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IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO PREVENT ICE INJURIES
I should repost this every time it freezes in Texas. I’m a little late this year, but we’re still not out of danger in Central Texas. We never have big fat snowflakes, like they do in Boston. We get a cold front, which pushes in rain, and then like clockwork, it freezes. If it happens to freeze while raining, we get something akin to a snow cone layer of ice over our world, beneath which lies “black ice,” a particularly dangerous and dense form of ice which looks like water. Depending on the temperature, that ice can hang around for days and even a week before melting away in the…
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VOICE BANKING – A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION?
"I wish I had recorded my voice before I got ALS."
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HOW YOU GET YOUR GRANNY’S GAIT
A youthful gait and posture contributes to the appearance of health and youthfulness, every bit as much as the appearance of things like your skin and teeth. I often saw patients between the ages of 50 and 80, who complained of walking like their Granny, and they didn’t know how or when it happened. Sometimes a family member noticed. “Dad, you’re walking like Peepaw!” Patients who develop a limp after an injury or the acute onset of a disease process are well aware of the source, but the rest of us can develop it insidiously…a slow creep…and then it’s there. I like to talk about recognizing the onset of your…
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WHAT I DO: MORE LADDER SAFETY
"If I get just one or two of my readers to prevent a ladder injury...it will be a job well done!"
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LADDER SAFETY
"If resposting this blog every holiday season saves one life or limb...I'm going to do it."
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SHOULDER STIFFNESS
A neighbor asked if I could do a post on shoulder stiffness, and upon considering it, I figured I may as well discuss stiffness in general…especially the part on how to prevent it! As Ben Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” And I think it goes double for joint stiffness. The good news is that in most cases, it can be easily and predictably prevented. The most common joints to stiffen as we age, and even more importantly, to cause functional problems, are our shoulders, knees and ankles. Let’s get down to business, starting with shoulders, per my neighbor’s request. Most shoulders stiffen because…
