If you fall off a ladder or get tackled awkwardly in a football game, it’s pretty easy to determine why your foot hurts. But what if foot pain develops after a much more innocuous action, like going for a run or mowing the lawn? If you’re dealing with foot pain despite not really exposing your […]
Osteoporosis Screening Recommendations – Reading Between The Lines
Last month, Medscape published an article titled “A ‘Nagging Gap’: Screening Men For Osteoporosis. In the article, the author explains how the US Preventative Services Task Force recently released updated screening recommendations for osteoporosis. They wrote that the following groups should be screened for osteoporosis: All women aged 65 or older Postmenopausal women younger than […]
The Importance of Bone Density Screening in Men: A Case Study
Last week, I saw a patient in my clinic who had a stress fracture. While he wasn’t in the typical age group of men who develop osteoporosis, he did have other clear risk factors that suggested that osteoporosis was certainly in play. As I discussed my concerns about the development of his condition with him, […]
Could Ankle Fractures Predict This Related Health Condition?
Ankle fractures are often the result of high energy trauma like what you might experience in a car accident or a collision in athletic activity, but as we get older, it oftentimes takes less force for these types of injuries to occur. A small slip or a fall from a few feet can lead to […]
Women Suffer Foot and Ankle Fractures for Different Reasons
Bone density, weight, age and activity level are all factors that impact a person’s likelihood of suffering a foot fracture. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh recently attempted to decipher exactly which factors put women at the greatest risk of suffering certain fractures. What they found may surprise you. For their study, researchers surveyed nearly […]