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6 Nov , 2015

Healthpointe Now Offering Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis throughout Southern California

Healthpointe is now offering treatment for plantar fasciitis at its newest clinic in Los Angeles. This marks the availability of plantar fasciitis treatments throughout all of Healthpointe’s clinics in Southern California including Los Angeles Coun...

4 Nov , 2015

Healthpointe is Now Offering Medical Internships and Training for Undergrad and Graduate Students

Brandon Davila

Press Release Articles

Healthpointe is excited to announce that they are now providing hands-on clinical training to medical students along with future medical physicians, nurses, physical therapists and more. Healthpointe provides a wealth of training and volunteer oppo...

30 Oct , 2015

Billiards Injuries – Prevent Personal Injuries

Kristin Minasian

Sports Medicine Articles

To the uninitiated, billiards players may not be at high risk for personal injuries that athletes in contact sports, such as football, basketball, and wrestling, are exposed to. However, according to sports medicine doctors, this is not so because...

29 Oct , 2015

Cooking Safety Tips

Kristin Minasian

Occupational Medicine Articles

Commercial restaurant workers, especially the chefs and their assistants, know it all too well – it only takes a split second for injuries to occur and for people to get hurt badly, without knowledge of proper cooking safety tips. The high risks fo...

28 Oct , 2015

Exercise for Osteoarthritis Relief

Brandon Davila

Orthopedics Articles

When you have osteoarthritis, the cartilage cushioning your joints begins its breakdown for various reasons. You will experience pain, swelling and stiffness in various parts of your body including your feet, knees, hips, elbows, hands, shoulders,...

27 Oct , 2015

Stretching Exercises for Back Pain

Kristin Minasian

Pain Management Articles

Did you know that limitations in the motions of your spine including its contiguous muscles, ligaments and tendons can make your back pain worse? You may believe that engaging in stretching exercises for your back can worsen your back pain especial...

23 Oct , 2015

Rehab Exercises for a Wrist Injury

Kristin Minasian

Sports Medicine Articles

A wrist injury among athletes comes from overuse of the joint, such as in the case of players in tennis, baseball, and billiards, with a few cases of trauma. Fortunately, wrist injuries can be effectively treated with a combination of the REST prot...

22 Oct , 2015

Breakthrough Pain: Treatments

Kristin Minasian

Pain Management Articles

Breakthrough pain in people suffering from chronic pain adds more insult to the injury, so to speak. The sharp spikes of pain that characterize breakthrough pain will reduce the quality of life for patients for obvious reasons, especially among can...

20 Oct , 2015

Kitchen Safety Tips

Kristin Minasian

Occupational Medicine Articles

Kitchens are where culinary careers are born and killed, so to speak. Steam, oil and grease, hot grills and ovens, sharp knives and objects, exposed wires, and poorly-maintained equipment are just a few of the dangers in commercial kitchens. Kitche...

19 Oct , 2015

Work Conditioning Programs

Kristin Minasian

Occupational Medicine Articles

Employers whose workers are at high risk for on-the-job injuries should ideally have the appropriate work conditioning programs in place. Keep in mind that injured workers who come back to work post-injury without the proper work conditioning train...