About The Center for Bone & Joint Disease

Welcome to The Center for Bone & Joint Disease.

The Center for Bone & Joint Disease has been serving the Tampa Bay community more than 30 years. Dr. Norman Higgins opened the practice in 1973 and is still in surgical practice. There are currently six orthopedic surgeons, a physiatrist and four physician assistants treating thousands of patients in four office locations. The Center for Bone and Joint Disease’s physicians are all Board-Certified/Eligible in Orthopaedics and have received specialized fellowship training in areas such as hands and spinal injuries. Visit each physician’s page to learn more about their training and specializations.

Our services include:

  • Emergency Care – Cast, Splints, Braces  & Fracture Management
  • Spine Surgery – Vertebral Compression Fractures
  • Shoulder Surgery – Arthroscopy, Rotator Cuff Repair & Shoulder Replacements
  • Elbow & Hand Surgery – Tennis Elbow, Cubital Tunnel, Carpal Tunnel, Trigger Finger Release
  • Hip Problems - Total Hip Replacements
  • Knee Surgery – Arthroscopy, ACL Reconstruction & Total Knee Replacement
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging – MRI available at Hudson location
  • X-Ray Services – All offices are fully staffed and equipped
  • Electro Diagnostic Studies - Electromyelogram and Nerve Conduction Velocity Testing
  • Fluoroscopic Guided Injections - Hip Aspirations & Injections, Epidural Steroid Injections, Nerve Root Blocks & Joint Injections, and Arthograms
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials

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