by Dr. Veronica Jow | Jan 15, 2020 | Featured Conditions, Sports Medicine
For clinicians Deep gluteal syndrome is a description for pain in the buttock due to entrapment of the sciatic nerve. In the past, most pain in this area was attributed to piriformis syndrome. However, the sciatic nerve can be entrapped by a number of different...
by Dr. Veronica Jow | Oct 30, 2019 | Treatments
What is EPAT? Extracorporeal Pulse Activation Technology (EPAT) or EPAT treatment is an advanced non-invasive procedure that uses acoustic pressure waves for healing musculoskeletal pain. EPAT improves the regenerative potential in an area that has degenerated...
by Dr. Veronica Jow | Oct 10, 2019 | Sports Injuries
Long gone are the days of hitting your forties, settling down and taking it easy until retirement. As more of us live well into our late seventies and eighties, the prospect of staying physically active for longer is a very real one. In fact, it’s not uncommon...
by Dr. Veronica Jow | Aug 26, 2019 | Conditions
What is the difference between a sprain and a strain? While the terms are often used interchangeably, strains and sprains are two different medical conditions. A sprain is an injury to the ligament, a piece of tissue that connects the bones of a joint. An ankle sprain...
by Dr. Veronica Jow | Aug 23, 2019 | Conditions, Featured Conditions
What is the difference between tendinitis and tendinosis? The tendon is a flexible band of tissue that connects muscle to bone. Tendons are remarkably strong and are able to withstand all of the day to day stresses and pressure that we place on them. When a tendon...
