by Gloria Tucker | Mar 15, 2024 | Prolotherapy Explained
Regenerative Proliferative Medicine, PRP and Dextrose Prolotherapy People often ask me the to explain the difference between Proliferative or Regenerative Medicine and Dextrose Prolotherapy and PRP. Proliferative/Regenerative Medicine is the umbrella term for the...
by Gloria Tucker | Jan 7, 2024 | Hand And Arm Pain
Understanding Hand Pain: A Four-Part Series on Evaluation, Causes, and Treatment A few years back, I took care of a middle-aged woman with burning pain in her hands. It was worse in her right hand compared with her left. In addition, she was very weak in both of her...
by Gloria Tucker | Mar 25, 2023 | Hypermobility
Integrating Relaxation Techniques into Your Hypermobility and EDS Management Plan As you already know, having joints that move in and out of place is quite painful. It’s important to remember the three basic principles of hypermobility and EDS. They are: 1) Alignment...
by Gloria Tucker | Mar 22, 2023 | Knee Pain
Treating Meniscal Tears of the Knee: A Non-Surgical Solution with PRP I receive many consultations for the treatment of meniscal tears of the knee. This injury frequently happens with a twisting manoeuvre that can occur easily as we approach middle age. The meniscus...
by Gloria Tucker | Aug 14, 2022 | Foot and Ankle Pain
Did you know the most commonly sprained area in the entire body is the outside of the ankle? This usually happens when the foot turns and inverts on itself. It is especially common in sports that have lateral motion like tennis and basketball and soccer and even...
by Gloria Tucker | Aug 14, 2022 | Foot and Ankle Pain
Many patients come to me asking if I can help them with their posterior tibial tendon dysfunction, another name for this condition is posterior tibial tendinitis. There may be even a posterior tibial tendon tear. The fact is, that posterior tibial tendon problems...
by Gloria Tucker | Aug 12, 2022 | Plantar Fasciitis
Part 1: Plantar Fasciitis Written by Dr. Tucker Here at Dr. Tucker PRP and Prolotherapy we see many patients with pain in the soles of their feet. Ultimately, they are diagnosed with Plantar Fasciitis. This is a condition where the strong connective tissue on the...
by Gloria Tucker | Mar 2, 2022 | Hand And Arm Pain
Did you know that the most common place for arthritis in the body is at the base of the thumb? Why? Because this is the area with the largest amount of mobility. Look at the model below. Do you see where the 1st metacarpal attaches to the bone below it? The bone...
by Gloria Tucker | Feb 14, 2022 | Back pain
Straight Talk about the Spine Gloria Tucker MD, Diplomate of the American College of Sports Medicine February 14, 2022 One of the most useful things I have in my office is a skeleton. Almost every day, I bring at least one of my patients in and show them the...
by Gloria Tucker | Jul 17, 2020 | Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Hypermobility
A few years ago, a young woman came to my office with pain in her upper back. When I walked in the room, she was on the floor rolling her back with a foam roller. She had driven from 45 minutes away and told me that her spine went out of place just from the commute....
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