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Did I Tear Something In My Knee or Is it Nothing?
The knee is a complex joint with many different components working together to allow the joint to move and bend smoothly. It is also one of the largest joints in your body, making it vulnerable to a variety of injuries. Knee pain can be debilitating ...
Summer Heat Increases Low Back and Joint Pain?
If you are dealing with chronic or acute low back pain, the summer season can be particularly harsh on your spine. With warmer and more humid weather increasing, so is the possibility of unwanted flare-ups in low back pain. Chattanooga Non-Surgical Orthopedics and Dr. Hall ...
PRP for Your Low Back Pain and Much More
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy consists of a concentrated injection of your blood platelets to help turbocharge healing in injured joints and soft tissue. Chattanooga Non-Surgical Orthopedics specializes in this treatment, which has been in development for decades, and has become well-known in recent years because ...
Acute & Chronic Low Back Pain
If you hurt a joint or strain a muscle, sometimes there's comfort in knowing that you’re not alone. If you're dealing with low back pain, nearly 80% of American adults (at some point) know what you're going through. Low back pain can range from a ...
Can My Golf Swing Lead to Early Low Back Degeneration?
Among professional and amateur golfers, low back pain remains one of the most common injuries, comprising 55% and 35% of injuries (according to a 2019 study article). The article noted that modern professional golfers are experiencing back problems at far younger ages than the general ...
Avoiding Neck Pain with Simple Changes
If you have neck pain, then you may benefit from Clinical Exercise to help decrease your pain and improve your neck range of motion (ROM) and mobility. Dr. Jeff Hall and Chattanooga Non-Surgical Orthopedics’ professional staff can tell you what you need to do to ...
Women May be At Higher Mortality Risk Due to Low Back Pain
New research from Boston Medical Center (via Journal of General Internal Medicine, April 2021) identifies elevated mortality risk for women with low back pain when compared to women without low back pain. Back pain was not associated with mortality among men indicating long-term consequences of ...
Osteoporosis: Are You at Risk?
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that causes decreased bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue, which increases the risk of fractures. It is considered a silent disease, meaning there are no other symptoms until a fracture occurs. The increased risk of fractures with osteoporosis can ...
Low Back Pain and Neck Pain Stopping You?
There’s no need to let low back pain and neck pain keep you from enjoying your usual activities. You can turn to Dr. Jeff Hall here at Chattanooga Non-surgical Orthopedics to explore your lower back pain treatment options. Many people with low back or neck ...