What Can I Do For My Knee Pain? There are always positive steps you can take to reduce your knee pain. 1. Icing Your Knee When the pain is greater, icing your knee is very beneficial to numbing the pain and decreasing the inflammation in your knee joint. To ice your knee, follow these simple...Read More
What is Knee Pain? Knee pain is pain in and around any part of the knee. The location of the pain gives our office a clue as to what is wrong with your knee. For example, if your pain is above the knee, it can mean the quadriceps tendon has been damaged. Pain behind the knee...Read More
When patients present with low back pain, it is not uncommon for pain to arise from areas other than the low back, such as the hip. There are many tissues in the low back and hip region that are susceptible to injury with have overlapping pain pathways that often make it challenging to isolate the...Read More
During your lifetime, you’ll eat nearly 60,000 pounds of food. Two-thirds of all office visits to family physicians are due to stress-related symptoms. Eating a naturally healthy breakfast every morning makes you less likely to suffer a heart attack. You are around one centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening! Sour flavors like...Read More
Exercising is good for back pain… right? Well, it’s not as simple as that. There are good and bad ways to exercise and when you have back pain, it can get much more complicated. “Wear and tear on your discs is cumulative – it all adds up,” says Arya Nick Shamie, M.D., a spokesperson for...Read More
Just in case you don’t know by now: STRESS IS A KILLER. It used to be theorized that people got sick because germs invading the body were very strong… stronger than the immune system. For example, it was believed that once you came in contact with the common cold, you would get sick. Now, modern...Read More
A pitchers’ windup and throw might get all the attention. But it’s the moment immediately after releasing the ball that actually poses the greatest risk of injury. This article is for anyone looking to reduce shoulder pain while gaining a faster, stronger pitch. Your shoulder can move in more directions than any other joint. Thanks...Read More
Every athlete knows that the knees are a vulnerable and weak joint in the body and mild pain can quickly accelerate and take you out for a whole season. This article is for anyone wanting to find the hidden causes of pesky knee pain and take care of it before it wreaks havoc on your...Read More
Breakfast has widely been considered as the most important meal of the day by many nutrition experts for years. It makes sense to get up and eat a nutritious meal to supply your body with fuel for the day. However, I have come to realize that breakfast does more harm than good for the general...Read More
It is remarkable to consider how many different types of pain relievers there are for headaches. Not just the corner drug stores but also supermarkets, convenience stores, and gas stations keep an abundant supply. Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen, is consumed daily in America by the truckloads. Have you ever thought about how we approach a...Read More
