Golfer’s elbow. Tennis elbow. Little Leaguer’s elbow. Medial epicondylitis. Lateral epicondylitis. Goes by many names, but they all suck. Regardless of what you call it, all names relate to some type of elbow pain and I see it frequently in the office. There are a few exceptions, but most respond very well to the type […]
For those of you into math, that’s about 550 deaths per month, or more than a Boeing 747 could hold. Imagine the heat on the FAA if one was dropping out of the sky monthly. Would you fly? For those of you following the Rantings, you can begin to guess that it is prescription opioids I’m […]
Ultrasound-Guided Needle Therapy Effective for Tennis Elbow This is an excellent article and strongly supports what I talk about in my office. For everyone out there who thinks steroid injections are a useful procedure, think again. Articles in the past have supported the concept that it is not the steroid that heals (quite the contrary–it […]
The Internet has lots of information on how to treat tennis elbow (aka lateral epicondylitis) but you need to be careful. Some treatments may leave you worse off. As a martial artist, chiropractor and father of a young boy, elbow pain should go on the list of eventualities. At one point when Keegan was younger […]
There is no doubt that our bodies were designed with a brilliance that defies description. However, I’m pretty sure that, when it comes to the development of the computer, the powers that be are slapping their foreheads saying, “I didn’t see THAT coming…” Prolonged times spent on the computer are clearly detrimental to our physical being. […]
