An orthotic is an insert that fits inside a shoe and is designed to decrease abnormal foot motion, realign the foot, restore balance and eliminate or reduce foot pain.
Articles
Treatment
May 16, 2014
Prevention
May 2, 2014
Warm weather and outdoor exploring are here (or just on the horizon depending on Nevada weather whimsy). Hiking around on our Sierra Nevada trails, and even around our county parks, is great exercise and great fun, especially if you keep yourself safe and injury free.
Prevention
May 1, 2014
Mushrooms can provide as much Vitamin D as supplements according to researchers. And Vitamin D is essential for good bone and muscle health.
Prevention
May 1, 2014
According to new research, just two or more hours of physical activity per week appears to help pre-menopausal women maintain healthy bones. Women in the study who engaged in physical activity significantly reduced a known inhibitor of bone formation called sclerostin.
Patient Story
May 1, 2014
After a double leg fracture, Alberto Gazzola is cooking again, both on the track and in the kitchen.
Treatment
May 1, 2014
By Richard Hayes, MD, Great Basin Orthopaedics
Prevention
May 1, 2014
If you're carrying too much weight on your body, your knees are taking a big hit, literally. As shock absorbers for our bodies, the cartilage between our knee and thighbone takes on a lot more force when we are overweight. That additional force causes it to wear more quickly.
Prevention
May 1, 2014
A study by researchers at the Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) at Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS), has found that dairy intake -- specifically milk and yogurt -- is associated with higher bone mineral density (BMD) in the hip, but not the spine.
Patient Story
May 1, 2014
“I don’t want surgery,” Jenny Frayer told Dr. Thomas Fyda on her first visit to Great Basin Orthopaedics in 2007. “But it’s getting harder and harder to live with my knee the way it is.”
Injuries
May 1, 2014
Lindsey Vonn’s talent and fearlessness on a ski slope may be quite rare, but unfortunately, her recent knee injury is a little more common.
