Bone and Joint Clinic

71211 Highway 21, Covington, LA 70433
985-893-9922

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Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. St. Tammany Health System's Bone and Joint Clinic provides a full range of orthopedic care, from knee and hip replacements to treatment of acute injuries from sports or other activities. The goal of treatment for each patient is to ease pain or discomfort and to help the patient return to normal daily activities.

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Bone and Joint Clinic

STHS Bone and Joint Clinic

St. Tammany’s orthopedic specialists.

Located just a mile south of our Covington hospital campus, St. Tammany Health System’s Bone and Joint Clinic is the Northshore’s one-stop shop for orthopedic needs for patients of all ages, from pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine to osteoarthritis care and robotic-assisted total knee and hip replacement.

Mark J. Hontas MD and Roch B. Hontas MD provide orthopedic services that address everything from youth sports injuries to osteoarthritis.

McCall McDaniel MD is a fellowship trained and board-certified pediatric orthopedist specializing in a range of pediatric orthopedic conditions, including scoliosis, club feet, hip dysplasia, cerebral palsy and more.

Joey LaMartina II MD is a dual-fellowship-trained and board-certified shoulder, elbow and sports medicine specialist.

Their decades of combined expertise, along with St. Tammany Health System’s long-standing partnership with Ochsner Health and the resources available through St. Tammany Parish Hospital, make the STHS Bone and Joint Clinic St. Tammany’s go-to location for the full range of orthopedic care.

Pediatric orthopedics

Children have unique medical needs, and that includes orthopedics care. That’s why St. Tammany Health System’s orthopedics program includes a focus on our littlest patients, including such conditions as scoliosis, club feet, hip dysplasia, cerebral palsy and more. Call us at 985-893-9922 to learn more about our pediatrics ortho program.

Comprehensive orthopedics care.

St. Tammany Health System’s orthopedics specialists offer a full range of treatment for all patients. A closer look:

Meet the sidekick

Every healthcare hero needs a sidekick. For the orthopedics experts at St. Tammany Health System, it happens to be a robot. Specifically, it’s the Stryker Mako system, which assists our physicians during total knee and hip replacements.

Rehab services

Bouncing back can be tougher than it sounds. Sometimes, you need some help – which is exactly why the multidisciplinary rehab services team at St. Tammany Health System is here. Made up of nurses as well as occupational, physical and speech therapists, they’re qualified to treat a wide range of issues.

CJR Collaborative Agreement

St. Tammany Health System is participating in a Medicare initiative called the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, which aims to promote quality and financial accountability for care surrounding lower-extremity joint replacement.

We are here.

Whether you’ve got a question to ask or an appointment to keep, getting in touch with us is a cinch. Here’s everything you need to know:

St. Tammany Health System
Bone and Joint Clinic

71211 Highway 21,
Covington, LA 70433

Ph: 985-893-9922

Monday - Thursday | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fridays | 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Autism Accommodations and Support

St. Tammany Health System has created visual supports in the form of “what to expect ” stories and videos to assist autistic individuals/individuals with autism who might find entering the hospital or clinic unsettling and unfamiliar.

Our visual supports, if needed, aim to prepare the autistic individual/individual with autism on what to expect in face-to-face interactions and provide possible choices on what to do when overstimulated while visiting our health care system. Click the link to learn more.

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