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TV Interviews
Back-to-School: Heavy Backpacks Hazardous to Your Child’s Health?
Check out my KVUE interview. I’ve been asked to give this talk a number of times. It’s important. Back pain isn’t just for us old folks! Lighten the load. Here [ … ]
Respect Series
RESPECT THE STAIRS
“When you get to the top of the stairs…stop, look and hold on!”
RESPECT YOUR PANTS
And don’t put them on one leg at a time. That way no one can ever say you do! Why do I have a RESPECT blog on this? Because my [ … ]
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SOCKS AND FOOT PAIN
“Your socks might be the culprit causing your foot pain. Stop wearing them and see!”
Articles
Doctors Say Never Do These Things After 60 — Eat This Not That
Anyone who has been my patient knows I have a lot of recommendations for those of us over 60. Here are a couple of them from this article in Eat [ … ]
More Sit Like A Man (www.washingtonpost.com)
Why this orthopedic surgeon insists women should ‘sit like a man’ by Elizabeth Kiefer
1010 Park Place
WOMEN OVER 50 AND JIGGLY ARMS – 1010 Park Place
This is another post in the series I did for www.1010ParkPlace.com regarding the conditions which develop in female bodies as we reach our middle ages. You can check out [ … ]
WOMEN OVER 50 AND FAT KNEES – 1010 Park Place
I hope you’ve been reading Dr. Barbara Bergin’s humorous and informative series of blog posts about what happens to our bodies as we age. She cracks me up sometimes, but [ … ]
SOCKS AND FOOT PAIN
“Your socks might be the culprit causing your foot pain. Stop wearing them and see!”
5 Easy Daily Exercises with Big Long-term Payoffs
Don’t wait to start having symptoms, and then start doing the exercises. Start when you’re 40-years-old, or as soon as you read this!
DITCH THOSE HIGH HEELED SHOES…WHEN YOU CAN
I loved a high heeled pump as well as any other healthy, All-American girl, and I wore them from the time I was able to buy my own shoes, until [ … ]
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Looking back on my career, we all recognized the “seasons” of orthopedics. No, not like summer and winter…but instead, times of the year when we see surges in our business. [ … ]
ICE AND THE ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
It’s not the title of a romance novel. Orthopedic surgeons have an ambivalent relationship with ice. Think about it…we hate it, because we know no matter how much warning people [ … ]
FEEL BETTER!
We think of the holiday season as a “feel-good” time of the year. I look forward to November and December. But sometimes it’s a little like looking forward to a [ … ]
LADDER SAFETY
It’s time to hang lights and decorate Christmas trees, and it’s also a time when orthopedic surgeons get busy with ladder-climbing injuries! It never fails. I’ve always said that what [ … ]
WHAT I DO: SURGICAL CONSENT
If I look back on 40-something-years of training and practicing medicine, I can certainly think of many things wrong with “the system.” But there’s so much positive, that it outweighs [ … ]
Dr. Barbara Bergin
I’m Barbara Bergin, an orthopedic surgeon from Austin, Texas. I’m not originally from these parts though. I was born in the Bronx! That surprises everyone who knows me because I have a pretty thick Texas accent, which I developed sometime after becoming a cowgirl. It’s the horses. But the New York accent got tempered a little during the time I spent in Kansas City too. As all of us who were not born in Texas say…”I got here as fast as I could.”
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Dr. Bergin's Posts On 1010 Park Place
Dr. Bergin is a regular contributor to another great blog - 1010 Park Place. Below you'll find a few selected posts that Dr. Bergin wrote.
WOMEN OVER 50 AND JIGGLY ARMS – 1010 Park Place
This is another post in the series I did for www.1010ParkPlace.com regarding the conditions which develop in female bodies as we reach our middle ages. You can check out [ … ]
WOMEN OVER 50 AND FAT KNEES – 1010 Park Place
I hope you’ve been reading Dr. Barbara Bergin’s humorous and informative series of blog posts about what happens to our bodies as we age. She cracks me up sometimes, but [ … ]
WHAT HAPPENS TO A WOMAN’S BUTT AFTER 50 – 1010 Park Place
In a recent post, Brenda suggested if we wear tight leggings, some of us might want to cover our bums. Unfortunately that’s true, because there comes a time when we might [ … ]
FALL PREVENTION: SINGLE LEG STANDING
“BOTTOM LINE: IF YOU DON’T FALL, YOU PROBABLY WON’T BREAK BONES.”
FALL PREVENTION… SLOW DOWN!
“I’m late! I’m late! To a very important date! This common denominator is often responsible for falls and injuries. http://www.1010parkplace.com/fall-prevention-slow/
TAIL BONE PAIN | 1010 Park Place
“I have become the tail bone pain (coccydynia) expert of Central Texas. Recently I saw someone with coccydynia, from…” TAIL BONE PAIN | 1010 Park Place
BENEFITS OF AN ELEVATED TOILET | 1010 Park Place
How many times a day do you sit on the throne? Obviously for women it’s a lot more than… Source: BENEFITS OF AN ELEVATED TOILET | 1010 Park Place
OUR POOR FEET
“The high heel is a no-brainer. It takes our forefoot and crams it down into the narrow portion of the shoe.” Check out my latest 1010 Park Place post. I [ … ]
WHAT I DO BEFORE MY OWN SURGERY – New post on 1010ParkPlace
“…thought you might like to know how a surgeon nests before her own operation.” Take a look at my 1010ParkPlace post to see what I do before getting ready for [ … ]
SUMMER SHOE DANGERS – New post on 1010ParkPlace
“You know I wouldn’t be talking to you about this if it wasn’t hazardous to your health…” Check out my post on http://www.1010parkplace.com/summer-shoe-dangers/ to find out how you can prevent some [ … ]
SIT LIKE A MAN (S.L.A.M.)
I’ve been promising to put this blog on my site for a long time. If you’ve read some of my responses to blog comments in the past several months, [ … ]
Kids and Pills
Before I say anything about kids and pills, I have to preface it by saying that for adults and pills, whatever I say goes double. But first a few definitions. [ … ]
Dr. NO
I often refer to myself as Dr. No or the Doctor of No, because I find myself telling patients more of what they can’t do than what they can do. [ … ]
