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Research has recognized that the anxiety that low back pain patients suffer from was influenced by the intensity of the pain they had, the level of disability it was causing level, and the  subsequent feeling of helplessness that back pain can spiral the patient into.  These factors were summarized in a November 2022 paper (1) 

A December 2022 paper (1) discusses the accumulating evidence suggesting that mood changes are reported by about one in ten osteoarthritis patients and that inflammation has something to do with it. In this paper the authors describe that about one in five patients with osteoarthritis are diagnosed with depression and or anxiety disorder. Further, “Greater

In this article I will be discussing the obvious advantages to walking away your knee pain and disability and how you may be able to improve your walking skills. Let’s start with a new study that suggests walking can reduce knee pain and may slow progression of knee osteoarthritis. In individuals over 50 years old

There is a lot of controversy as to whether statin use for high cholesterol and metabolic disorders may cause accelerated or worsening osteoarthritis or protects against worsening osteoarthritis. We do see many patients who have weight challenges and cholesterol problems, among many. They have osteoarthritis and they have cholesterol problems being managed by statin use.

During the pandemic, when access to medical care and orthopedic surgery were compromised, many people found themselves being prescribed and taking more painkillers and anti-inflammatories to manage their chronic pain. As elective surgeries were push back and delayed, more pills were given. Painkillers and anti-inflammatories medications come with many well known and well documented side

Many people today are on waiting lists for surgeries. Some surgeries have been delayed days, some weeks, some months, some longer. During this time doctors and patients struggled with treatments that would help with managing the patient’s pain until the surgery could be performed. One such treatment was cortisone injection. If you have two tools

There is a difference between a “true” sciatica and the phenomena of “pseudo sciatica,” or “fake sciatica.” If you have been diagnosed with sciatica you may have been one of the people where it took some time and a lot of tests and examinations to confirm that in fact you had sciatica or you did