This page explains how clinical content on this site is written and checked for accuracy.
Ross Wodicka, MD treats patients in Fort Lauderdale with a clinical focus on sports medicine, the hip, and the knee. He completed a fellowship in sports medicine at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Los Angeles, after residency at the University of Miami and medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He is affiliated with Holy Cross Orthopedic Institute.
Pages that fall inside that focus, hip arthroscopy (a procedure that uses a small camera and instruments placed through small incisions), hip preservation surgery, hip labral repair, knee arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, and cartilage restoration, are reviewed against the procedures Dr. Wodicka's record confirms he performs before they are published. Pages describing the shoulder procedures he performs, including shoulder arthroscopy, rotator cuff repair, and reverse total shoulder replacement, are checked the same way.
No page on this site states a diagnosis for a reader or promises a specific recovery outcome. No page names a procedure that is not in Dr. Wodicka's own record. Where a page states a clinical number, such as a recovery timeline, it names the source that number comes from.
This page is updated when the practice's clinical information changes. It describes an editorial process, not a guarantee of any outcome, and nothing on this site replaces an evaluation by Dr. Wodicka or another qualified physician.
Who writes the medical content on this site?
A medical writer drafts every page, and nothing goes live until it matches Dr. Wodicka's own training and practice.
Dr. Wodicka completed his fellowship training in sports medicine at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Los Angeles, and content about sports medicine, knee, and hip topics is checked against that training before publication. Pages outside his focus areas are not written at all.
Does a doctor review this content before it's published?
Yes. Dr. Wodicka's clinical scope, built on residency at the University of Miami and his fellowship in sports medicine, sets the boundary for what this site can say.
A page does not publish describing a procedure, injury, or treatment option that falls outside that scope.
Can this website tell me what's wrong with my knee or hip?
No. Nothing here is a diagnosis.
The symptom and condition descriptions on this site are meant to help you recognize what you might be dealing with, not to tell you what you have. An exam with Dr. Wodicka or another qualified clinician is the only way to get an actual diagnosis, and every page here is written to route you toward that step rather than around it.
Why does this site only cover certain procedures and not others?
Because the site only describes procedures Dr. Wodicka actually performs.
His practice centers on sports medicine, knee, and hip care, and the procedure pages on this site, things like hip arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, and cartilage restoration, reflect that list directly. A procedure that is not part of his practice does not get a page, even if it is common elsewhere in orthopedics.
Where do the medical facts and numbers on this site come from?
They come from named, checkable sources, not from the writer's assumption.
Clinical facts about recovery timelines, treatment options, and standard practice are checked against guidance from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and any source used is named in the text itself rather than left unattributed. A fact that cannot be traced to a real source is cut rather than published.
Does this site push surgery over other options?
No. Non-surgical options are presented first on every condition page, and surgery is framed as one option among several rather than the default.
Several of the procedures Dr. Wodicka performs, including hip arthroscopy, hip labral repair, and cartilage restoration, are joint preservation procedures aimed at protecting or restoring the joint rather than replacing it, and the site describes them that way rather than as a universal next step.
This content is for educational purposes and is not a substitute for a medical evaluation. For questions about your own symptoms or treatment, talk with Dr. Wodicka or another qualified clinician.