RIIPS: Why Rest, Ice, Injections, Pills, and Surgery Shouldn’t be Your Only Options
When you’re facing chronic pain and joint discomfort, don't get caught in the trap of looking for a quick fix. Functional training, which focuses on solutions for pain through muscle and movement pattern development, is a better long-term solution.
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What are RIIPs?
When you’re dealing with chronic pain from muscle or joint imbalance and dysfunction, it’s easy to think your only options are...
Why you DON’T Need Orthopedic Surgery for Joint Pain
There are often other, more effective, less invasive and risky solutions for treating joint pain and reclaiming your mobility and life. Let’s start with functional training.
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- My History with Orthopedic Surgery Recommendations
- With Joint Pain, Correlation Doesn’t Equal Causation
- Orthopedic Surgeries are NOT Based in Fact
- How Orthopedic Surgery Results are Reported
- Why Orthopedic Surgeries Continue, Despite the Evidence That We Don’t Need Them
- How Insurance Companies Contribute to the Problem
- The Risk of Drug Addiction with Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgeons Still Have a Monopoly on Joint Pain
- How to Fix Your Joint Pain Without Orthopedic Surgery
- Closing Thoughts on Orthopedic Surgery for...
