Rick Wright, MD, the author of this blog, is a sports medicine physician at Washington University Orthopedics in St. Louis and the head team physician for the St. Louis Blues. He specializes in the treatment of sports-related injuries, and has special interests in knee ACL and revision ACL injuries, meniscus injuries, articular cartilage injuries of the knee, shoulder instability, rotator cuff disease, and total knee replacements. Your comments and feedback are encouraged.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Hints to Lose That Holiday Weight Gain
The average person gains 1 pound between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. Read some helpful hints on how to avoid the gain or lose it once it arrives HERE
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Is Turkey Healthy for You?
Feeling guilty about the amount of turkey you ate today. Actually, most nutritionists feel its benefits live up to its healthy reputation. Read the details HERE
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
A Prescription for Exercise
Very soon your physician may be prescribing exercise. It is already being adopted around the country as recommended treatment. Read details HERE
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Love or Hate Exercise? The Reason May be Genetic
Love or hate exercise. Like all things in life it may be genetics. Read the details HERE
Monday, November 21, 2016
YOYO Weight Loss/Weight Gain May Be More Stressful Than Previously Thought
Cyclical weight gain and loss of 10 lbs may be worse than previously thought. This may especially be true for women. Read details of the study HERE
Thursday, November 17, 2016
That Stressful Job May Be Healthy
Feeling stress at the workplace. The angst actually may be healthy. Good news in the midst all that is going on in our world. Read about the study HERE
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Compete to Motivate Yourself to Exercise
In a study detailed HERE it was shown that in groups of exercisers that were fun social groups they were less likely to attend as many workout sessions as people in groups deemed competitive. Time to bring a little competition to your workouts!
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Want a Better Start to the Day
Nothing gets the day going better than a healthy breakfast. Take the 21 day better breakfast challenge. For details and ideas look HERE
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Some High Fat Foods Can Actually Be Healthy
Not all fatty foods are necessarily the enemy. Low fat with high sugar may be worse. Read these hints to find the right fatty foods HERE
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