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Walking to Help with Knee Pain

The latest talk in reducing knee pain? Walk the walk. It’s a well-known fact: walking has a wide variety of health benefits, including improved sleep quality, stress and weight management, muscle strength and flexibility, respiratory fitness, joint health, bone density, [...]

Osteoarthritis: Causes and Conservative Treatments

Osteoarthritis: Causes and Conservative Treatments By Dr. Joseph McCormick, Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Joseph McCormick is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. He is seeing patients at our Appleton orthopedic office, located in Ascension NE Wisconsin – St. Elizabeth campus. Request an appointment [...]

4 Exercises to Keep You Active With Arthritis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I144CfD1KM Knee pain, hip pain, really any joint pain can significantly impact your motivation to exercise. You may even think that exercise could make your arthritis worse. But staying active with arthritis is possible. The truth is, exercise is a [...]

What Exactly is Rheumatic Disease?

By Dr. Paul Utrie, Rheumatologist Over seven million Americans. That’s how many people are affected by rheumatic diseases in the United States. Over seven million, including nearly 300,000 children!* According to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), rheumatic diseases cause [...]

The Pain of Arthritis – It’s Real. In So Many Different Ways.

Just like the term “shoe” is an all-encompassing description of hundreds of types of footwear ranging from tennis to pumps, flats to sandals, cleats to horse, so is the term “arthritis.” Arthritis is the general term that describes varying diseases [...]

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