Your body needs healthy levels of good fats to work properly – and healthy oils in your diet are the best source. Healthy oils help your brain, nerves, and your major organs. Good fats also help your body absorb necessary fat-soluble vitamins and minerals, like vitamin D, to help build strong bones. The challenge is … Do your joints need an oil change?
As the colder temperatures push thermometers into numbers below zero, our skin feels it, too. Wintry weather and COVID-19 mandated handwashing can wreak havoc on the skin. If you’ve ever experienced the pain of cracked, dry, or rough skin, you understand the pain and inconvenience it causes. This year everyone is more susceptible to experiencing cracks … Winter is the season for cracked skin
COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down. While everyone has experienced the inconvenient side effects of social distancing and mask-wearing, there is a significant but little-reported side effect for many who have been hospitalized or prescribed prolonged bed rest as they fight the virus. Bone and muscle loss can be an indirect side effect of … An indirect side effect of COVID-19 can affect your bones and muscles
Kinesio Taping is a technique designed to work with the body’s natural healing process while providing rehabilitative support and stability to muscles and joints. It can be used to decrease pain, reduce inflammation, and relax overused or tired muscles. What is Kinesio tape? Kinesio (Ka knee see o) tape is a flexible tape that supports … What is Kinesio taping therapy?
People who have had surgery or who have suffered an injury that limits the movements of their shoulders, elbows, wrists, or hands benefit from specialized therapy. The complex system of muscles, ligaments, and tendons that allow your hands and fingers to grasp objects and your shoulders and wrists to rotate need a unique level of … Why is hand and arm rehabilitation a separate specialty?
Physical therapy focuses on gaining maximum movement of the joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons in the body. It includes physical manipulation of joints, patient education, and a series of exercises or movements designed to lessen the effects of mobility disorders caused by injury, surgery, overuse, scar tissue, or disease. Bone & Joint Physical Therapy can … What is physical therapy?
Stephanie Kniech is a certified physician assistant who provides general orthopedic and sports medicine care to patients of all ages at Bone & Joint’s Merrill and Wausau locations. Stephanie joined Bone & Joint in October 2020 to care for people who suffer from fractures, orthopedic trauma, and arthritis. She also helps people recover from surgical … Meet Stephanie Kniech, PA-C
Bone & Joint is pleased to introduce fellowship-trained, board-certified sports medicine specialist, Jessica L. Juntunen, MD, to their team of highly trained orthopedic experts. Dr. Juntunen provides non-operative orthopedic and sports medicine care to athletes and non-athletes of all ages and disciplines. She cares for fractures, chronic and acute injuries, overuse injuries, strains, sprains, … Meet Jessica L. Juntunen, MD
Being active in the world of the coronavirus. Most of us have been waiting for the warmer days of spring to get outside, breathe the fresh air, and feel the warm sunshine on our skin – and with more people working from home these days – it may be more necessary than ever. But as … What we can and cannot do during the COVID-19 crisis?
Everywhere you look lately you see keto-diet this and keto-diet that! But is the keto diet bone healthy? First, let’s look at the keto diet. A ketogenic or keto diet is high in fat (75%) and protein (25%) and low in carbohydrates (5%). By severely limiting the glucose the body needs for energy, it causes … Is Keto safe for your bones?
