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Odd, but True, Holiday Injuries
Posted at: 11/22/2015 12:00 PM
As the holiday season comes crashing in with Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the team at SOS offers you and your family best wishes for a safe, happy holiday season. Team members instruct you to be ever mindful of your activities, as they’ve compiled a list of odd, but true, injuries during the holiday season seen by medical professional over the years. A TURKEY’S REVENGE It’s not unusual for people to cut themselves while carving a turkey with a sharp knife. However, one physic
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A Review of the Longitudinal Foot Arch and Injuries in Runners
Posted at: 11/16/2015 5:00 PM
By: Dr. Naven Duggal Running-related sports injuries are very common and often the result of multiple factors. Overuse injuries in running are especially common, with estimates that up to 70% of recreational runners experience overuse injuries during a given one-year period. Examples of such injuries include knee pain, shin splints, achilles tendinitis, and stress fractures. Running injuries have multifactorial origins, as both environmental factors as well as anatomical factors play roles in
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Posted at: 11/12/2015 12:00 PM
Texting has become one of the most popular forms of communication, and some statistics gathered by Teckst, a software technology company in New York, show just how staggering the usage is: Over 6 billion text messages are sent each day in the USThe average adult spends a total of 23 hours a week textingAmericans sent 69,000 texts every second in 2012 So, is all this texting activity causing damage to our hands or joints? According to John Fatti, MD, president of SOS, “People that use their
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SOS Celebrates International Orthopedic Nurses Day!
Posted at: 10/30/2015 12:00 PM
Today we would like to recognize and applaud the 91 RNs, LPNs, and MAs at SOS. They are kind, hard working, and above all a valuable asset to the SOS family, our community, and the patients we serve. Thank you for all that you do, every day. SOME OF THE RECENT COMMENTS FROM OUR PATIENTS: Dr. Smart's nurse is excellent! I believe Terry Doolittle's nurse is exceptional. She is very kind and aware of my problem. The nurse working was very consoling when I needed, she was friendly easy to talk
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Posted at: 10/15/2015 12:00 PM
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 2,323 pounds, which would obviously require heavy machinery to lift. But, have you noticed that the pumpkins in local pumpkin patches, the ones our neighbors and we buy to turn into spooky or silly Jack-O-Lanterns have been increasing in girth and weight these past few years? And, usually we lift them unaided by construction equipment, leading to the risk of back injury, which can be scary this time of ye