Chances are you have heard about a Major League Baseball pitcher, an NFL quarterback, or some other big-name professional athlete suffering a rotator cuff injury in their shoulder. Though did you know that roughly two to four million people in the United States suffer some type of rotator cuff shoulder [...]
The human knee is a complex and intricate joint with varying structures that include bones, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and other types of connective tissues. Each of your knees plays a critical role in your mobility as well as in helping to support your body weight. Your knees are always at [...]
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. You have [...]
When you get emergency care or are treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from balance billing. In these cases, you shouldn’t be charged more than your plan’s copayments, coinsurance and/or deductible. What is “balance billing” (sometimes called “surprise billing”)? When [...]
The health of your feet is easy to overlook until there is a problem. When something like Plantar Fasciitis affects one of your feet, the discomfort and outright pain can hamper your quality of life, not to mention your overall mobility. What Is Plantar Fasciitis? The plantar fascia in each [...]
You are an avid sports fan, then chances are you’ve heard about one or more of your favorite athletes receiving platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections to help speed their treatment after a significant injury. These injections are becoming an increasingly popular way to treat a wide range of sports injuries as [...]
Migraine headaches can be crippling and affect your quality of life. While migraines can be caused by a wide variety of things, there are a few related to issues in the cervical spine that might be treated or see improvement in symptoms via physical therapy. The cervical spine region of [...]
Carpal tunnel syndrome is an increasingly common condition where the affected individual experiences pain, numbness, and tingling in one or both of the hands and possibly in the arms. It can affect one hand or both depending on the severity of symptoms and the underlying related cause. Carpal tunnel syndrome [...]
The human spine is a flexible structure made up of a series of small, moving parts that work together to transmit nerve signals between the brain and the rest of the body as well as provide us with the ability to walk upright. The bony structures of the spinal column [...]
