What is Whiplash?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whiplash occurs when a person’s neck is whipped backward and then forward very suddenly. This injury is most common following an auto accident or a sports injury, but can also occur from sleeping or holding your neck in an awkward...
Knee Injuries in Young Athletes
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Knee injuries in young athletes are becoming more and more common in our practice. We see figure skaters, hockey players, soccer players, and others who suffer from both overuse and traumatic injuries. About half of all injuries are...
Managing and Living with Chronic Pain
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Living with a chronic pain can be complicated. More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain at a cost of around $600 billion a year in medical treatments and lost productivity, according to a report from the...
5 Simple Exercises to Ease Painful Achy Knees
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Exercise may just be the best medicine for painful achy knees. “By strengthening the muscles around the joints, you will be better protected from injury by decreasing stress on the knee,” says Jeff S. Pierce, DO, medical director of...
Weekend Warriors Syndrome – Don’t Get Sidelined with Injuries
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If that Saturday morning game of golf tennis, pickup basketball, or run through the park left you so sore that you were limping into work on Monday morning, you are not alone. The statistics are staggering on exercise...
Doctor Relieving Chronic Pain with Acupuncture
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chronic pain is one of the most serious health problems in the U.S., affecting an estimated 100 million Americans, according to a 2011 Institute of Medicine report. Nearly 90 percent of respondents to an IOM survey said they coped...
Foot & Ankle Treatment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you’re a hockey fan, you no doubt heard about shoulder injuries sidelining some of your favorite players. Just two days ago Red Wings’ reported that players Stephen Weiss,Justin Abdelkader and Jonas Gustavsson were all out...
How to Manage & Prevent Chronic Pain
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is important to understand that people experience pain differently. There are patients with essentially the same injury as captured on an MRI, and yet one person may feel little or no pain. Another person, though, may find the...