shoulder and Arm Pain: Causes and Treatment
The shoulder has a wide range of motion, which makes it particularly sensitive to injuries, overuse, and inflammatory changes.
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Intra-Articular Injections: Indications and Risks
Intra-articular injections are a common treatment option for joint pain. They may provide relatively rapid relief, improve mobility, and help a person return to everyday activities.
#knee
#shoulder
#thigh
Ankylosing Spondylitis: What It Is, Symptoms, and Diagnosis
Ankylosing spondylitis, also known as Bechterew’s disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. Over time, it can limit mobility and significantly affect quality of life.
#back
Osteoarthritis of the Joints: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease of the entire joint in which the articular cartilage gradually deteriorates, bone tissue changes, and the surrounding joint structures function less effectively.
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#knee
#elbow
#shoulder
#thigh
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms and Rheumatoid Factor
Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects the joints, tendon sheaths, and other tissues throughout the body.
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De Quervain’s Disease: Symptoms and Treatment Methods
De Quervain’s disease, also known as De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, is a condition affecting the first extensor compartment of the wrist. The thumb tendons pass through a narrowed tunnel and begin to glide with pain.
#hand
Hygroma: Causes and Effective Treatment
A hygroma is a superficial, bony formation near a joint or tendon canal that most often appears on the hand, wrist, or fingers.
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Trigger Finger (Stenosing Tenosynovitis)
Stenosing ligamentitis disrupts the normal gliding of the finger tendon and gradually makes the usual hand movements more difficult. At first, a person feels stiffness, then a painful clicking appears, and at later stages the finger becomes fixed in a bent position.
#hand
Why Does a Finger Hurt: Main Causes and Treatment
Pain in the finger appears after injury, overload, inflammation or compression of the nerve. The symptom itself does not indicate one specific problem, because the source of discomfort can be a joint, tendons, ligaments, nerve or surrounding soft tissues.
#hand
Joint Contracture: Causes, Symptoms, Types, and Treatment Methods
Joint contracture is a persistent decrease in range of motion due to changes in the soft tissues and other structures around the joint. This condition interferes with everyday activities and can significantly worsen quality of life.
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Can You Run with Osteoarthritis?
When running with arthrosis is possible, in which cases it is strictly not recommended, and what alternatives should be considered in order to maintain movement without harm to the joints - says Vasily Mellen, orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist of Mashtaler Ortho&Trauma Clinic.
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What Are Compression Stockings?
When people think about treatment of the musculoskeletal system, they usually imagine surgery, fixation, and exercise. However, there is another component that works almost unnoticed while significantly affecting the recovery process: compression stockings.
#foot
#knee
Rehabilitation and Life After Hip Replacement
The pain that caused sleepless nights, restricted movement, and changed daily habits disappears. In the first days after surgery, patients notice that it becomes easier to stand up and sit down. It is a relief to stop thinking about every step.
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Innovative Bikini Approach for Hip Replacement Surgery
Bikini approach is a relatively new, minimally invasive method that is distinguished by its delicacy, less trauma and expressive aesthetics.
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Donor Meniscus Transplantation
This is an important milestone, as the procedure has been performed only eight times in Ukraine.
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
The anterior cruciate ligament connects the femur and the tibia, helping stabilize the knee during bending, pivoting, and walking.
#knee
Super Inductive System
Super Inductive System (also known as High-Intensity Magnetotherapy) is a modern, effective, and safe method of pain treatment that works without invasive intervention.
#hand
#knee
#thigh
#elbow
#shoulder

Taras Mashtaler

Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon
Consults online
English-speaking

Education:

Lviv State Medical Institute, degree in General Medicine

Professional experience:

  • 1987 — Graduated from Lviv State Medical Institute (General Medicine)
  • 1987–1988 — Surgical Internship, Volyn Regional Hospital, Lutsk
  • 1991–1993 — Clinical Residency in Orthopedics and Traumatology
  • Since 1995 — Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon, 1st Traumatology Department, Lviv Emergency Hospital
  • 2000–2007 — Chief Specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Department of Health, Lviv City Council
  • 2003–2019 — Head of the 1st Traumatology Department, Lviv Emergency Hospital
  • Since 2021 — Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon, Mashtaler Ortho&Trauma Center for Progressive Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation

Work experience 38 years

Performed 7,000+ surgical procedures

Capture:

skiing, running, marathon

Good health requires consistent and dedicated effort — it cannot be replaced by anything else

Areas of expertise:

  • Hip and knee arthroplasty (joint replacement)
  • Management of complex trauma
  • Fracture osteosynthesis (all levels of complexity)
  • Treatment of foot deformities
  • Management of post-traumatic complications
  • Nonunion and malunion of fractures
  • Treatment of gunshot injuries
  • Shoulder and elbow joint injuries

Professional development:

  • 1993 — Manual reflexotherapy for vertebrogenic conditions, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
  • 2000 — Spine disorders diagnosis and treatment with manual therapy basics, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • 2003–2015 — Advanced clinical training in orthopedic surgery and joint arthroplasty, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2005 — Courses in joint diseases and arthroplasty, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 2006 — Spine treatment course, Rzeszów, Poland
  • 2007 — Integrated Osteosynthesis Course, SNM Systems, Augustów, Poland
  • 2015 — European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) Congress, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2017 — AO Trauma Course: Surgical Approaches and Osteosynthesis, Graz, Austria
  • 2018 — International osteosynthesis training, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2019 — Shoulder Surgery Course, Athens, Greece
  • 2019 — Joint Preservation Congress, Warsaw, Poland
  • 2020 — Swedish-Ukrainian Conference on Hip Arthroplasty Innovations, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 2023 — International seminar on joint arthroplasty (“April Theses”), Kyiv
  • 2024 — AO Trauma Workshop: Battlefield Trauma
  • 2024 — Course on knee injuries: diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, Kyiv
  • 2025 — International Trauma Ortho Forum (ITOF): Orthoplastic Management

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