TX Ortho News

As temps outside are stalled in the triple digits, gyms are crowded with people packed in and trying to get their daily workouts done. Crowded gyms can actually lead to serious injuries with folks bumping into each other (often times holding heavy weights) or rushing through exercises using improper form to make room for others. […]

Texas Monthly’s July issue featured its list of Super Doctors “Rising Stars for 2018.” Texas Orthopedics is thrilled to have had several of our physicians recognized again. They were chosen by their fellow medical professionals for exhibiting exceptional promise in their field and then verified via an extensive independent research process conducted by MSP Communications. […]

Experts suggest that adults between 18 and 64 years of age rack up at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of rigorous activity each week along with muscle-building exercises at least twice per week. These guidelines are designed to help keep people fit and prevent many serious conditions like heart disease, […]

At Texas Orthopedics, we’d like to think we always have our finger on the pulse of the running world. So, when Running USA – an advocacy group for the racing industry in the U.S. – released their trends on running races for 2017, we were all ears. Via the group’s U.S. Road Race Participation Survey, […]

Texas Orthopedics’ physical medicine and rehabilitation physician Dr. Ai Mukai was recently featured in an article about sciatica in pregnant women for popular website Everyday Health. Sciatica – an irritation of the sciatic nerve – is only experienced by approximately one percent of pregnant women, but for that small group, the pain can be excruciating […]

Summertime means swimming and diving, but a seemingly innocent act – plunging headfirst into a pool or lake to cool off – can lead to traumatic injuries such as a broken neck or spine, fractures or sprains, concussions, paralysis and even death. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that in 2016, nearly 36,000 diving-related […]

Some of you head indoors now for your summer workouts in the cool comfort of an air-conditioned gym to escape the heat. And some are gluttons for punishment who still enjoy exercising outdoors even when temps are soaring. If you take your workout outside in the summer, it’s ok provided you “exercise” a little caution […]

Travel can be trying for someone with arthritis, or rheumatoid arthritis. Lengthy walks through airports or crowded tourist spots along with extended periods sitting in a car or on a plane can exacerbate painful symptoms. Arthritis results from the inflammation of joints and can cause swelling and also stiffness in bones and surrounding tissue. Add […]

He shoots. He scores. And sometimes he gets hurt… As hockey fans everywhere are tuned into the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs right now, Texas Orthopedics is most often tuned into our hometown hockey heroes – the Texas Stars. Hockey players are vulnerable to a whole host of injuries on the ice due to the extremely […]

Dr. Kris Stockton’s patient, Diego Cardona, experienced the unimaginable: he contracted bacterial meningitis, which ravaged his body, completely shutting down his organs. He fell into a coma for 10 days and doctors told his family to say their goodbyes to him. Miraculously, he woke up from the coma but his lower legs, and his feet […]