Why the MD and PT laughed at my client
Back in December I started working with a young guy who had been diagnosed with a herniated disc. According to his doctor, chiropractor, and physical therapist, the herniated disc was impinging on nerves that ran into his leg, causing both lower back pain and aching in his legs. I had severe back and sciatica pain
Can sitting too much kill you?
In today’s world, we do a lot of sitting. We sit down to eat. We sit in the car to get to work. We sit when we get to work. Then we sit back in the car so we can get back home to sit down to dinner. After that long day of sitting, we
Plantar fasciitis and its treatments don’t make sense
Imagine waking up in the morning, putting your foot down on the floor, and feeling like someone had replaced your carpet with a sheet of thumbacks (pointy-side up). That’s roughly what it’s like to have a real good bout of plantar fasciitis. It’s not pleasant, but what’s even less pleasant is the list of standard treatments for it.
The inflammatory myth of tennis elbow
You probably know someone who’s complained about tennis elbow in the past. And their doctor probably mentioned epicondylitis or tendinitis. And if you’ve been alive long enough to hear “-itis” a few times, you know that that suffix means there’s inflammation, and you should ice the heck out of it.
Guess what? Research shows that tennis elbow ISN’T about inflammation. In fact, the pain from repetitive motions isn’t from inflammation at all! Whether it’s typing, tennis, or track and field…
Injected relief is a dose of long-term damage
In pain in San Diego and considering a cortisone shot? You should seriously reconsider that option.
Back surgeries back fire!
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ACL surgery efficacy questioned again
A study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine questions the effectiveness of ACL surgery in restoring health to injured knees. Here’s a brief summary from the New York Times: Over two years, the injured knees were assessed using a comprehensive numerical score that rated pain, function during activity and other measures. At
Why is it so hard to make a fake knee?
Find out why making a fake knee can be so hard, and why it’s practically impossible to make one as good as a biological one.
The diction of doom
The way the medical world views pain dooms its victims to failure. What’s shocking is that it stems from a lack of linguistic precision. Think about this example. Your friend is lying in bed, sweating and coughing and complaining of congestion. His temperature is 103 degrees. He feels dizzy and weak and occasionally cold. You
Miserable malalignment can be fixed quickly!
Ever hear of the medical diagnosis “miserable malalignment?” Neither had I, until a client of mine who’s a physical therapist told me she had once been diagnosed with the condition (I still have trouble believing it’s a real diagnosis because it sounds so mean-spirited). What is it? Well, it’s when a bunch of things in
