Fall is officially here and it’s around this time that a lot of folks are ramping up their running program and schedule because we are in the middle of marathon season. If you’re over the age of 40 or 50 – one of the most common questions I get is… Is running bad for you […]
Does Running Cause Knee Arthritis? Read More »
If you follow anything I do, I am a total believer that the body has an amazing ability to heal if you give it the right environment and get to the source of the problem… We often treat symptoms in this country. There is a research article that was done almost 20 years ago called,
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery- Are you doing more damage? Read More »
One of the questions we get all the time is do I need and MRI, or do you need to look at my MRI? I say no.. And here are 2 reasons why… 1. It is a VERY EXPENSIVE SELFIE! Did you know that if you image 100 people that have no pain and can
Research Shows MRI’s are NOT Reliable for Knee Pain Read More »
It is crazy to me that we spend 5-10 min with patients at the doctor’s office, we image them and base most of the decision off the MRI. Then we are either given exercises by the doctor from their short evaluation that probably won’t work or send them to PT and they just focus on
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In order to hike, bike, play with your kids or grandkids, travel, or just lead an active lifestyle; you need healthy, pain free knees. Sadly, so often we get labeled with some scary diagnosis that makes us think there is nothing that can be done. Oh, you have arthritis, or you have degenerative changes in
Is Arthritis the True Cause of Your Knee Pain? Can you get HELP without surgery? Read More »
Knee pain is almost as bad as back pain because when you have problems with them, you can not move around to do the things you love. Here is the thing, often were treat where the pain is located. You would think the knee is easy to treat. Sometimes yes. It is a case of
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We see people all the time that have tried a lot of different healthcare providers including physical therapy and just do not get all the way better… Some know what physical therapy is and others have never tried it. There is conflicting information on what do it, or have you feel like you have exhausted
I Have Tried Everything, How Do I Know THIS Treatment Is Going To Work? Read More »
I had a recent patient where the doctor recommended a lateral release surgery to the knee. This patient did not want to have surgery but they were at odds as to what to do. They had tried ART and cupping without success. This patient had been hurting for 8 months and was unable to play
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I have seen several patients this past month with knee pain. I start asking questions to learn more and some things appear to be related and would be plausible that this patient’s pain could be coming from their knee, but other questions do not add up. I always ask if they ever have had any
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