Orthopedics

Did You Break Your Toe?

Can you distinguish difference between a broken foot, sprain, and covid toe based on extent of trauma, how fast pain subsides, and X-ray?

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Rheumatology

Developing Osteoarthritis

Aches and pains come with aging. Most doctors expect you to manage a reasonable thresh­old of pain. But there is treat­ment for arthritis.

3-minute read

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Chiropractor

Can a Chiropractor Fix Your Feet?

Breaking a foot taught me a few things about foot injury care. But I never considered a chiropractor until now.

7-minute read

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Orthopedics

Don’t Mask Serious Illness

In the absence of a well-defined body of evidence, early symptoms of percolating problems may be mis­diag­nosed or ignored.

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Chiropractor

Successfully Treating Sciatic Pain

How to endure and treat sciatica with persistence and multi­disciplinary cooperation.

5-minute read

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Orthopedics

Can You Tolerate Opioids?

Much of the debate involves blamestorming — fining manufacturers and punishing physicians. Are patients benefiting or suffering?

3-minute read

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Chiropractor

Living With Pain Relievers is Not Entirely Pain-Free

Are you depen­dent upon pain relievers to per­form daily tasks? Untreated chronic pain can have dan­ger­ous physi­cal and emo­tional conse­quences.

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Orthopedics

Increase or Be Satisfied With Your Height

Whether you are tall or verti­cal­ly challenged, you adapt to daily challenges. Some go further and surgically increase height.

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Orthopedics

Sacral Dysfunction Affects More Than Your Back

Most men boast about their virility to the point of exaggera­tion. This makes the con­versa­tion about impo­tence difficult.

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Orthopedics

Alternatives to Knee Replacement

It is tempting to beg a doctor to re­move aching by any means pos­sible. Any dis­com­fort felt prior to surgery is multiplied during rehabilitation.

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Oncology

Can Vertical Disc Herniation Cause Pain?

Historically considered clinically insig­ni­fi­cant, Schmorl’s nodes can be an active symptom or cause of pain in some patients.

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Oncology

Could You Have A Spinal Bone Infection?

Pyogenic spondy­litis is a rare life-threatening condition primarily affecting adults in their fifties to be distinguished from vertebral cancers.

10-minute read

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