Living with chronic pain can be difficult in all stages of life. In order to maintain your independence with regular activities, including cooking and taking care of your house, some modifications may be necessary to minimize exacerbation of symptoms that you may regularly experience.
YOGA at Shady Grove! Yoga is used to maintain or gain muscle tone, balance, strength and an improved frame of mind. Yoga also benefits posture, decreases pain, and increases range of motion and flexibility. Instructor: Margaret Brozen, RYT 500 Margaret is an experienced gentle yoga teacher and believes anyone can do yoga. In her classes […]
A belated Happy New Year to everyone! Here’s another update about what’s going on in Washington for the rheumatology community, from my perspective as a rheumatologist and volunteer chair of the American College of Rheumatology Government Affairs Committee. Please read, forward freely, and consider doing more advocacy as a New Year’s Resolution — it’s easy, […]
Written By: Angus Worthing MD In case you missed it, a new kind of medicine recently arrived in rheumatology: the biosimilar. What exactly is a biosimilar? Well, you may know what biologics are – medicines that are given as injections or infusions for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and other autoimmune diseases that have been in use […]
The New York Times Dr. Herbert S.B. Baraf Back to Common Conditions > Why Do I Have Gout? If one night you wake with the feeling that a big toe has suddenly become a battlefield, and a peek under the covers reveals not This Little Piggy but an angry red monstrosity from some old horror movie, […]