Getting a New Knee or Hip? Do It Right the First Time

By LESLEY ALDERMAN

If you or someone you know is considering a joint replacement then read on………

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/03/health/03patient.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

This new study tests the effect of pickle juice on muscle cramps in athletes.  If you have ever experienced exercise induced muscle cramps you know how painful and debilitating they can be.  Pickle Juice may be your new solution… read on:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/phys-ed-can-pickle-juice-stop-muscle-cramps/

Phys Ed: Can Pickle Juice Stop Muscle Cramps?

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS

Last Friday was national “ride your bike to work day.”  Here in NYC it’s been proven that riding a bike is the fastest mode of transportation.  Biking happens to also be very healthy too.  However, if your bike is not properly fit to your specificity then injury is more prevalent.

The following article gives some bike fit rules:

Many of my patients are very busy professionals who spend most of their days sitting in front of the computer, whether it be at their desks, in airports and on planes.  Never wasting a good moment.  However, they are often filled with tension from poor postures and stress.  I teach most of these people the very basic sun salutation from yoga.  It is a fantastic way to quickly stretch and re-oxygenate your body.

The following article gives some examples as well on different ways to easily perform some of these exercises on your own:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/business/06YOGA.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In my practice, I have been working with Oncologists, Plastic Surgeons, and Breast Cancer survivors during and after all necessary treatments and procedures.  Between positions that you are held in for certain tests and the surgeries themselves your soft tissue and joints become misaligned and create altered patterns of movement.  This new research supports this, however it doesn’t test manual physical therapy and skilled exercises yet as a treatment to help this problem.

I have seen drastic differences in patients active range of motion, pain, and functional activities from a round of physical therapy using manual hands on techniques, as well as muscle energy techniques followed by neurological re-education to the faulty muscles.  Restoring normal motion patterns, and giving patients the much needed relief they have been hoping for.

This research article was from PT Journal.