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Running With Scissors
Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2014 Hand and Upper Extremity Injuries in the Weightlifter Download Pdf »[...]
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Understanding Shoulder Pain
Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2014 Deep, persistent pain in the shoulder can affect young and old alike. Young, active patients often feel that shoulder pain stems from overuse. Current exercise regimens usually emphasize strengthening the deltoid muscles, but the rotator cuff is largely ignored. If the pain is a chronic problem, with no history of a single traumatic event, the patient will usually respond to strengthening[...]
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Ultrasonic energy helps perform fasciotomy and surgical tenotomy for tendinosis, fasciosis
Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2014 The technology has been in use in the United States just over 1 year. A prospective study of 20 patients, published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, revealed 19 of the patients were satisfied they had the procedure at 1-year surveillan date, in more than 2,500 uses, there have been no complications requiring medical attention or additional treatment. Procedural[...]
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Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr…. are you getting the cold shoulder?
Posted on Friday, January 10th, 2014 By Alejandro Badia, M.D. - Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is a common but poorly understood condition that can affect the shoulder in a variety of patients. Its name suggests the fact that the shoulder loses range of motion, and deep pain is a common component of this troublesome malady. Very frequently, the condition develops because of trauma to the shoulder, which includes[...]
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Barbados residents benefit from arthroscopic surgery to the shoulder
Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 Deep persistant pain in the shoulder can affect young and old alike. The causes, however, can be very different and require a thorough diagnostic process to understand the underlying problem and lead to a solution. Young, active patients often feel that there is an overuse syndrome. This may be the case, but it is important to understand why. Current exercise regimens usually emphasize[...]
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Shoulder Problems are common reason that Barbados patients travel to Miami for solutions
Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 Severe, unremitting pain in the shoulder can affect young and old alike. Young, active patients often feel that shoulder pain stems from overuse such as seen in Karen Meakins, local squash champion and international competitor. Current exercise regimens usually emphasize strengthening the deltoid muscles, but the rotator cuff is largely ignored. If the pain is a chronic problem, with[...]
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Bahamian Gym and Fitness Enthusiasts may suffer from Hand, Wrist and Shoulder Injuries
Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 Weightlifting and fitness sport injuries in the hand and wrist are often misdiagnosed and undertreated for a variety of reasons. Chronic and overuse injuries often go untreated due to the athlete’s reluctance to seek medical attention. This is because in many sports, the athlete can compensate with some of these injuries while this may be more difficult in weight bearing joints such[...]
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Shoulder Pain common in the Bahamas
Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 Deep, persistent pain in the shoulder can affect young and old alike. Young, active patients often feel that shoulder pain stems from overuse. Current exercise regimens usually emphasize strengthening the deltoid muscles, but the rotator cuff is largely ignored. If the pain is a chronic problem, with no history of a single traumatic event, the patient will usually respond to strengthening[...]
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Bahamian Diabetic Patients may be suffering from Treatable Hand and Shoulder Related
Posted on Thursday, January 9th, 2014 Diabetes is a systemic disease with wide ranging manifestations due to defects in insulin production or organ receptor sensitivity to this critical hormone. It has profound effects on the cells comprising the circulatory, nervous and connective tissue systems. This widespread involvement of systems is expressed in the hand and diabetes patients often have symptoms that are due to these[...]
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Shoulder Surgery to repair torn tendon on Barbados Senior Squash player Karen Meakins
Posted on Saturday, November 30th, 2013 .carousel-test .glide__slide.slide {text-align: center;} Dr. Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, and world-renowned Hand & Upper Limb Surgeon, President of the ISSPORTH (International Society for Sport Traumatology of the Hand), will visit Barbados the first week of December. Dr. Badia will offer a free Medical Conference for local medical professionals and another one for[...]
