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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 roller coaster ride. Ever since I was a kid, I have loved riding roller coasters. As a taller-than-average child, my parents were able to lie about my age so I could ride with them on the wooden roller coaster at Coney Island; the Cyclone. Despite hearing desperate screams echoing and whipping around the structure, I couldn’t wait to get on. I was not disappointed. Yet, every time I stand in line for a ride on a roller coaster, there is…
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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 the negative, resulting in an amazing and wonderful career path for most doctors, and good treatment for their patients. That certainly was the case for me. But there were things. Things that drop the scale a little. And one of those things was the Informed Consent. I don’t know when this became a thing, but I do know that in my residency training, the need to obtain informed consent was drilled into our heads. We must get informed consent for…
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THE DANGEROUS PATH…
"An injury has the potential to be life changing."
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NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
What do the viral pandemic and New Years Resolutions have in common? Believe it or not, they both result in visits to your local orthopedic surgeon! There was a brief period, early on after the onset of the viral pandemic, when most physician offices closed down, and only emergency services were provided. We geared up for telemedicine. A lot of medical services are elective, meaning you won’t die or lose a limb if you don’t have access to medical care. Orthopedic conditions run the gamut from life and limb threatening (like malignant tumors and hip fractures), to elective conditions, (like hammer toes, carpal tunnel syndrome and even ACL tears). And…
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PART 10: STAYING PAIN-FREE DURING COVID-19 – TELEMEDICINE
Since the outset of Covid-19, many patients have been opting or encouraged to use telemedicine for visits with their physicians, and I saw this as a good option then, but also going forward. I always thought telemedicine would be ideal for rural as well as disabled patients, and frankly, for patients who have no access to medical care…even in other countries. Medicare was not willing to pay for doctors to do telemedicine…until Covid-19. Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Many of us are slowly getting the hang of telemedicine, but many (docs as well as patients) still struggle with it, and we should continue to take steps to improve…
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SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION – THE BUSTLE
Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in adults in this country.
