A woman in her early 60’s came in to try Acupuncture for her Osteoarthritis pain. Though she had joint pain in most of her major joints, but we focused solely on treating her left knee because that was giving her the most trouble. Before Acupuncture she was having so much pain and difficulty with her
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Following a traumatic surgery such as a total hip replacement or total knee replacement, there is always inevitably a loss of muscle mass (known as atrophy) and overall muscle strength. This often presents functionally as difficulty with lifting a leg, standing up from a seated position, maintaining a standing position, walking, and going up and
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Viscosupplementation is a medical term for injecting lubricating fluid into a joint. The fluid consists of hyaluronic acid which is found in the fluid between your joints. Viscosupplementation is most commonly used to treat knee osteoarthritis, however, it has also been used in osteoarthritis of the hip joint. A joint with osteoarthritis has less fluid
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While it seems like a gift to give your loved ones chocolate on Valentine’s Day, consider what all that sugar might really be doing for their bodies. The journal Scientific Reports recently published a study that confirmed a link between a diet high in sugar and common mental disorders. In 2002, research for Baylor College
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