by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 2, 2022 | Joint Pain
To restore function following a shoulder injury or surgery, it’s important for the patient to perform rehabilitative exercises. While there are many classic exercises that are considered “standard” in rehab post-injury/surgery shoulder conditions, new research...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 1, 2022 | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is most often associated with repetitive movements and inflammation that impedes the function of the median nerve as it passes through the wrist, but recent studies have identified vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for CTS, as well as...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 7, 2022 | Back Pain
Between 1993 and 2013, the number of lumbar fusion surgeries for low back pain and related spinal conditions increased significantly from 61,000 per year to 450,000 per year! Unfortunately, up to 61% of patients who undergo back surgery will continue to experience...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 6, 2022 | Advanced
Six years later, in 1986, prescribing opiates for chronic pain was further enhanced when physicians Russell Portenoy, MD, and Kathleen Foley, MD, published a small case series (38 subjects) that concluded that chronic opioid analgesic use was safe in patients with no...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 5, 2022 | Joint Pain
The anatomical and physiological differences between men and women are obvious in many ways. But one way that’s often overlooked is how these differences relate to knee-related injuries, of which women may be between two-to-eight times more at risk for than men. When...
