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Andre Panagos M.D.

You Need A Good And Blissful Night’s Sleep

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What is sleep? Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by altered consciousness, muscle and sensory activity and waste removal. It is a time of complex neurobiological rejuvenation and growth and appears to be universally vital to life throughout the animal kingdom. What is the role of sleep and why is it so important? We spend about one third of our lives sleeping and despite our limited understanding of the purpose and mechanism of sleep, we know that like food, water and oxygen, …

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Exercise and Stretching You Need To Live In Your World

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How can exercise improve my health? If exercise was a pill it would be a guaranteed best seller with few side effects. We know that exercise has multiple health benefits and plays an important role in successful aging. Some of the many benefits of exercise are that it will: Optimize cardiovascular function by strengthening heart muscle Raise levels of “good cholesterol” (HDL) and lower levels of “bad cholesterol” (LDL) Promote bone health and combat osteoarthritis by improving joint …

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Top 7 Things You Need To Know About Regenerative Injection Therapy

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#1 Regenerative injection therapy (RIT) has been in clinical use for over a century. A form of regenerative injection therapy was used as a hernia treatment in the early 19th century by Dr. Jaynes in Louisiana (Rice, 1936). In the 1950s, George S. Hackett M.D. developed a form of regenerative injection therapy that he termed "prolotherapy".  He found it very successful for the treatment of ligament laxity leading to other musculoskeletal conditions (Hackett, 2008). His focus was on injuries of …

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The Most Important 18 Exercises For Your Back

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These are the most important back exercises that you can do for your back to maintain flexibility and strength. If any of these exercises cause pain, you should stop the exercise and see your doctor who may do a further workup which may include an MRI. These exercises will not help if you sit for long periods of time. 1. Pelvic Rock Stand in a comfortable position with your hands on your hips. Then gently rock the top of your hips forward while arching your back Return to the starting …

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The 10 secrets about your amazing ligaments

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In sports medicine, physicians focus on cartilage, discs and nerves, but we rarely talk about ligaments which keep your bones together, except when it comes to a knee injury.  Once a ligament is injured,  the structure it holds together tightly becomes loose. With loosening, abnormal motion develops in the joint resulting in occasional pain and a progression to osteoarthritis many years later. With the huge number of musculoskeletal injuries that are treated yearly in the U.S., we need to think …

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How To Read An MRI Lumbar Spine In 8 Easy Steps

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How To Read An MRI of the Lumbar Spine Introduction Reading an MRI lumbar spine is quite easy if you know where to look. Just like x-ray films and three dimensional x-rays called computed tomography (CT), MRIs are a great addition in the field of radiology. An exciting new healthcare modality in the 1980s called magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unleashed a new era in medicine. High tech MRI uses radio waves to look for lesions and abnormalities in bones and soft tissues of the spine. This …

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