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Marc Darrow, M.D. Over the years we have seen many people with varying degrees of knee problems. Among them, a diagnosis of “Jumper’s knee” or patellar tendinopathy. What is causing the knee pain and instability that these people complain of, are small tears in the patellar tendon. Most of these people have developed this knee problem as a result of playing sport or activity that requires a lot of jumping. Hence the name “jumper’s knee.” Many people are basketball players, volleyball players, for the younger athlete track and field specialties such as triple jump, log jumps or high jumps may

A June 2022 paper (1)  assessed the relation of obesity to opioid use in people with or at risk of knee osteoarthritis, and the extent to which this association is mediated by number of painful joints or depressive symptoms. The researchers studied 2335 participants (average age 68 and considered obese). They found that people with obesity had 50% or more higher odds of opioid use than those people not considered obese.  Further: “Multi-joint pain and depressive symptoms partially explained greater opioid use among obese persons with knee osteoarthritis, demonstrating that the negative impact of obesity on knee osteoarthritis extends beyond

If you suffer from Carpal tunnel syndrome you know that it causes numbness, tingling, and pain in the wrist, hand and arm. You were probably told that you have a compression of the median nerve somewhere among the sea and ligaments of the wrist. For you, like many people, your condition may have worsened overtime. Over the course of time you have tried: Ergonomic modification of office. Varying over the counter anti-inflammatories and pain medications. Wearing different wrist splints and braces. Exercise and physical therapy. Steroid injections. Through your medical journey you may have been given Electrophysiological tests to the

An October 2021 paper (1) suggests that ginger extract suppresses inflammatory arthritis. Here is what the researchers said: “Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disabling inflammatory disorder. Ginger is used for food and medicine to treat arthralgia, sprains, and muscle aches. Anti-inflammatory effects of ginger have been observed.” In this animal study, rats with induced arthritis were treated with ginger extract. It was found that ginger could suppress  NF-κB activity (pro-inflammatory gene activity) and Wnt pathway (an inflammation regulatory system). 1 Öz B, Orhan C, Tuzcu M, Şahin N, HanifiÖzercan İ, Öner PD, Koca SS, Juturu V, Şahin K. Ginger extract