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. | Jun 8, 2012 | Exercise, Pain, Prevention
One of the more common complaints among patients is a pain above the heel, in the Achilles tendon. This debilitating injury is seen commonly in athletes, where explosive forces are channeled into the pencil-thin tendon that joins the calf muscles to the heel...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Mar 20, 2011 | Prevention, Stress Strategies
Stress today comes in new forms, mainly from sedentary day-jobs, plus hours of commuting every week. Instead of getting our daily exercise from hunting and gathering, we burn mental calories and not much else. So naturally, office workers need to get their muscle and...
by Peter G. Hanson, M.D. | Mar 13, 2011 | Pain control, Prevention, Stress
Stretching: the Truth! When people are under a lot of stress during a sedentary desk career, a natural outlet is sports. Which is ideal, as long as you don’t hurt yourself. But while stress relief is only a jog or a bike ride away, it is good to prepare for...
