Relieving Trigger Finger Hand Pain With PRP or Rehab
I woke up one morning a few years back with the middle finger of my right hand contracted as if I was going to fling a spitball. I thought I must have been dreaming and my body was simply carrying out the action I was performing in the dream. When I tried to move my…
read morePopping Knee Pain: Will it Heal or Require Surgery
I have been teaching sports injuries assessment and treatment to doctors for over a decade. Relative to complex injuries of the shoulder or hip, knee injuries are somewhat simple to assess. Every knee malady has one or more characteristic signs that lead us to suspect the injured tissue, and thus it isn’t that difficult to…
read moreTMJ Syndrome – A Form of Stress Release
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is responsible for opening or closing the jaw: chewing, yawning, clenching, biting, all rely on the TMJ to work smoothly and painlessly to function properly. The movement of the jaw joint is just another function we can easily take for granted, because it is only when we have pain and dysfunction…
read moreShoulder Pain First Thing In Morning
Shoulder pain first thing in the morning, difficulty putting on shirts and jackets, and pain lifting the arm above the shoulder are all symptoms of a common yet debilitating condition called shoulder impingement syndrome. They are also common symptoms of a condition called rotator cuff syndrome. Unfortunately, those symptoms are one of the few things…
read moreDifferent Leg Lengths Can Cause Pain
Today’s post comes from a question posed by Twitter follower SH, who asked if her hip pain could be coming from having one leg longer than the other. She went on to say that she only develops symptoms on her left side regardless whether it is Achilles tendon pain or whatever. She did not elaborate…
read moreMigraines – A Dissociation of Mind and Body
The question of whether humans are mostly their minds or their bodies has challenged thinkers for ages. No doubt, we have both a mind and a body – our physical form carrying out what appears to be the will of our mind – yet does one reign supreme over the other? Some believe that what…
read moreHow Auto Accidents Can Cause Pain Months Following a Crash
In 2016, I was involved in an auto accident on a Los Angeles freeway. My car was hit from behind while slowing in traffic to a complete stop. The car that hit me was travelling roughly 25-35 miles per hour; it appeared that the driver was looking down, possibly at a cell phone, just before…
read moreLingering Low Back Pain – A “POP” Away From Relief
One of the most hindering feelings one can have is the restriction of persistent low back pain. Often felt as a stiff, almost locked-in place hip, which really isn’t the hip at all but the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) of the pelvis, the feeling that one just needs to “pop” things into place and they will…
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Probiotics
Healthy Gut, Healthy Body: Beyond Probiotics for Total Digestive Health by Dr. Nicolas Campos One month following the birth of my daughter, I found myself one evening experiencing acute abdominal pain. What started out as a mildly sharp ‘gas-like’ pain in my lower right abdominal quadrant had me bowled over, writhing in agony within one…
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