by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Aug 18, 2016 | Healing, Health, Pain, Pain control
Dr. Hanson now has several locations in the Vancouver, BC area where he routinely provides trigger point injections. Physical pain can often be caused by a mechanical source, which is why pills don’t always work. Trigger points are painful sites inside...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Feb 8, 2015 | Food, Healing, Health, Pain
A common reason for patients to visit their doctor is the common sore throat. For many years after the age of antibiotics began over a half-century ago, most doctors reached for Penicillin or Sulfa drugs, and most patients expected this prescription to be the...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Jan 26, 2014 | Ergonomics, Exercise, Health, Pain, Pain control
Knee pains are becoming very common. Most of the orthopedic surgeons in professional football and hockey are specialists in the knee, leaving others to look after the rest of the bones in question. In looking after sports injuries in my clinic, I can...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Jan 12, 2014 | Eye, Health, Pain, Prevention
Eye infections are very common, and very important to treat correctly. When an infection starts on the outer surface of the eye, the conjunctiva, or thin membrane that covers it, becomes inflamed. As with any inflammation in medicine, we append the suffix...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Nov 9, 2013 | Exercise, Health, Pain, Sports Injuries
If you have a facial cut in the future, you may not need to see a doctor for sewing. Instead, you may see the nurse for gluing. During my years as an emergency room doctor, I saw a lot of facial lacerations, especially in children. In fact, during...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Sep 12, 2012 | Diet, Health, Heartburn, Insomia, Overeating, Pain
Is stress getting you right in the breadbasket? Here are some tips to put out that “fire in your belly”! A generation ago, people would associate stress with stomach ulcers. In cartoons and family sitcoms, the children would cause some stress of the week, the...
