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20 Apr , 2015

Healthpointe Medical Southern California

Three Reasons for Diet and Nutrition Counseling in Weight Loss

The mind is the hardest thing to change when it comes to weight loss. This is where diet and nutrition counseling comes in. Our Healthpointe professionals recognize its importance in safe, effective and healthy weight loss, and include it in our pr...

16 Apr , 2015

Five Common Ballet Injuries

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Sports Medicine Articles

Ballet dancers may have the most graceful movements but they also have a high risk for physical injuries. Many of these ballet injuries can actually be devastating to their careers. Fortunately, ballet injuries are treated by Healthpointe doctor...

15 Apr , 2015

Reducing the Risks for Muscle Cramps for Dancers

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Sports Medicine Articles

Professional dancers have enviable grace, flexibility and strength that mere mortals admire to attain. However, their physical fluidity in movements can become irregular because of muscle cramps. Muscle cramps, after all, can be excruciatingly pain...

15 Apr , 2015

Runners Are Vulnerable to Arm Injuries Too

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Sports Medicine Articles

While arm injuries are less common than leg, knee and feet injuries among runners, runners should also be just as aware of their vulnerability to arm injuries. This will lead to a productive career and peak fitness levels. The higher prevalence...

14 Apr , 2015

Sports Hernia: Diagnosis and Treatments

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Sports Medicine Articles

Although you should trust your doctor about his professional competence, you should also be an informed patient as well. You and your doctor can then be on a better footing about your options – and this is true for one of the most common sports inj...

9 Apr , 2015

Healthpointe Now Treating Hip Dislocations, Hip Fractures, Hip Bursitis, and Hip Strains at Locations in Southern California

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Sports Medicine Articles

Healthpointe’s team of hip specialists is now treating hip injuries at all of their clinics. Specialties include hip dislocations, fractures, bursitis, sprains/strains, and other injuries or disorders. For athletes with hip injuries, Healthpoint...

9 Apr , 2015

When Rest Is Not Enough For Wrist Pain in Baseball Players

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Sports Medicine Articles

Among baseball players, wrist pain is one of the most common injuries aside from shoulder and arm injuries. This is because the wrists are in constant torque during play and practice, often in all different directions and in unnatural ways. The...

8 Apr , 2015

Drug Screens Now Available at Healthpointe

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Occupational Medicine Articles

Healthpointe is proud to provide urine and hair collection drug screens for employers and companies throughout Southern California. The drug screen determines if employees or job applicants are using drugs. It can identify evidence of recent use of...

1 Apr , 2015

Diving Injuries

Kristin Minasian

Sports Medicine Articles

While diving may appear as a relatively safe sport – divers do not engage in contact sports or put their bodies through physically demanding movements – this is not so. Divers are still prone to injuries when diving off the board, said injuries of...

31 Mar , 2015

Hip Replacements Now Treated in Anaheim by Orthopedic Surgeon

Kristin Minasian

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Healthpointe is proud to announce that board-certified sports medicine physician, Stanley G. Katz, M.D., is now treating knee and hip joint disorders in practice locations throughout Southern California, including Anaheim, Long Beach, and La Mirada...