by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Apr 2, 2014 | Anti-Aging, Ergonomics, Exercise, Health, Obesity
One of the common complaints I see in my office is that of hip pains, which come in two varieties: ACUTE hip pains:We see these cases a lot as injuries to the groin muscles on the inside aspect of the hip. These are usually pretty obvious in their origin, for...
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. | Dec 26, 2013 | Ergonomics, Exercise, Health
Work injuries used to be from highly mobile tasks of hunting and gathering, for which the body was actually well designed. So the injuries tended to be from pure accident, rather than from enforced ergonomics. This changed with the industrial age, when we started to...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Apr 12, 2011 | Pain control, Prevention
One complaint that is becoming more common is the tennis elbow. More correctly, we should call it the “Non-Tennis Elbow”. Far more people sit at keyboards than swing racquets, and these are the ones we are seeing in epidemic proportions. To be sure,...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Feb 20, 2011 | Ergonomics, Health, Pain control
Carpal Tunnel: it’s all in the wrists. One of the more common complaints I see in my office is carpal tunnel syndrome. It is three times more common in women than men, and more likely in assembly line workers and those who operate power tools (think...
