All Ankle Back Elbow Finger Other Shoulder Wrist
Looking down the barrel of a third operation to repair ligament and triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) damage in your wrist is a solid reason to question your choice of sports. Additionally, we take a squiz at the pitfalls of caffeine withdrawal. Here’s an idea – don’t stop!
The long run on wrist injuries continues in this installment of Ask Dr J – a TFCC tear, a pinch of bone necrosis and a surgeon who shall here after be referred to as Captain Tactless. Let me say this straight – injectable therapies like PRP injections for anything at all is about as therapeutically effective as Joan Rivers would be as Secretary Of State. For elbow tendonosis try an eccentric weight program (Dodgy Elbows [issue 156], and the more recent update, Dodgy Elbows Revisited [issue 223]).
Does stretching achieve anything more than improve your bedroom repertoire? As well, that age old problem of belayer’s neck
A hysterical aversion to even the lowest end of the pain spectrum is driving the tsunami of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug abuse. Is it an egg laid by the pharmaceutical giants? In other news, a climber suffers a labral tear in his shoulder, and a young lass poses the question of whether to get her ankle fused following a horrid break and eight surgeries.