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July 7, 2022 / Health / Bridget Wilder

Can Losing Weight Really Help Manage Arthritis Symptoms?

The answer is YES! Did you know that greater than 60% of adults in the United States who are diagnosed with osteoarthritis are also overweight or obese? In addition to an increased load across a joint, obesity can increase the body’s overall inflammatory response, which may…

June 30, 2022 / Ankle & Foot / Arlene Kavanagh

Tailor’s Bunion

Typically, the malalignment of the joint itself causes pain with motion as the bones are, literally, at odds with one another. Treatment can be conservative which includes over-the-counter remedies such as pads. These do not correct the malaligned joint. They only help….

June 27, 2022 / Moriarty / Orthopedics Rhode Island

Patient Spotlight: Mike

How Biologics Helped Mike Raise His Game After Injury For Mike, a nagging hand injury caused more than just a little pain: his CrossFit training was suffering, and as an orthodontist, the prospect of surgery meant missing important time on the job. “I went through PT and it wasn’t getting better,” Mike explained. “I got […]

June 23, 2022 / Exercise / Aaron Ulvestad

Strength Training and Osteoarthritis

But these recommendations are likely antiquated given the findings of most recent research on the subject. Specifically, available literature has demonstrated consistently that strength training does not result in further joint degeneration and likely has a joint protecting effect. In these studies, strength training resulted in improvements in strength and demonstrated greater preservation of joint space than range of motion/stretching exercises alone.

June 16, 2022 / Exercise / Alaina Denoncour

Injury Prevention for Summer

With temperatures heating up and the final school bells ringing, this can only mean one thing… Summer is upon us! Rhode Island is great for a lot of reasons, but one of its biggest summer perks is the endless access to water. I personally prefer the more relaxing water sports such as kayaking and paddleboarding but occasionally, the thrill-seeking part of me sees the fun in wakeboarding, waterskiing, tubing, jet skiing, etc. The fun, however, may also come with some risk.

June 9, 2022 / Spine / Akshay Yadhati

The Importance of Managing Medical Problems Prior to Spine Surgery

I hope that the biggest take away from this blog post is that spine surgery is rarely just about your spine. We, as a team of specialists, really do have to help you balance your other medical problems to get you through a spine surgery safely and successfully. I hope that this was a helpful overview of some of the things that we are trying to balance and weigh when we are treating patients with spine problems.

June 2, 2022 / Physical Therapy / Christopher Casey

Dry Needling vs. Local Injections

What are the differences between local injection therapies (cortisone, epidurals, botox etc.) and Dry Needling? Local injections are widely used in pain management to provide pain relief and reduce inflammation. Dry Needling utilizes thin monofilament needles similar to those used by Acupuncturists to alleviate tension without injecting any medication into the body. It is mainly used for treatment of muscular, tendinous or….

May 25, 2022 / Ankle & Foot / Jason Tartaglione

Foot and Ankle Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS)

Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has become popular in all surgical fields and has had a positive impact on the field of orthopedic surgery for both surgeons and patients alike. This concept and movement within medicine focuses on performing surgeries with equally or improved outcomes while minimizing soft tissue dissection and surgical exposure. Orthopedic surgeons have been developing MIS techniques for surgeries related to the upper and lower extremities as well as the spine.

May 19, 2022 / Knee / Dr. Keith Monchik

I Dislocated my Patella… What Now?

There are a several ways in which the kneecap can become unstable or dislocate. In many cases, the patella dislocates with very little force because of an abnormality in the structure of a child’s knee. Other times, a sudden twisting force or trauma can cause the patella to dislocate.

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