Avoid Common Running Injuries

Avoid Common Running Injuries

Race season is here! As a runner, you are already out there logging miles to train for upcoming races. Training season is also when Col Dr Adari, a sports medicine physician at Orthobridge Institute’s orthopedic and fracture care practice, sees runners coming in with...
Inflammation and Swelling: What You Need to Know

Inflammation and Swelling: What You Need to Know

If you’ve ever experienced a sprained ankle or broken bone, you know that swelling at the site of injury is a common occurrence. It’s all part of the healing process! Blood vessels relax, which increases blood flow to the region. This, in turn, brings white blood...
Growing Pains – Are They Real?

Growing Pains – Are They Real?

It’s the middle of the night and your child wakes up complaining of leg pain for the third time this week. As a parent, you worry that it might not just be the result of sports practice earlier that day. Is it something much, much worse that you could be overlooking?...
Arthritis Treatment

Arthritis Treatment

What is Arthritis? Arthritis is the swelling and tenderness of one or more joints. The main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age. The most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis....