General Practitioners

• Arthritis
  Rheumatoid arthritis, on the other hand, is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and thickening of the membrane surrounding the hip joint. This can lead to cartilage damage, stiffness and chronic pain.
• Medical Weight Loss
  The naturopathic services offered by Desert Orthopedic Specialists can help patients lose weight, live healthier and in some cases defeat diabetes through weight loss and diet modification. If you’ve been told your health conditions are standing in the way of the hip surgery you need, we may be able to help.
• Rheumatology
  Nonsurgical osteoarthritis care is associated with lower rates of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) among elderly Americans with knee osteoarthritis, according to a study published online June 8 in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
• Nutritional Counseling
  Diet and nutrition also play a role in your health going into surgery, as well as the speediness and effectiveness of your recovery. You may want to discuss nutrition with our naturopathic specialist in advance of your surgery. Our naturopath also helps patients lose weight and make the lifestyle changes necessary to qualify for surgery.
• Primary Care
  It’s also not uncommon for patients to be told by their primary care doctors and specialists that they simply aren’t healthy enough to undergo the orthopedic surgeries they need to address their condition. For example, there is a high likelihood of anesthesia complications for obese patients. Depending on your weight and health, obesity, which may be contributing to your joint problems, may preclude your joint surgery eligibility. In this situation, the only safe way to proceed with surgery is losing the weight.
• Emergency Care
  If you’ve recently undergone surgery and are concerned about your rate of recovery or you think you’re exhibiting any worrying signs, like you can’t keep food or water down, your wound is bleeding or it looks infected, contact your surgeon or physician. If you can’t get ahold of them, go to the emergency room.
• Pneumonia

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care

Surgeons

• Orthopedics
  We are delighted to have Jason, with his vast orthopedic experience of nearly 20 years, as a member of our DOS team. His first positions, after obtaining his certification, allowed him to subspecialize in Hand and Spine Orthopedics. When he moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2006 he gained additional training in Total Joint Replacements. In 2017 he moved up to the Valley to join Desert Orthopedic Specialists and can now be found both in the OR along side Dr. Fox as a First Assistant in Surgery or seeing both New and Established patients in our office.
• Sciatica
  Some sciatica patients who are struggling with pain related to irritation of their sciatic nerve also turn to acupuncture for pain relief. The sciatic nerve exits the spine in the lower back and runs past the hip. For many people with sciatica, their pain is rooted in the hip, where the rotator muscles of the hip pinch the sciatic nerve. Acupuncture has been proven to effectively release the rotator muscles pinching the nerve, reducing inflammation and dramatically decreasing the resulting pain.
• Arthroscopy
  If you do have to undergo orthopedic knee surgery, it’s always preferable to have knee arthroscopy performed. Arthroscopy does not require the large incisions that are notorious for the damage they cause to healthy surrounding tissues.
• Wound Care
  He began his extensive clinical career in cardiovascular/thoracic surgery where he worked for 6 years, spent the next 2 years doing chronic wound care, and then moved on to spend the last 20 years in the field of orthopedics and orthopedic surgery.
• Joint Replacement
  Using data from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, researchers evaluated whether implant choice in revision total hip arthroplasty for dislocation can reduce the risk of recurrent dislocations and, subsequently, the need for a second revision surgery.
• Orthopedic Surgery
  Jonathan Fox, M.D. of Desert Orthopedic Specialists has been certified in orthopedic surgery since 1987, giving him well over 30 years of experience in all types of orthopedic hip surgery procedures and treatment solutions.
• Arthroscopy
  Patients throughout the Phoenix metro area visit our office to consult on all types of treatments for knee pain and osteoarthritis, including knee arthroscopy, partial and total knee replacement surgeries and knee surgery revision.
• Hip Replacement
  Dr. Fox and Jason are one of the best provider teams I have experienced is awhile, very caring. I am overall a very healthy 62 year old and had left hip total replacement about 3 months ago. Dr. Fox takes the time to speak with you and explain the process, never feel rushed at all. The surgery was a great success and the recovery was better thank I expected and better than my brother in law's who had a total hip replacement 4 weeks prior to mine with a different provider. Jason is the PA and is very engaging and friendly and also takes the time to explain and listen. I am scheduled to have my other hip replaced in about a month and look forward to another great surgery and recovery, and to finally be out of pain.
• Knee Replacement
  Three months after total shoulder replacement! I am 90% back to normal.. no pain! Have a little work to do reaching behind my back but it will come! Thanks to Dr Fox and especially Jason who is a gem! He is encouraging, thoughtful and helps me believe soon I will be at 100%. Next, knee replacement..
• Knee Arthroscopy
  For patients who have undergone or are scheduled to undergo knee surgery, physical therapy will be an important aspect of recovery. After knee surgery has been performed, whether a total knee replacement or a minimally invasive knee arthroscopy procedure, a comprehensive and faithfully followed physical therapy regime will help the patient regain strength and mobility.

Physical Therapists

• Sports Medicine
  Many people in Scottsdale and the surrounding metro Phoenix areas suffer from knee pain for a range of reasons. Some people have sports injuries, others can trace their knee pain to decades of wear and tear or inflammatory disease. Whatever the cause of your knee pain or limited mobility, Desert Orthopedic Specialists can help.
• Physical Therapy
  Hip pain can have a number of potential sources and several treatment options ranging from lifestyle changes and natural solutions to physical therapy and surgery.
• Frozen Shoulder
  There are a variety of acupuncture points that have the potential to relieve shoulder pain and improve shoulder range of motion. Acupuncture is particularly renowned for its efficacy in treating certain shoulder conditions, such as frozen shoulder, where it maintains a high rate of success and positive patient outcomes. If you are looking for a shoulder treatment option to reduce pain and improve shoulder flexibility, acupuncture may be a viable alternative to surgery or medications.
• Shoulder Pain