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Labral Tears

Labral tears affect ball and socket joints, like your hips and shoulders. The labrum is a rubbery ring of cartilage that rims the socket of your hip and shoulder joints. It acts like a shock absorber while it keeps the ball of the joint in place. Overuse and traumatic injuries, such as falls, or th...

Try these six moves to improve your balance

Balance in life is essential. And a good sense of physical balance is the key to independence. As people reach their 40s and 50s, they may notice changes in vision, hearing, and strength. These natural and normal changes occur during the aging process and may contribute to the loss of balanc...

Do your joints need an oil change?

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 bon...

Winter is the season for cracked skin

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. Thi...

An indirect side effect of COVID-19 can affect your bones and muscles

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 an...

Why is hand and arm rehabilitation a separate specialty?

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 ...

What is physical therapy?

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, ove...

Meet Jessica L. Juntunen, MD

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 age...

Is Keto safe for your bones?

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, i...

Is there ever a good reason to cancel or postpone surgery?

It’s the night before a major operation. You feel apprehensive about the next day. Should you call and cancel? It depends on the reason. Rarely is it a good idea to cancel the day before or the day of surgery. However, there are a few valid reasons to cancel the day before or the morning of the p...