Osteoporosis, which means brittle bones, is common and under-treated, but an incredibly important condition to manage. In fact, one in two women and one in four men over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis. Here’s a startling statistic: Each year, there are nearly 300,000 hip fractures in the US. After […]
Raymond Mitchell’s lower back just gave out. Sitting on his porch, the Grand Isle Rescue volunteer EMT shakes his head as he describes responding to a call to help a person up from a chair – ironically due to back pain. As he lifted, he felt his own lower lumbar give out. Mitchell’s injury was 30 years in the making, beginning when he first hurt his back while lifting boxes during a home move. This latest injury was much […]
Every year, brave Vermonters face the cold winds of winter and participate in their winter sport of choice. More often than not, this involves a hefty set of equipment and enough snow to cover one of our best mountains here in the Green Mountain State. The winter months in Vermont are some of the best, […]
One day in West Texas I went to a high school game and realized that I had performed surgery on 8 of the 10 starting female basketball players. Each had an ACL reconstruction and was wearing a brace. Was this tough luck…a bad coincidence…bad water or an epidemic? I have spent the last 15 years […]
This article was originally published on September 28, 2016 by Vermont Sports. First, you might feel some tingling in the thumb. You might think it’s normal and chalk it up to a long bike ride or a day climbing and bouldering. And it could be just that. However, with time, your hands may become weak […]
