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  • IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO PREVENT ICE INJURIES
    In General Health, Injury, Prevention
  • VOICE BANKING – A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION?
    In General Health, Important Concepts
  • HOW YOU GET YOUR GRANNY’S GAIT
    In Aging & Arthritis, General Health, Important Concepts
  • PART 11: STAYING PAIN-FREE DURING COVID-19 – DON’T LET THE SUN SET ON THESE PAINFUL CONDITIONS

    July 13, 2020 / No Comments

    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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  • TENNIS ELBOW OR LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS

    January 16, 2012 / No Comments

    I had this for over a year! I remember reaching for something heavy and feeling a burning sensation across the outside of my elbow. I immediately knew that I had tennis elbow…or lateral epicondylitis. I usually see those patients sometime between one month and 6 months after the onset of pain. Usually sometime after they’ve continued to “work through” the pain. And if you’ve been reading my blog, you already know that doesn’t work. I immediately iced it and downed a couple of Aleves. I already had a wrist brace sitting around the house which I occasionally used when my carpal tunnel flared up. You probably wouldn’t have one of…

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