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3 Exercises for High Heel Lovers

January 16, 2017Filed Under: Uncategorized

Whether wearing stilettos, or up-to-the-sky boots, high heels may look great, but they can have painful consequences for your feet. High-heeled shoes can damage leg muscles, ankles, bones in your foot, and affect overall balance over time.

If high heels

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12 Minutes of Yoga for Your Bones

January 16, 2017Filed Under: Uncategorized

More than 700,000 spinal fractures and more than 300,000 hip fractures happen in the United States each year. Many of these are attributed to osteoporosis, or weakened bones. That’s a startling statistic not easily lost on a group of

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New ACL Repair Technology

January 9, 2017Filed Under: Uncategorized

A new surgical technology is now being tested that promises to heal the ligament better than ever before compared with traditional techniques.

The ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, is the stabilizing ligament in the knee joint. If it’s injured,

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5 Tips for Managing RA at Work

January 9, 2017Filed Under: Uncategorized

If you are one of the 1.5 million people suffering from RA (rheumatoid arthritis) sitting upright at your desk or hunched over a computer can be a shock to bones and joints.

Here are some simple tips to help manage

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Carbs, Colds, and Working Out

January 2, 2017Filed Under: Uncategorized

The old saying that you need to ‘starve a cold’ may not apply if you are still planning to work outthrough your coughs and sniffles.

An interesting new study shows that consuming carbohydrates when you work out with a

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5 Fitness and Wellness Trends for 2017

January 2, 2017Filed Under: Uncategorized

The new year has arrived. Like many, you’ve probably made a list of resolutions or goals to tackle in 2017. And like many, a better commitment to fitness and attention to your own wellness have landed somewhere on there.

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Weird Things That Happen When You Run

December 26, 2016Filed Under: Uncategorized

Running is a popular pastime here in Austin. We see quite a few patients with runner’s injuries at Texas Orthopedics, like sprains and strains or tendonitis.

There are a number of other issues though that crop up with regular

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Final Holiday Fetes (parties!)

December 19, 2016Filed Under: Uncategorized

You’ve conquered Thanksgiving and made it through the first half of December. Now you’re in the home stretch. But there are still probably a few holiday celebrations lingering on your calendar between now and New Year’s Eve.

So how can

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Texas Orthopedics and the Holiday Wishes Program

December 19, 2016Filed Under: Uncategorized

Texas Orthopedics recently helped make the holidays a bit brighter for many local kids through the Partnershipsfor Children’s Holiday Wishes Program and the Williamson County Children’s Advocacy Center. On December 8 and 9, we delivered toys and

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Is Golf Exercise?

December 12, 2016Filed Under: Uncategorized

We’re lucky because our climate in Central Texas allows for golf to be played year-round, and there are numerous accessible, public courses throughout the city, suburbs and beyond.

Golf is also one of those unique sports that can easily be

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