Musculoskeletal injuries and joint pain don't have to hold you back. New regenerative therapies like platelet-rich plasma (PRP) offer a cutting-edge, natural way to treat pain and promote healing. If you're wondering if PRP is right for you, this guide will provide the key facts...
What is the Rotator Cuff? The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint and allow motion of the arm. There are four rotator cuff muscles - the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis. The supraspinatus tendon is the...
What is this “sugar water” injection that everyone is talking about, and how can they help with healing and pain? Prolotherapy has been around since the 1930s when Dr. Earl Gedney, an osteopathic physician, developed a technique to heal his own injured ligaments when he hyperextended his thumb...
by Julie Hastings MD and Susan Sorosky MD A ‘physiatrist ‘ (pronounced ‘fizz i’ a trist’) is a physician who specializes in Physiatry, also known as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or PM&R, one of the 24 medical specialties certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties....
By Ehab Yasin DO and Susan Sorosky MD As children, we all most likely heard the familiar words from our parents - “Sit up straight!” and “Don’t slouch!” Well…. they might have been on to something. It is true that poor posture and aches and pains...
Food is a basic need of life. For most of human existence, the ability to obtain enough food to survive was a struggle. However, in the modern world, food has never been more readily available or affordable. This constant access to food has led to...
As more and more people are turning away from pharmaceutical treatments for musculoskeletal pain, interest in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is on the rise. One of the most common types of TCM used for treating pain is acupuncture. Although acupuncture originated in China thousands of...