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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/ask-well-squats-for-aging-knees/
This great question is answered well in this article’s response.
Also think about seeking the advice from your physical therapist will guide you to the perfect and personalized home exercise program that in most cases can eliminate your knee pain and keep you doing the activities you enjoy.
The marvelous thing about these methods is that they are synergistic. A person who has low back pain can benefit from nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories and trigger-point injections I supply; at the very same time, he or she can combine chiropractic, physical therapy, yoga and other techniques to speed recovery. Many of these methods are low-cost, or after some short period of training can be done at home for free.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/really-losing-sleep-reduces-your-pain-tolerance/
A while back I posted a study that had been done linking increased pain to lack of sleep. Â In case you weren’t convinced here is another article telling us all to take care of ourselves and get more sleep.
The holiday season means more parties, more shopping, more eating, more stress, and, of course, more colds and flu.
Read the above article for tips on staying healthy and happy as we start the New Year!
At least once a day a patient complains that their new found back or neck pain is because they “are getting old”. Â Usually this person happens to be in their forties and is experiencing these symptoms for the first time. If you have been one of these people you know that my response is pretty similar time and time agaon, due to our sitting society:
This pain is less a cause of your age and more an effect of all the sitting that you do. Â In NYC, most people work at office jobs, where they enter in the morning, maybe take a lunch break, and then continue sitting again through the end of their day. Â Often, these long hours sitting are also done with poor ergonomic set ups. Â I encourage everyone to get up at least every 20-30 minutes, a drastic change from their usual 8 hours. I also talk to them about appropriate ergonomic changes to make, and when necessary I visit their office and perform and ergonomic assessment with recommendations.
Recently one patient that I have worked with (and who now has a desk that he can raise to work while standing or sitting) Â sent me this article from the NY TIMES:
