Hip Screening Connects Community with Expertise of Sinai Surgeon

“I heard something pop,” said Helen Lacy.  The pop was followed by a pain in her hip area. That’s never a good sign for anyone, especially for someone as active as Helen. The 74-year-young Baltimore native keeps a busy schedule. This includes playing doubles tennis twice a week in her “super seniors” tennis league. (On another sports note, Helen was also a lifelong Baltimore Colts fan. She attended Super Bowl III in Miami, where she had the misfortune of witnessing Joe Namath and the Jets upset the Colts. Happily for her, the Colts redeemed themselves two years later with a victory in Super Bowl V.) A few days later, Helen was reading the paper when she saw an announcement for a free hip x-ray screening and consultation at Sinai Hospital. The timing could not have been better. She quickly made an appointment to come to the hospital’s Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics. Helen joined others ...