Recovery after surgery: The influence of muscle strength
Surgery messes up our lives in both predictable and unpredictable ways. It helps to know why injuries happen, how we can get stronger before we fix then, and why to keep moving afterward.
Resistance Training: Why, how often, and which muscles to start with.
Far too many people avoid resistance training because they're afraid of injury, afraid of becoming bigger, or are unsure of how to approach it.
What's "normal" on an MRI? And why you cannot unsee your MRI result.
"I'm going to insist on getting an MRI." How many of you have said this? Sometimes your doctor doesn't order one or tries to convince you otherwise. Why is that? Hint: It's not because we don't care about you.
How to prepare for elective surgery...
Everything you want to know about your surgery, but were afraid to ask. Every surgery has risks and potential complications. The only truly safe surgery is surgery on someone else.
No, your knees aren't weak
Our knees are not poorly designed, nor are they overly prone to injury. And yet people insist on saying this, encouraged, in part, by naive and sensationalist articles.
Navigating Your First Visit To A Specialist
Perhaps you had an injury... perhaps something just started hurting you. You're concerned, nervous, and worried that you&
Are 40% of dementia cases preventable? Probably more than that.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating form of neurocognitive decline. Too many people falsely assume dementia is an inevitable
Osteoarthritis is not a death sentence... and the surprising reason why it occurs.
Very few people, as well as very few doctors, understand the etiology or the natural history of osteoarthritis (OA) well. For the most part, osteoarthritis is a biological disease, as opposed to the belief that osteoarthritis is a mechanical disease.