Item: Dr Patrick Hurlbut
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Author: Prairie Orthopaedic & Plastic Surgery

Weekend Warrior Woes
Posted in: Sports Medicine | Posted on: 20-Sep-2016
The Achilles tendon is one of the biggest tendons in the body and it’s also one of the most frequently injured. The Achilles tendon is the tough band of connective tissue at the back of the ankle, which connects the calf muscles to the heel bone. Athletic endeavors are the number one cause of an Achilles tendon rupture, affecting men more often than women. There are both surgical and non-surgical treatments available, both of which are something that your orthopaedic surgeon or podiatrist would most certainly discuss with you.
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Running Done Right - Part 3
Posted in: Foot & Ankle, Knee, Sports Medicine | Posted on: 12-Jul-2016
Let’s start with mobility. When it comes to mobility, it’s important to note that adequate mobility is a huge factor in being able to run fast AND stay healthy. Why is this? Well, if you don’t have complete range of motion throughout your lower body, you will be MUCH more susceptible to injury. Plus, obtaining optimal mobility allows you to improve performance as well as cover more ground – remember, stride frequency and stride length are the two factors that determine running speed. Maintaining flexibility and mobility via proper methods of stretching to lengthen muscles can go a LONG way toward helping all of the above.
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Running Done Right – Part 2
Posted in: Foot & Ankle, Hip, Knee | Posted on: 11-Jul-2016
Heel striking – being a heavy heel striker is common in those with a slower running cadence because of the simple fact that their body mechanics are not allowing them to perform at their maximum potential because, when you’re striking with your heels it tends to mean your hips are behind your feet, so to speak. Not sure what we’re referring to? Well, think of is this way – your hips HAVE to be over your feet to propel you forward (which is the point of running, right?) but, if your feet are in front of your hips you won’t ever be able to effectively propel yourself forward.
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Running Done Right – Part 1
Posted in: Foot & Ankle, Sports Medicine | Posted on: 10-Jul-2016
There are LOTS of areas in our athletic lives that we do have the ability to control in regards to staving off injury and what not. This involves everything from making sure that we’re wearing the appropriate gear – be it safety (like helmets, pads, shin guards, etc.) or otherwise (sturdy shoes, etc.) – to ensuring proper body mechanics and the like. Now, obviously, each and every sport will have its own set of “rules” in regards to what’s right and what’s wrong when it comes to form and function.
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Signs of Healthy Skin
Posted in: Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics | Posted on: 20-Jun-2016
As we age, some of that perfectness of our skin begins to fade away. We tan. We burn. We’re out in the elements exposing it to sun and wind. We don’t use sunscreen. We forget to moisturize. We’re too tired to take our makeup off at night.
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More Than Skin Deep: The Anatomy of a Sunburn – Part 2
Posted in: Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics | Posted on: 10-Jun-2016
Blistering. If the burn is bad enough, the cells in the dermis (which is below the epidermis, or outermost layer of skin) will become damaged as well, creating a 2nd-degree burn as well as blistering.
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Anatomy of a Sunburn – Part 1
Posted in: Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics | Posted on: 09-Jun-2016
Melanin. Melanin is a type of pigment molecule that resides in your skin. Melanin is, surprisingly enough, responsible for some of the warmth that you feel when you’re out in the sun – in fact, that feeling of warmth comes from those pigment molecules absorbing and converting all those UV rays (that are hitting your skin) into heat.
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Overuse Injuries – Part 3
Posted in: Sports Medicine | Posted on: 17-May-2016
The vast majority of overuse injuries are easily recognizable by the associated pain and/or a decrease in ability and loss of function. It is so incredibly important to note that pain should not be ignored because, even if the pain isn’t affecting performance in the present, ignoring it will NOT make it go away. In fact, ignoring the pain of an injury can lead to much greater damage being sustained in the future.
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Overuse Injuries – Part 2
Posted in: Hip, Knee, Sports Medicine | Posted on: 15-May-2016
As discussed previously, an overuse injury is any type of injury that is caused by repetitive trauma and includes injuries like stress fractures and tendinitis. Overuse injuries tend to occur because of training errors.
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Overuse Injuries – Part 1
Posted in: Elbow, Shoulder, Sports Medicine | Posted on: 10-May-2016
With all of those activities – especially when started up again after a few months of cold weather inactivity – injuries can easily occur. One type of injury that you don’t hear very much about, though, is “overuse injuries”. So, we thought now would be a GREAT time to discuss some of the most common overuse injuries that we see so that YOU know what to look out for…or, better yet, avoid all together!
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