Board Certified Hip Surgeon & Hip Specialist Treating Patients in the Greater Santa Barbara Communities As one of the body’s largest joints, the hip is a sophisticated structure composed of numerous ligaments, tendons, muscles and bones. The ball-and-socket joint is formed by the acetabulum (socket) and the femoral head (ball). The hip joint allows a [...]
Proximal Hamstring Repair Surgeon Are you an athlete who participates in sports that involve a lot of running and jumping or sudden stopping and starting? If so, you may be at risk of tearing your proximal hamstring. A torn or injured hamstring can lead to poor leg control and difficulty walking. Significant [...]
Hip Labral Tear Surgeon Are you an athlete who participates in contact sports or in activities that require repetitive movements of the hip? Have you had a hip dislocation or traumatic injury? If so, hip labral tear surgeon, Dr. Jervis Yau can help. For patients in Santa Barbara, he provides diagnosis [...]
Hip Arthoscopy Surgeon Are you an athlete who participates in contact sports? If so, you may be at risk of developing a hip injury. Hip arthroscopy in an important surgical technique designed to treat an extensive array of hip injuries in a minimally invasive way with limited soft tissue damage. Hip [...]
Gluteus Medius & Minimus Repair Surgeon Are you an athlete who participates in contact or competitive sports? If so, you may be at risk of tearing your gluteus minimus or gluteus medius tendon in the hip. Injury to these muscles and their tendon attachments can occur as a result of chronic degeneration [...]
Femoroplasty for Cam Impingement (FAI) Surgeon Are you an athlete who participates in sports activities requiring repetitive motion of the hip? If so, you may be at risk of Femoroacetabular impingement, otherwise known as FAI. FAI is a condition marked by abnormal contact between the hip bones causing impingement and pain. [...]
Chondroplasty & Hip Microfracture Surgeon Do you have articular cartilage damage from an accident, sports injury or from overuse? Arthroscopic chondroplasty and microfracture is a procedure performed on patients who have articular cartilage injuries without exposed bony surfaces. Hip chonroplasty and microfracture surgeon, Dr. Jervis Yau performs this specialized surgery on [...]
Acetabuloplasty for Pincer Impingement Surgeon Have you been diagnosed with an abnormality in the hip bone called Femoroacetabular Impingement or FAI? FAI is a condition which causes pain, pinching and eventually damage to the cartilage of the hip. FAI and hip impingement surgeon Dr. Jervis Yau provides diagnosis and both surgical [...]
Trochanteric Bursitis Specialist Are you experiencing pain that radiates down the hip to the outside of the thigh? Trochanter bursitis is a hip condition where pain is felt outside the hip, near the pant pocket. Trochanter hip bursitis specialist, Dr. Jervis Yau provides diagnosis and both surgical and nonsurgical treatment options [...]
Snapping Hip Syndrome Specialist Are you experiencing external snapping in the hip either with or without pain? Does pain, inflammation and snapping tend to worsen with activity, but subsides when the same activity is stopped for a period of time? If so you may have Snapping Hip Syndrome. Snapping hip syndrome [...]
