Author: Walker Wynkoop, MD

Dull achy neck pain, not burning tingling pain, that starts on the side of your neck and goes into the muscles of your shoulder is due to muscle spasms. The sore shoulder muscle will feel hard if you massage it, and it hurts to...

All of you folks old enough to remember that classic TV advertisement are at risk for a hip fracture. Hip fractures in folks our age are displaced and painful enough that we would not be able to crawl over to our cell phone a...

I have seen several patients in my career that come in for knee pain, but upon evaluation they have a relatively normal knee and a very stiff hip. It is common for the hip pain to radiate down to the knee, so even though the hip...

Trigger Finger is a good name because as you flex your finger slowly it suddenly jumps like a trigger being pressed. Trigger fingers are often stuck down in the morning upon waking and can be very painful to straighten out....

Scientific studies show that after two years people who had disc surgery and people who did not have surgery have similar outcomes. They have equal amounts of comfort and functional levels. Certainly, if the patient is...