Stubbing your big toe on a chair isn’t an incredibly forceful action, but it can certainly hurt like hell. But why does stubbing your toe sometimes feel disproportional in terms how how much pain can be caused by one little action? A recent study decided to take a closer look at why stubbing your toe […]
I Still Have Foot Pain After Surgery, What’s Next?
We hope that a corrective operation is the final step in helping you find the relief you seek from your foot condition, and for many patients, that’s exactly what they find at the end of their rehabilitation period. For others, they find that they are still dealing with lingering pain and discomfort. What should you […]
Why You Need A Plan To Manage Pain After Surgery
Surgery is a significant trauma on your body, and even if you’re prescribed painkillers to help decrease pain as you recover, you’re still going to be dealing with a range of pain and discomfort as healing runs its course. However, if you set up a pain management plan prior to your operation, you’ll be better […]
Marathon Running and Our Perception Of Pain
New research involving marathon running has helped us understand how we perceive pain and how that perception changes as time goes on. To determine if time affects our perception of pain, researchers asked 127 marathon runners to report their pain levels immediately after running a marathon. Researchers also asked runners to recall how much pain […]
Guest Post – How ‘Mother Nature’ Helps Us Heal
The following is a guest blog post by Alan M Reznik, MD, MBA, a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Communications Cabinet and the liaison to the AAOS Patient Safety Committee. He is a sports medicine specialist focusing on knee and shoulder injuries, practicing in the greater New Haven area, and Chief Medical Officer of […]