A popular treatment for the symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA) – pain, swelling, aching – is the use of an injection often referred to as a “gel injection” or hyaluronic acid. But most people receiving these injections don’t know much about how they work and doctors rarely have time to explain. Usually, it’s something like “It’ll …
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The word "strength" typically conjures up images of muscle training exercise yet your joints need to be just as strong, if not stronger, than your muscles. The combination of strong joints with strong muscles makes the world your playground.
The good news is, you can do a lot to improve your joint health.
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Conventional wisdom suggests that osteoarthritis (OA) is a “wear and tear” disease. It’s a mechanistic view as if your body is more like a car or some other machine than a dynamic biologic organism. Cars, machines fall apart with use and, yes, if you have the right parts, you can fix them, up to a …
If you’re like most people, you probably spend a few minutes brushing your teeth every morning and before bedtime. This habit is so ingrained it’s just nearly automatic. What if I told you there’s something you can do, kind of like brushing your teeth, that could make your achy, sore knee feel better in just …
Some people think that the reason you have lower back pain is that some part of your body is out of whack, imbalanced, or crooked. The theory, which is widespread, is that your biomechanics (the position or movement of some part or parts of your body) cause your symptoms. Maybe you sit or stand slouched …
Take a guess what almost everyone does when something in their body feels tight. Stretch, right? Have you ever had a hip that feels tight? You know, after you’ve maybe been sitting for a hour or so and then as you get up you notice that your hip is slow to straighten, feels tight and …
This past August 2022, I described an injury I sustained in November ‘21 and, as a result, developed an autoimmune disorder. How does this and the subject of stretching go together? Something that often happens when your body is battling inflammation is a loss of mobility. You might feel like you need to stretch because certain …
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