What causes your knee to lock up? Hint: It’s not the meniscus

February 21, 2021

I hear it everyday – someone comes in after getting meniscus surgery because their knee was locking up and they still have pain. Patients with locked knee usually notice their knee locks up when going from sitting to standing or for no reason at all. The theory goes that a piece of a torn meniscus gets in the way and doesn’t let your knee unlock. But here’s the thing, there isn’t much scientific evidence that this meniscus surgery is necessary. What if I told you there was a key muscle in the back of your knee that unlocks it and most doctors completely forget about it and just go straight to surgery.

A Common Cause Of Hand Numbness / Radiating Pain – The Infraspinatus

February 18, 2021

Every week I get a.few patients who tell me their hands starts to go a little numb, especially since they started working from home. Is this something you should be concerned about? After all, if you ask around, it’s not too common for healthy people to have numbness or tingling in their hands. I want to talk about a commonly misdiagnosed cause of hand numberless!

How To Heal Cervical Radiculopathy Naturally

February 17, 2021

Can you heal neck pain and cervical radiculopathy naturally and avoid cortisone injections and surgery? Yes! It might have started with a stiff neck after you slept weird or it could have happened gradually over time… but the pain, numbness, and tingling that come with cervical radiculopathy is something you don’t have to live with,

The Broken Medical System – A Patient Story of Migraines

February 12, 2021

It’s easy to get lost in our medical system, especially if you’re dealing with migraines and headaches. Here’s a quick patient story, one I hear way more often than I should. The good news is there is a solution!

How many patients does your average physical therapist dry needle a day?

February 9, 2021

When it comes to choosing where you’re going to get dry needling done, there are a few things that are important to consider. First your provider needs to be skilled, second they need a lot of experience, and third (by a long shot) they need to be convienent. Unfortunately in the state of Florida, the first two – skill and experience will be hard to come by if you’re seeking out dry needling from a physical therapist anytime in the next 40 years.

Text Thumb Pain – Arthritis of the CMC Thumb Joint

February 8, 2021

What is Text Thumb? Text thumb is a real epidemic. Using our thumbs to text or type can wear out the thumb joint, leading to chronic pain from arthritis at the base your thumb. The sad thing is most docs treat text thumb the same way they did 30 years ago and those treatments are

Prolotherapy for Knee Injuries: This blog is about the benefits of prolotherapy and how it helps knee injuries.

February 7, 2021

Pain of the low back, neck, and knee joints is the leading cause of disability worldwide. While pain won’t directly kill you, it can completely destroy your quality of life and sense of purpose, robbing you of vibrant longevity. Let’s dive in to how Prolotherapy can help to reduce and even eliminate knee pain.

What is Prolotherapy? The original Regenerative Injection for Chronic Pain!

February 7, 2021

Prolotherapy is the original regenerative injection for painful conditions like back pain, knee pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, foot/ankle pain, elbow pain and wrist pain. It’s been in use for about 100 years and has been well studied and proven to be very effective.

Why is my big toe numb?

February 4, 2021

If your big toe is numb, or if you’re having on-again, off-again episodes of numbness in your big toe, consider this as a warning sign that something bigger is going on. Big toe numbness can be a symptom of nerve irritation in the back. One of those bigger things that can make your big toe

Are irritated nerves causing your plantar fasciitis?