by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 9, 2017 | Foot & Ankle, Health Conditions, Hip, Knee & Leg |
Tid Bits of Info The most common cause of OA is genetics. The second most common cause of OA is trauma to the joint and not impact activity. Pain in the knees does not always come from OA and in fact many people have arthritic changes that do not even know...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 2, 2017 | Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info 26 million prescriptions of Fluoroquinolones are written yearly in the U.S. Approximately 95% of all tendinopathies associated with Fluoroquinolones occur in the Achilles tendon. The FDA first made a “black box” warning on Fluoroquinolones in...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Dec 8, 2016 | Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info Headaches are one of the most common conditions that lead to visits to doctors. Many “sinus headaches” are really a migraine headache. Some medical professionals have treated migraines with Botox. Headache affects greater than 50% of the...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Sep 15, 2016 | Conditioning, Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info A normal BMI level is 18.5 -24.9. Obese people suffer an orthopaedic injury 48% more frequently than a person with an normal BMI. Total knee replacements are needed nearly 10x greater frequency in people with a BMI that measures 30 and...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Aug 25, 2016 | Conditioning, Foot & Ankle, Health Conditions, Knee & Leg |
Tid Bits of Info Greater than 50% of knee injuries that require surgery will develop arthritic changes in the involved knee by the time the patient is 40 years old. As many as 40% of the people that had knee surgery developed cardiorespiratory conditions in...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Jul 14, 2016 | Health Conditions, Sports injuries |
Tid Bits of Info Cannabis plants have extracts, THC and CBD, that have been shown to have medicinal properties. THC is the chemical in marijuana that can have a mind altering effect. The FDA has not recognized the marijuana plant as medicine. Massage oils...
