Early physical therapy maintains alignment, decreases pain after cervicothoracic fusion
Patients who received early physical therapy after cervicothoracic fusion had better maintenance of alignment and improved pain scores.
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Understanding the Difference Between Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise
The type of workout you do, and how your body gets its energy to fuel that movement, helps define these different forms of exercise.
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Stacking your exercise over the weekend as effective as spreading activity out
Researchers have found that condensing exercise into a few days is as effective as spreading activity out across a week. Dr. Wes Troyer, a Mayo Clinic physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, explains how people who stack their workouts can avoid common injuries and reap the benefits of their activity.
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Treatment for Common Rotator Cuff Ailment May Be Useless
Treating shoulder pain with steroid shots or removal of cartilage buildup yields the same result as no treatment at all, a Norwegian research team reports. They said their findings call into question treatment guidelines for calcific tendinopathy, a painful condition in the shoulder's rotator cuff tendons.
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Nonsurgical treatment of thumb arthritis shows lasting benefits
Initial nonsurgical treatment, including the use of orthotics and exercise therapy, provides satisfactory long-term outcomes for patients with osteoarthritis of the thumb carpometacarpal joint (CMC-1 OA), with a low rate of conversion to surgery, reports a study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
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Natural remedies for tendinitis inflammation
Tendinitis can take time to heal. Natural remedies for the inflammation include rest, ice, compression, physical therapy, and complementary treatments, such as acupuncture.
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Pickleball Is All the Rage, Here's Tips on Preventing Injuries
Pickleball has become wildly popular, but that may be fueling a rise in pickleball-related injuries. “It’s quickly becoming a sport of choice for adults over the age of 50,” said Dr. Brian Cole, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He also plays pickleball.
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A parent's playbook for sports screenings
Summer is winding down, and soon kids will be heading onto the field to play their favorite fall sports. But before they can check into the game, they have to head into the doctor's office for sports screenings.
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Prolonged mismatch between calories eaten and burned may be putting many athletes at risk
The estimated prevalence of relative energy deficiencies (REDs) varies by sport, ranging from 15% to 80%. The syndrome often goes unrecognized by athletes themselves, their coaches, and team clinicians, and may unwittingly be exacerbated by the "sports culture," because of the perceived short term gains on performance from intentionally or unintentionally limiting calorie intake, warns the Statement.
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Scientists give elderly chronic neck pain sufferers new hope
Those suffering from chronic neck pain can alleviate the symptoms on the way to full recovery if they adopt optimal posture and spinal alignment, according to a study by the University of Sharjah scientists.
