by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 2, 2017 | Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info 26 million prescriptions of Fluoroquinolones are written yearly in the U.S. Approximately 95% of all tendinopathies associated with Fluoroquinolones occur in the Achilles tendon. The FDA first made a “black box” warning on Fluoroquinolones in...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Dec 8, 2016 | Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info Headaches are one of the most common conditions that lead to visits to doctors. Many “sinus headaches” are really a migraine headache. Some medical professionals have treated migraines with Botox. Headache affects greater than 50% of the...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Sep 15, 2016 | Conditioning, Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info A normal BMI level is 18.5 -24.9. Obese people suffer an orthopaedic injury 48% more frequently than a person with an normal BMI. Total knee replacements are needed nearly 10x greater frequency in people with a BMI that measures 30 and...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Aug 25, 2016 | Conditioning, Foot & Ankle, Health Conditions, Knee & Leg |
Tid Bits of Info Greater than 50% of knee injuries that require surgery will develop arthritic changes in the involved knee by the time the patient is 40 years old. As many as 40% of the people that had knee surgery developed cardiorespiratory conditions in...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Jul 14, 2016 | Health Conditions, Sports injuries |
Tid Bits of Info Cannabis plants have extracts, THC and CBD, that have been shown to have medicinal properties. THC is the chemical in marijuana that can have a mind altering effect. The FDA has not recognized the marijuana plant as medicine. Massage oils...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Apr 21, 2016 | Foot & Ankle, Hand & Wrist, Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info Over 200 million people worldwide have suffered from osteoporosis. Bone mineral density (BMD) is used to determine if one has osteoporosis. 2 million men have been diagnosed with osteoporosis in the U.S. and > 16 million have a low BMD....
