Tall grass snagging your club in the rough, an unfocused swing that hits the ground, or repetitive practicing after a winter of rest are all ways to injure your wrist while playing golf. They can result in trauma, a sprained wrist, and tendinitis, respectively. We discuss the top causes of these…
orthopedics
Symptoms of Shoulder Arthritis
Do you ever feel pain in your shoulder that is worse in the mornings or while reaching overhead? Maybe you feel a painful grinding in your shoulder while throwing a baseball or shoulder stiffness when reaching to get plates out of a cabinet? If so, it is possible you are one of the many people…
Causes of General Shoulder Pain
Feeling shoulder pain after that tackle in practice? Or maybe you spent all weekend repainting your kitchen that farmhouse gray and are feeling a little stiff? Or perhaps you’ve got pain in your shoulder and have no idea why? General shoulder pain is common, and the top causes include shoulder impingement, rotator cuff tears, osteoarthritis,…
How Long Will It Take My Ankle Sprain To Heal?
You are on your morning run when you get distracted for a split second and you step off the sidewalk and awkwardly twist your ankle. Now you’ve got a possible ankle sprain and are wondering, “How long will it take for my ankle sprain to heal?” We know all you want to do is get…
7 Tips for Avoiding Shoulder Injuries
Whether we are at baseball practice, reaching for the mug on the top shelf, sitting at a desk, or painting a room, our shoulders are at work. Shoulder movements typically go unnoticed in our daily lives, and it is often easy to ignore shoulder soreness—hoping it will just go away. But we should take the…
TIPS FOR EXERCISING IN THE SUMMER HEAT
We all know the importance of exercising to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but it can be difficult to stay active during the hottest part of summer! You may find yourself putting off your workouts and waiting for things to cool down—only to realize later that you may be waiting until November. It’s possible to get…
ORTHOPEDIC ISSUES: MEN VS. WOMEN
As the medical field continues to improve and develop, it is increasingly important for us at ORTHOKNOX to identify trends and differences among patients so we can determine more accurate personalized treatment plans for each individual patient. Due to differences in structural anatomy, hormones, and genetics, some studies have identified some trends in injuries and…
ELBOW PAIN: TENNIS OR GOLFER ELBOW?
Both tennis and golfer elbow refer to elbow pain due to overuse of the arm and wrist, which can cause inflammation of the tendons surrounding the elbow. Tennis elbow involves the muscles and tendons surrounding the lateral epicondyle, or outside of the elbow, while golfer elbow affects the muscles and tendons surrounding the medial epicondyle,…
Kinesiology Tape- How does it work?
Several years ago during the 2012 Summer Olympics we all noticed the beach volleyball players wearing tape across their shoulders, knees, and back. Kinesiology taping is a technique using a very elastic tape to provide stability while allowing movement of the joint. It is a modality we can use in physical therapy to help in…
SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF A SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT
While tennis players serve, volley, and sprint around a court, they usually are not thinking about how often they lift their arms up to toss the tennis ball or swing their racquet. While it varies, a tennis player will swing their racquet about 500 times in a match. This repetitive overhead movement can sometimes result…