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Personal Pain Toolbox

Pain control has been our major focus for the past few weeks as Ellen’s hip degeneration has progressed. Unlike simple osteoarthritis, she has avascular necrosis, a rapid breakdown of bone due to a loss of the blood supply to the bone. Her surgeon has told her not to use any opioid drugs before surgery as […]

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Osteoarthritis Action Plan

A couple years ago I wrote a lengthy article on the causes of osteoarthritis. Check it out here. I wish to revisit this subject because, although the article was informative, it was shy on directions as to what to do specifically. Disease conditions are complex with many different factors that come into play in creating disease. I […]