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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]