Next weekend, Michelle Kinney, the 10th fittest woman on earth, will be competing for the title of the fittest woman on earth at the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. She placed first in the Central East Region last month by consistently performing well across 6 very different workouts: 1. Run 1K/ 30 handstand pushups/ Row 1K […]
Clinical Practice
Rehabilitation of the TMJ
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) can cause painful chewing, jaw clicking, ear/face pain, tooth pain, and headache. In the absence of an obviously locked jaw, the offending temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) is usually diagnosed after the painful ears, teeth, and/or sinuses have been examined and found to be fine. While there are rare causes of TMD (inflammatory arthritis, […]
Tingling hand? Think carpal tunnel every time.
Some diagnoses get all the glory. Leg pain?… think sciatica. Headache at the forehead?… think sinus infection. Hand tingling/pain?… think carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). And if you’ve used a computer, then it must be CTS. With no further need for sarcasm (while it is April 1st), let us discuss the importance of a doctor’s diagnostic […]
Recap of MidSouth Headache Symposium
Headache is a common pain that nearly everyone experiences at some point in their life. As such, primary health care professionals evaluate and manage head/face pain every day. Since any headache type can result from a varied number of causes, and any headache sufferer may have several concurrent types of headache, the evaluation of headache […]