Resistance Training for Arthritis
Today we will talk a bit about the benefits of resistance training for arthritis. The conventional wisdom when it came to managing arthritis used to be that less was more. It was predicated on the idea that arthritis is a condition caused by "wear and tear" of the joints due to activities that overstressed them. ...
Read More5 Low Back Pain Myths
In this blog we will discuss 5 common myths about low back pain. Read ahead to find out more! Low back pain is a regularly occurring affliction among people world wide. On average, an estimated 80% of people will deal with a significant bout of back pain which causes them to miss work or prevent...
Read MoreSelf Treatment for Tension Headaches
A fair number of my patients come in for treatment of tension headaches. These headaches, which are aptly named, are caused by tension of the muscles of the head, neck, and shoulders. They tend to be described as a pressure or tightness across the forehead, sides, or back of the head. The causes of tension...
Read MoreSnapping Hip / Coxa Saltans
Snap, crackle, pop. If you hear these noises more often from your hips than your cereal bowl then you might have a farily common problem known as snapping hip /coxa saltans, or "dancer's hip" (how many names does one condition need?). What the heck is snapping hip anyway? Well it's pretty simple to describe in...
Read MoreNeck Pain
A new article from The Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM) that focused on the effectiveness of various treatments for neck pain is getting a lot of press these days, so I figured it was a good time to talk a little bit about various aspects of this condition. Neck pain is a fairly common complaint...
Read MoreIT Band Syndrome
If you've been an active runner for an extended period of time you have likely experienced bouts of lateral (outside) knee pain at some point in your career. The chances are also pretty high that the pain you were experience was caused by a tight iliotibial band (ITB). Ilio-wha? Yeah, I know, more anatomical jargon. ...
Read MoreStrains and Sprains
Sure we have all heard these terms before, but do you really know what they mean? When to try self-care versus seeking care? How to avoid these types of injuries in the first place? By the end of this article you will. Strains are a term used to designate the over stretching or tearing of...
Read MoreLow Back Pain
Back pain is a nearly ubiquitous problem that will affect around 80 percent of us at some point in our lives. The most typical form of back pain that affects patients is referred to as uncomplicated mechanical back pain, which is to say that the pain is not related to something more sinister in nature...
Read MoreCarpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Over the past couple decades, people's occupations have forced them to work primarily seated at a desk in front of a computer, typing and mousing away for hours at a time. The human body, believe it or not, was not designed for sitting for hours at a time and the physical manifestations of these stresses...
Read MorePlantar Fasciitis / Fasciiosis
Aesop and Homer realized and wrote about the incapacitating power that foot pain can have on mighty warriors like Achilles and Androcles' lion, so what are we mere mortals to do about it? Well the first thing to do is rule out speared heels and bloody thorns and find out exactly what is going on....
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