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CRAMPS
I have been meaning to write about this for over a year because I’ve been giving this advice on the phone, in the office and over the Internet, so it’s just time to put it down on paper. And someone on Facebook just messaged me about a treatment for cramps, so it’s time. First let me define the kind of cramping I’m talking about and distinguish it from the cramps suffered by young athletes on the field. I’m talking about leg cramps experienced mainly at night by those over the age of forty. I’m talking about the cramps that suddenly make your foot look like the banned lotus blossom…
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ON BEING MINDFUL
Check out my interview on Forbes.com. I promise this concept will help you someday! Why One Orthopedic Surgeon Is Prescribing Meditation Over Medication Recently, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it was requiring new warning labels for certain types of opioid painkillers. According to this New York Times report, “Drug overdoses now kill more people in the United States than car crashes.” Increasingly, both doctors and patients are looking for a more holistic way of treating pain. Recent studies indicate that meditation and mindfulness may be an effective for treating pain—especially chronic pain. Meditation can empower the patients to feel they can do something to manage their pain rather than…
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OBESITY AND THE ORTHOPEDIC COMMUNITY
See what I had to say in this article from Becker’s Spine Review.
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RESPECT THE GROCERY STORE FLOOR
Fall precautions are dear to my heart because I see so many injuries due to falls. We need to stay off the ground. When we go to ground we often get hurt. You can read my blog on Fall Prevention to get some general ideas on ways to prevent falling down. https://drbarbarabergin.com/fall-prevention/ Suffice it to say, if we watch where we’re going we can prevent a lot of falls. But that’s not all there is to it. And there are some special situations, grocery store floors being one, which deserve honorable mention. We have to go to the grocery store. And I would have to say “Thank you!” to the…
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RESPECT THE LUGGAGE CAROUSEL
This is a danger zone, kind of like the sidelines at an NFL football game. You have to keep your eyes open at all times. You have to position yourself so as not to get injured. As in a football game, most of the sideline spectators don’t get hurt. But every game will take its victims. If it’s really funny…like when it gets an unsuspecting photographer who is totally in the line of fire…you’ll see it played over and over again. But I’ve been there on the sidelines of high school and college games, and trust me, it’s a danger zone if you’re not wearing helmet and pads. The airport…
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RESPECT THE PURSE
I’m sure I’m not going to get anywhere with this one. But look, I have to try. Purses are bad for your health. You never know which one of you is walking around with an upper quadrant liability such as cervical radiculopathy, myofascitis, bursitis, tennis elbow, deQuervain’s syndrome or the lowly carpal tunnel syndrome. But trust me, you’re out there…many of you having already helped me pay for my children’s education and my truck. And for that I say, “Thank you!” But there is hope. And if you’ve been reading my blog, you know that the hope comes in the form of modifying certain activities which will exacerbate or even…
