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The Makwala Episode
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Written by Dr Carey Wolfe General Practitioner, member of the London 2012 Olympics medical team, Sports Physician and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline The World Athletics Championships have been in the sporting limelight for the past few days, but not always for the right reasons. Should Isaac Makwala of Botswana have been […]
How to avoid Dowager’s Hump
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Written by Guy Paremain, Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s page Care for backs and bones When my patients ask me about how to avoid ‘dowager’s hump’, they’re really asking me how to avoid osteoporosis. Osteoporosis, which means ‘porous bone’, is a condition in which the […]
How do muscles work?
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Written by Carey Wolfe, General Practitioner, Sports Physician and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s page: Repair damaged tendons and heal injured and unhealthy muscles and Intercostal Muscle Strain. We take for granted that we can use our muscles to move at any time of any day. Few of us […]
Intercostal Muscle Strain
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Written by Carey Wolfe, General Practitioner, Sports Physician and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s page: Rapid sports injuries and exercise advice Intercostal muscle strains are one of the common but ‘hidden’ injuries I see in General Practice and Sports Medicine work. This proves frustrating for a patient, because the […]
MRI and back pain
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Written by Mr Guy Paremain, Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helplineSee Dr Morton’s Care for backs and bones and Magnetic resonance imaging in women’s healthI am faced each week with numerous patients who have back pain and/or sciatica. Quite often these individuals have invested a significant amount of time […]
All you need to know about tennis elbow
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Written by Dr Carey Wolfe, General Practitioner, Sports Physician and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline. See Dr Morton’s protect ligaments and joints and repair tendons and muscles Wimbledon and fine weather is once again upon us, and the impetus to get out onto court more – or even just pick up a […]
Sacroiliac joint pain
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Written by Mr Guy Paremain, Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s care for backs and bones and protect ligaments and joints The Sacrum or ‘holy bone’ was, supposedly, the part of an animal offered in sacrifice to the ancient gods! It is, without doubt, a triangular bone that sits […]
Neck pain unravelled
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Written by Mr Guy Paremain, Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s care for backs and bones, protect ligaments and joints and repair tendons and muscles Pain and or stiffness in the neck is a common complaint. If symptoms persist an individual will reasonably approach a doctor for advice. In […]
Is January the month of DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness)?
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Written by Dr Carey Wolfe, General Practitioner, Sports Physician and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s sports injuries advice Assuaging our consciences from indulging over the festive period, many of us will have settled on an exercise routine or returned to exercise with renewed vigour. Along with the positive feelings […]
Knee cartilage problems and corrective surgery
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Written by Mr Guy Paremain, Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and adviser to Dr Morton’s – the medical helpline See Dr Morton’s protect ligaments and joints Many of you will know someone who has had ‘keyhole’ surgery on their knee, often to ‘trim a cartilage’. Indeed this operation, properly known as an arthroscopy, is the most commonly performed […]
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