Sever’s disease is a common cause of heel pain in growing and physically active kids. The most important thing to know about Sever’s disease is that, with proper care, the condition usually goes away in under two months. Early diagnosis, proper care, and taking measures to protect the heel can safeguard against future problems. Common […]
No parent wants to have their child be put on the sidelines due to an injury on the playing field. While you can’t foresee every circumstance your child will run into while playing sports with their classmates, there is a lot you can do to prevent some of the more common injuries student-athletes experience. Injuries […]
What Is Psoriatic Arthritis? Psoriatic arthritis is different from osteoarthritis, usually caused by age or a complication associated with an injury to the affected joint. Psoriatic arthritis is an autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases are ones characterized by your over-active immune system attacking your tissues. Psoriatic arthritis usually presents with skin psoriasis, hence the name. Psoriasis […]
As a parent, you want to protect your children – primarily as they pursue hobbies like organized sports. Injuries do happen, but there are things you can stay aware of and help your child avoid, so you don’t have an injured student-athlete on your hands. If your child begins complaining of foot pain, they may […]
So many of us are not getting the right amount of nutrition from our diets. It can be easy to overlook a serving of vegetables, overindulge on carbohydrates, or bypass lean protein for less healthy options. These days, when a fast, unhealthy meal is usually within a 10-minute drive of your home or workplace, it […]
What is Functional Healing? Hi, Dr. Meredith Warner here- Functional healing, or functional medicine, is a new practice that is slowly gaining momentum in the medical world. It’s different from the standard most of us know – conventional medicine addresses symptoms to help you manage pain and dysfunction, not overcome it. Also, conventional medicine is […]
Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland that sits in the front of the throat. While it’s a small organ, it can have a big impact on your overall health. Many people in the USA suffer from thyroid issues without realizing it. Thyroid issues are important to diagnose and treat because it impacts almost all […]
Running is one of the most natural forms of exercise available to us. Human beings have evolved to be efficient runners from the hunter-gatherer days – long distance running was necessary for survival and led to the continued success and evolution of our species. We literally evolved to run, as distance running enabled our ancestors […]
Hi, Dr. Warner here – I wanted to talk to you today about knee arthritis as it is one of the most common conditions that send people to me, a physician and orthopedic surgeon. I’m not sure if you knew this, but the number of knee replacement surgeries performed is projected to increase astronomically as […]
Forefoot and midfoot strike runners tend to have increased cadence in running, which means that their feet strike the ground more often. They also have shorter stride lengths, more knee flexion and less ankle dorsiflexion. The Benefits Of Forefoot And Midfoot Striking: A short stride length puts the center of gravity closer to the body, […]
