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Steroid injections may provide longer lasting benefits for hip pain than current best care
Steroid injections may provide longer lasting benefits for hip pain than current best care
Source: Medical XpressSteroid injections appear to lead to significantly greater pain relief and movement for up to four months than current best care in adults with hip osteoarthritis, finds a trial published by the BMJ today.
How long should a concussed athlete be sidelined?
How long should a concussed athlete be sidelined?
Source: Orthopedics This WeekWhat factors predict recovery time for an athlete who has suffered a concussion? A new study has some answers. As the Stanford University authors wrote, “Prognosticating recovery times for individual athletes with a concussion remains a challenge for health care providers. Several preinjury and postinjury factors have been proposed to be predictive of prolonged return-to-play times, but the data in this area are still sparse.”
How to Unfreeze Painful Frozen Shoulder
How to Unfreeze Painful Frozen Shoulder
Source: Best HealthFrozen shoulder is a common and painful condition. Luckily, there are easy stretches that you can try to ease your pain.
A Non-Opioid Way to Pain Relief After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
A Non-Opioid Way to Pain Relief After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries
Source: US NewsTwo new studies on pain relief suggest there is a safer alternative to addictive opioid painkillers after knee and shoulder surgery.
Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery
Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery
Source: News Medical Life SciencesMany patients who undergo surgery to correct a collapsing foot share the question: Will I be able to get back to doing the things I love? A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City provides attainable goals for return to sports and related physical activities for patients who have undergone procedures to correct progressive collapsing foot deformity (PCFD), a severe musculoskeletal pathology that can drastically inhibit a patient's daily function.
10 Easy Shoulder Mobility Exercises That Ease Pain and Improve Range of Motion
10 Easy Shoulder Mobility Exercises That Ease Pain and Improve Range of Motion
Source: PreventionShoulder tightness can slowly creep up with age, affecting your ability to get adequate sleep, lift grocery bags, scrub the bathtub, or push open heavy doors. Maintaining shoulder mobility usually doesn’t become a focus until these daily activities of living become impacted—or pain and stiffness get unbearable.
What You Can Do About Stiff Achy Knees (at Any Age)
What You Can Do About Stiff Achy Knees (at Any Age)
Source: healthessentialsThe most common cause of knee pain can hit you in your 30s as easily as it can in your 60s and 70s. Osteoarthritis, or “wear-and-tear arthritis,” is the most common cause of knee pain – and the most common form of arthritis.
What are the best exercises for hip arthritis?
What are the best exercises for hip arthritis?
Source: Medical News TodayArthritis is a common cause of hip stiffness and pain that gradually affects mobility and quality of life. Doing gentle hip exercises may help restore hip mobility, ease pain, and strengthen the hip.
80% return to baseball after meniscectomy: New study
80% return to baseball after meniscectomy: New study
Source: Orthopedics This WeekProfessional baseball players are likely to return to sport after a meniscectomy, according to a new study. The study, “Performance and Return to Sports After Meniscectomy in Professional Baseball Players,” was published online on February 11, 2022, in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
How you hold your bat, determines your risk of injury
How you hold your bat, determines your risk of injury
Source: Orthopedics This WeekThe use of the palmar hamate grip may increase the risk of hook of the hamate fracture in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I baseball players, according to new research.
