Medicine’s Pain Avenger
As the cost of treatment rises, pain management solutions that are efficient and effective become vital assets in the therapist’s toolbox.
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Injections for Osteoarthritis? More Research is Needed
A frequently performed treatment for osteoarthritis and other joint-related pain syndromes is intra-articular corticosteroid (IACS), yet there is conflicting evidence on the potential benefit and possible negative outcomes following such injections.
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Aqua Elliptica Takes The Elliptical Out of the Gym and Into the Water
The Aqua Elliptica, described as an elliptical hybrid catamaran stand-up paddleboard, is designed to enable a cardiovascular workout similar to walking on water.
Study Demonstrates AposTherapy Footwear’s Effect on Osteoarthritis Pain
A new study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders demonstrates the ability of AposTherapy biomechanical footwear devices to help reduce pain associated with knee osteoarthritis and improve patients’ physical function and joint stiffness.
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Don’t Toss Discarded Tissue from TKA Surgeries: Here’s Why
Pluripotency expressing cells can be grown from the cartilage tissue of knee joints affected by ortheoarthritis and can open the doors to a spectrum of novel solutions to address cartilage damage, according to Dr Shojiro Katoh, President, Edogawa Hospital.
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This Device Offers a Pain Management and Surgery Alternative
The sustained acoustic medicine device (sam) from ZetrOZ Systems is an FDA-cleared, long-duration ultrasound device, designed to treat arthritis and soft tissue injuries at home.
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This Links Joint Disease and Psoriasis, Researchers Note
An overabundance of a protein known as KLK6 can produce and worsen the skin inflammation characteristic of psoriasis, and can play a key role in damaging the joints and bones of people with the disorder, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and others.
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How Integrating Digital Tools Enhances Understanding of Arthritis
CreakyJoints is presenting data that demonstrate how integrating digital tools into patients’ arthritis management strategies can improve understanding of arthritis. These data are being shared during the European E-Congress of Rheumatology 2020, presented virtually by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) starting June 3.
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Try This Joint-Friendly Water Workout for Psoriatic Arthritis
View the slide show to see how aquatic therapy can be used to help people with psoriatic arthritis.
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Össur Announces the Unloader One X Knee Brace
Össur debuts the Unloader One X, the company’s newest addition to its Unloader One line of knee braces designed to help reduce pain and improve function among patients who experience osteoarthritis (OA).
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Avoid Hip Arthroscopy in Patients with Hip Arthritis, HSS Researchers Suggest
The percentage of patients with hip arthritis who had a hip replacement within two years of hip arthroscopy was unacceptably high at 68%, according to a new study of more than 2,600 patients by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Prior hip arthroscopy was also associated with significantly worse outcomes after hip replacement.
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How Footwear Could Help Reduce Osteoarthritis Pain
Wearing shoes specifically designed with a novel sole (biomechanical footwear) significantly reduces the pain associated with knee osteoarthritis, researchers suggest, in a study published in JAMA.
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Say Hello to Muscle Mass, Buh-Bye to OA Joint Damage, with Gene Therapy
A new study in mice at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests gene therapy one day may help patients with osteoarthritis, especially older people who are overweight.
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High Risk for Bad Knees? Go Ahead and Exercise
A new Northwestern Medicine study that followed individuals at high risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA) for 10 years suggests that vigorous exercise did not increase their risk of developing OA and may even protect them from it. The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
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Are Steroids Really the Answer for Arthritic Knees?
Folks with knee arthritis will get more out of physical therapy than a cortisone shot, a new clinical trial argues, per HealthDay.
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How is the Evolution of Walking Upright Linked to Osteoarthritis?
The regulatory switches involved in the development of the knee may also play a role in osteoarthritis, according to researchers, in the journal Cell.
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One Lucky Fall for An Older Adult
When 71-year-old Lynda Holland smashed into the floor hip first her hips could have been shattered. Instead, the chronic pain she had suffered through for the previous 6 years instantly and substantially was reduced. It wasn’t supposed to work that way. The Washington Post reports about this medical mystery.
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Easy Hand & Finger Exercises Using Therapy Putty
Following a fast and simple set of exercises using Therapy Putty can help those who may be losing grip strength as the result of arthritis or other health issues, according to Vive Health, in PR Underground.
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