Playing sports requires dedication, training, and taking care of your body to prevent injuries. Sports injuries can have a long-term impact on your health and performance, and that’s why you should manage your workouts, sports play, and health properly. Most Common Sports Injuries and Their Causes The most common sports injuries professional athletes and weekend…
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What Can Stem Cell Therapy Treat?
If you are searching for an advanced treatment for your orthopedic injury or condition, look no further than stem cell therapy. This innovative and state-of-the-art treatment can alleviate pain and accelerate healing when other treatments fail to give you good results. If you have an orthopedic injury that you suffered when playing a sport, exercising,…
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Benefits of Seeing A Sports Medicine Doctor
Anyone who enjoys a relatively active lifestyle that includes exercise and playing sports, such as basketball, tennis, or golf, can expect to sustain an injury at some point. While many people with minor injuries would rather treat them at home, injury treatment can be tricky. For injuries that are sustained from physical activities, there is…
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Recovery From A Meniscus Tear
A meniscus tear is common in accidents that affect the knee. A torn knee cartilage can be a debilitating injury because it challenges your balance, mobility, function. The function of the knee cartilage or meniscus is to absorb shock and provide stability to your knee joint. When the cartilage tears, the symptoms are hard to…
Treatments For A Trigger Finger
Stenosing tenosynovitis, better known as trigger finger, is a common hand condition that is usually caused by repetitive gripping, which irritates the tendons in the fingers. Those with professions that require repetitive hand use and prolonged gripping are at a higher risk of developing trigger finger. Additionally, women, people above the age of 40, those…
Sprains vs. strains
Almost everyone has experienced at least a minor sprain or strain in their lives. However, most people cannot tell the difference between the two. While they may sound similar, there is a difference between the two injuries. Let’s take a look at what sprains and strains are and what the difference between them is. Sprain…
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Treatments For Hip Pain
The ability to move your hips with ease is vital for your daily activities. You need to mobilize your hips for sitting, standing, walking, running, and just about every other motion involving your legs. Therefore, when your hips hurt, it can be a serious interruption to your life. Hip pain is very common among adults….
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Common non-surgical orthopedic treatments
The most common orthopedic injuries, such as sprains and strains and simple fractures, can be treated without surgical intervention. Even arthritis, which is the most common cause of orthopedic pain, can be treated using non-surgical treatment methods. With non-surgical orthopedic treatments, there are fewer risks involved, and orthopedic injuries usually respond very well to these…
How Does Amniotic Healing Work?
The human amniotic membrane derived from the placental tissue of a mother during delivery contains powerful anti-inflammatory properties that can be used for healing. The collection of the amniotic membrane requires the consent of the mother and is subsequently processed in an FDA facility, making it ethically sound and safe. Amniotic Membrane Healing So, how…
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus – and How to Protect Yourself and Those You Love
The Civil War, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 … America has faced many adversities in its history and has managed to emerge stronger in the aftermath. But how do you fight and defeat an invisible medical enemy – especially one as seemingly challenging as the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic? The first step to overcoming any crisis of…
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