This last week I had a couple of patients who were not doing as well as I expected on their follow-up visit. With both, I had recommended using hot and cold on the inflamed area at least once each day. They had not done this. The 110-degree days may have had something to do […]
A frequent argument among clinicians treating muscle and joint pain is over which is better, heat or cold therapy. I find this behavior common in many areas of life. People want to know what is the best thing to do in each situation. If we lived in a digital world of just ones and […]
My article last week was on colitis. So, I thought I would follow that line of thought down to its natural conclusion at the end of that system. So what type of signs of inflammation do we find at the very end of the colon? Hemorrhoids. For more than half of you, you have […]