Weight Loss Can Reduce Risk of Knee or Hip Replacement

In a study published in the International Journal of Obesity, the authors concluded that in people with significant knee osteoarthritis, every 1% weight loss was associated with a 2% reduced risk of knee replacement and – in those people who had persistently painful hips – a 3% reduced risk of hip replacement, regardless of baseline…

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Does Hip X-ray Damage Match Hip Joint Pain?

In the Journal of Pain Research, the authors said that pain and joint deformity were the most common symptoms of hip arthritis; however, no one has ever correlated pain severity with x-ray findings in the hip.  They found that there is no significant x-ray evidence between the severity of pain and what you can see…

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The Hip-Low Back Connection

Oftentimes my patients wonder why I adjust the hips for low back pain.  An orthopedic surgeon provides his editorial commentary in a journal called Arthroscopy, and tries to explain the connection from a surgical standpoint.  He says, “when the hip does not move, the spine labors double”.  Remember, the back bone connected to the hip…

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Dry Needling Trigger Points Helps Hip Arthritis

Dry needling is not necessarily acupuncture, but the technique does use acupuncture needles. Typically, an acupuncture needle is inserted into a myofascial trigger point.  In an article published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the authors found that dry needling therapy in trigger points of the hip muscles reduced pain and improved hip muscle…

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Pain: Considering Complementary Approaches (eBook)

US Department of Health and Human Services National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Pain is the most common reason for seeking medical care. It is also a common reason why people turn to complementary health approaches. This 47-page eBook provides an overview of complementary health approaches for pain, including acupuncture, massage therapy, meditation, spinal…

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Exercise May Help Reduce Your Pain

If you want to be involved in helping your own pain, try exercise.  An article published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, showed that exercise at the site of where you hurt, seems to be more effective than pain education, massage and stress management. ~ Dr. Broussard Pain sensitivity is reduced by exercise training: Evidence from…

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Lumbar Manipulation Can Improve Hip and Knee Strength

This study, published in the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, studied other studies, and they found that after lumbar spine manipulation, the knee and hip muscles can get stronger. ~ Dr. Broussard Immediate Effects of a Single Spinal Manipulation on Lower-Limb Strength in Healthy Individuals: A Critically Appraised Topic Journal of Sport Rehabilitation Christopher Kevin Wong…

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Arthritis Expert Discusses New Guidelines for Hands, Hips, and Knees

Dr. Kolasinski was on the panel of experts that developed the New Osteoarthritis Guidelines for Hands, Hips, and Knees.  In this article, she discusses exercise, tai chi, acupuncture, yoga, glucosamine/chondroitin, and hyaluronic acid injecitons. ~ Dr. Broussard Sharon Kolasinski, MD, on the New Osteoarthritis Guideline for Hands, Hips, Knees — Panel leader talks exercise, supplements,…

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Diabetes in Osteoarthritis: Pain Is Worse

— Association was independent of obesity and radiographic severity by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today March 3, 2020 Among patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), pain was greater for those with coexisting diabetes mellitus (DM), and this association was independent of obesity and radiographic severity, European researchers found. In an analysis that adjusted for…

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A Warning From a Doctor Who Has Done Thousands of Steroid Injections for Arthritis

The extremely common treatment might be causing more harm than previously thought. JAMES HAMBLIN OCTOBER 17, 2019 After giving birth to a baby, a young woman told her nurses at Boston Medical Center that she was having pain in her hip. That happens sometimes after births, says Ali Guermazi, one of the doctors involved. As…

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