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PART 11: STAYING PAIN-FREE DURING COVID-19 – DON’T LET THE SUN SET ON THESE PAINFUL CONDITIONS
This series presents a great opportunity to talk about stopping pain before it gets ramped up…before the sun sets. There are some conditions which if addressed on the first day you feel pain, a lot of misery might be avoided. They would simply be a forgotten whisper of discomfort, rather than the scourge they become. I’m not talking about trauma. When a bone is protruding from the skin, and blood squirting about, it is necessary to do something on day one. I’m talking about repetitive strain disorders, the result of cumulative, minor insults to our bodies, which we often ignore, thinking the pain will go away on its own. They…
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MORE SIT LIKE A MAN – WASHINGTON POST
Why this orthopedic surgeon insists women should ‘sit like a man’ by Elizabeth Kiefer
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KNEE CAP PAIN AND CRUNCHING
I feel compelled to write about knee cap pain again. Many of you have already read my earlier blog on this subject. It was my very first post! Do Not Do Squats Today I saw 6 women in my office with knee cap pain and crunching. All but one had been participating in supervised exercise routines which made squats, deep knee bends and lunges the backbone of the program. Women have a physical predisposition to having pain around their knee caps. It has to do with the shape of our pelvis. We were put together for having babies but not so much for running stairs and doing squats. And in…
