Knee pain can make it difficult to walk, exercise, and live your life the way you want. Once you have knee pain, it’s important to work with an orthopaedic physician to help you manage the pain. For those of us who are not yet dealing with knee pain, prevention is key. Here are a few […]
Is Osteoarthritis causing you pain and stiffness? The first line of defense to combating any disorder is to understand how it works and what treatment options are available to you.
Trigger points are knots that develop within the tissue of a muscle that can cause radiating or referred pain in the neck, back, shoulder, or other parts of the body. The pain from a trigger point may be dull or it may be sharp and stabbing, depending on the location and size.
Physical therapy, also known as physiotherapy, is the treatment of injury, disease or deformity through physical methods like hot and cold therapy, massage, and stretching and strengthening exercises. If you are suffering from a disorder that makes movement difficult, physical therapy is an ideal treatment to help increase movement and restore your physical function […]
Inflammation of the joints which causes pain and stiffness is called arthritis. The most common form is Osteoarthritis, which affects the lives of 27 million Americans. Often treatment of arthritis will include anti-inflammatory medications or other pain medications, but sometimes there are natural ways to help reduce the pain without needing medication. Here are […]
It’s a question we get asked at Non-Surgical Orthopaedics quite often, what can I do on my own to help <insert pain here>. Ensuring that you have the healthiest lifestyle possible is extremely important, not just for easing pain but for your total well-being. There are several parts in building a healthy lifestyle. However, […]
Although the knee’s only job is to bend and straighten the leg, it requires a vast collection of bones, muscles, tendons and cartilage to pull off this simple feat. And because it’s designed to stick to such a rigid path of movement, any little tweak puts all of those moving parts at risk for injury. […]
Pain management in the athlete represents a great challenge. From an athlete’s perspective, pain is a reminder that the body has not yet healed from an injury. Athletes place an extraordinary amount of stress and demand on their bodies. Pain can thus be a result of bone trauma, muscle strain, or a soft tissue / […]
Knee pain is a common affliction for adults, in part because it can be attributed to so many causes, from dislocation of the joint to ligament injuries to arthritis. These conditions are typically treated without surgery using a multi-step approach to relieve pain and rebuild strength in the knee. Injection therapies are an […]
What is Jumpers Knee / Patellar Tendinopathy? The patella tendon / ligament joins the kneecap (patella) to the shin bone or tibia. This tendon is extremely strong and allows the quadriceps muscle group to straighten the leg. The quadriceps actively straighten the knee in jumping to propel the individual off the ground as well as […]
