Limit Pressure on Your Knees, Ankles, Feet and Low Back Recumbent bike exercise is one of the best and safest ways to do “cardio” training, limiting pressure on knees, ankles, feet and low back. For some, it’s the single best cardio approach, for others a [...]
House Calls Can Save Money and Increase the Quality of Care As Dr. Jauhar so clearly shows in this New York Times article (and I wholeheartedly agree), revival of the house call would bring enormous benefits to the health care system, and improve care for [...]
Hip Strength and Stability for People 50+ Hip strength and stability is the core issue for seniors in safe and secure standing, transferring and walking, either unaided or with assistive devices like a cane or walker. David Jack and Silver Sneakers present these seven exercises [...]
All-Season Walking at the YMCA Walking is the simplest, most natural exercise and walking is available to most of us. Oklahoma summers and volatile weather often discourage outside walking, and for other reasons too, the YMCA treadmill stands out as a key activity to achieve [...]
Healthy Exercise for People 50+ Shoulders are a real trouble spot for people 50+. Here is a quick video from Silver Sneakers clearly showing shoulder exercises you can do at home to strengthen supporting muscles and help keep your shoulders strong, flexible and less prone [...]
Common Sense Family Doctor is a regular feature on our website. Today’s topic involves the opioid epidemic. Some of you will remember the death of OU football standout Austin Box in 2011. His drug overdose was one of more than 50,000 deaths a year in [...]
Some orthopedic procedures should be avoided, or at least questioned Common Sense Family Doctor is a regular feature on our website. Today’s topic involves orthopedic procedures. This essay from the Common Sense Family Doctor relates some interesting information that might provoke questions and even anger. [...]
Priced Out of Health Insurance and Care By Brian Birdwell, M.D. Published in the Lawton Constitution February 16, 2017 We enjoy quality medical facilities and excellent professional health care providers in Lawton. But these services do not help people who cannot afford to access them. [...]
Common Sense Family Doctor is a regular feature on our website. Today’s topic involves sleep apnea screening. Read the Common Sense Family Doctor Here Screening means testing people with no symptoms. Since it is difficult to make a person without symptoms feel better, the reason [...]
Here’s a timely essay on health screening data. The Common Sense Family Doctor says, “Causing needless worry about cancer or another absent health condition can seem trivial compared to the prospect of saving a life.” But there are many harms associated with many types of [...]