Shoulder pain is a very common diagnosis we treat in the clinic nearly every day. While there may be several factors contributing to your pain depending on activity, age, movement patterns, and behavior, we’ll review a few general exercises that may help shoulder pain. Remember,...
Do you suffer from arthritis? You may have been told that treating arthritis means taking medications, receiving injections, or even considering surgical options. Have you thought “I have arthritis; there is nothing I can do about it because there is no cure; therefore, I have...
Unspecified low back pain is a very common diagnosis we treat in the clinic all the time. If this sounds like you, you are not alone--the majority of adults experience this type of pain at some point in their lifetime. While “aging” often gets the...
A recent multi-center randomized control trial found dry needling and upper cervical spinal manipulation to be more effective than interocclusal splint therapy, diclofenac, and TMJ mobilization in patients with TMD. 1 This treatment could also be suggested for patients with dental, orofacial pain, and neuralgia. The...
The term “tennis elbow” sounds like an injury sustained only by athletes in racquet sports. However, tennis elbow is a common term for a painful condition that affects a wide variety of people. In this post, I want to help shed some light on defining...
Wrist fractures are one of the most common broken bone injuries and can happen to people of any age or state of health. This type of injury can happen any number of ways, but these fractures are most frequently associated with a fall, or a FOOSH ...
Our health care system has been slow to address deficiencies in the provision of care to the mother after pregnancy. Awareness of this deficiency is gaining momentum, and the medical community is beginning to embrace the importance of “fourth trimester” care. Mothers still report feeling uninformed...
Dry needling is an effective tool that is used to treat a variety of neuromusculoskeletal pain conditions. This technique utilizes thin filiform needles that penetrate the skin in order to affect a change in the underlying tissues (muscles, tendons, perineural tissue). Dry needling produces biochemical,...
At DPT, we're all about helping you get better, faster. Spending time with you, learning about your goals, your concerns and your day to day life help us figure out how to do just that. In addition to this time, we use a variety of...
I am currently looking for patient volunteers for a study measuring the effectiveness of dry needling and electrostimulation for knee arthritis patients. This study, a capstone project for a fellowship program, requires nine volunteers and is free of charge (no copay--totally covered by your insurance)...
