by aoeditor | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The big picture on inflammation, orthopedic inflammation that is Many orthopaedic inflammatory diagnoses are mechanical problems first that create a normal inflammatory response. You might not be getting better because you are treating the wrong thing, the...
by aoeditor | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Somewhere along the way the term inflammation got a bad name. Inflammation can’t be good, right? At least this is what most people think. Inflammation is actually an essential part of every reparative process. It is how our bodies heal and fight back. It is how...
by aoeditor | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I would guess most docs, particularly surgeons doing elective surgery and procedures, view this time of year as nothing but good, at least for them. Docs are working long hours trying to fit in all those patients before the end of the year, and more importantly,...
by aoeditor | Apr 20, 2012 | Uncategorized |
While DMSO is controversial, and you know I like that, this blog is really an FYI for something you have likely never heard of and you might want to know about… DMSO — Dimethyl sulfoxide — is a byproduct of the wood pulp industry discovered in the...
by aoeditor | Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I just hate it when patients shoot themselves in the foot. In my particular case, being a foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon, this might be closer to fact than fiction. What I am talking about here are the more low-key diagnostic and treatment decisions in general, but...
