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. | Jun 8, 2012 | Health, Prevention, Sports Injuries
Spinal cord injuries associated with sports and recreation are increasing, in spite of our improved medical technology. Once again, prevention is where we are falling down, literally. Paralysis is tragic enough when it comes as part of a long-standing disease in later...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | May 17, 2012 | Exercise, Health, Sports Injuries, Weight Loss
Are you embarking on a new weight loss exercise program to redress the flab put on over years of sedentary living? Well, there are a few things you should be aware of right at the start. The human body was built for motion, and until the computer age changed the...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Mar 20, 2012 | Exercise, Health, Memory Retention, Sports Injuries
Sometimes rehearsal is a lot safer than the real thing. Ski and snowboard acrobats rehearse over a trampoline with bungee cords tied above them to prevent injuries as they learn new flips. Even sword-fighters in the days of the French musketeers had to...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Feb 2, 2012 | Exercise, Health, Immune Resistance, Insomia, Memory Retention, Pain control, Prevention, Sleep, Sports Injuries, Stress, Stress Strategies
Our bodies were designed, built, and programmed for movement. Our joints need movement to self-lubricate through the bag of synovial membrane. This movement even feeds food and oxygen to the bloodless cartilage inside the joints, and carries away the...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Jan 23, 2012 | Ergonomics, Exercise, Pain control, Prevention, Sports Injuries
Talk about your pain-in-the-ankle! One of the more common complaints I see in my sports medicine practice is the ankle sprain. Just what is a sprained ankle? It is when one or more of the ankle ligaments is partially or fully torn. It usually is accompanied...
