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Andre Panagos M.D.

Facts About Trigger Point Injections (TPI)

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Trigger point injections are used to treat trigger points or myofascial trigger points which are areas of muscle pain and muscle spasm within muscle fibers. Trigger points are prevalent in the muscles of the neck and shoulder regions and the lower back and hip region. The most helpful pain management technique to treat this condition is called a trigger point injection that involves injecting medication directly into the trigger points resulting in pain relief. These types of injections …

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The Awesome Anti-Inflammatory Diet

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What is an anti-inflammatory diet? An anti-inflammatory diet promotes fresh fruits, leafy green vegetables, meat, and seafood with little or no intake of processed foods. Often referred to as the Mediterranean diet, the purpose of this style of eating is to eat highly nutritious foods. Healthy carbohydrates, proteins, and fats high in vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and antioxidants support the growth and repair of your body. Not only that, but these foods tend to also be lower in …

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How to Prevent Muscle Wasting (Sarcopenia)

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Sarcopenia (in Greek, sarx for flesh and penia for loss) is considered, “poverty of the flesh” (Rosenberg, 1997). The term is sometimes used interchangably with frailty and cachexia in the geriatric population ito describe the loss of skeletal muscle and progressive weakness that occurs with aging.  Sarcopenia can also be used to describe the phenomenon in of the loss of lean body mass in younger individuals who have this constellation of features. The description of sarcopenia is also used to …

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Dehydration is ruining your health and you don’t even know it

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Water is critical to your well-being Research into the basic concepts of dehydration still leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Your body is a giant bag of water The billions of biochemical reactions your body needs to function normally are vitally dependent on the efficient flow of water. Water comprises up to 75% of the total body weight in infants and falls to 55% in the elderly (Hooper 2014). Water makes up 85% of the total weight of the brain (Kleiner 1999). More than half of the water …

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The Future is Now with Regenerative Medicine

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What is regenerative medicine? Your body is constantly focused on the repair, replacement and maintenance of tissues in your body. Tissues such as nerves, bone, tendon, muscle, ligament and connective tissue need constant maintenance to function properly. Long-standing disease, injury or poor lifestyle and dietary choices can overwhelm your body’s natural repair mechanisms creating a cascade of breakdown. At first micro-injuries can occur which go unnoticed. Overtime repeat injury at the same …

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