If you get one of these 3 diagnoses for the cause of your pain, you most likely will never see your pain resolved!
I am constantly queried from people around the world about their inability to resolve their pain and what my opinion is about their circumstance. Inevitably, based on the description of their symptoms and the diagnosis provided, I can almost instantly recognize that the diagnosis given could never create the symptoms being experienced. Stop and think […]
A humble thank you to all that allowed me to treat them in Philadelphia
As I bid Philadelphia a found farewell I cannot help but take pause to thank every person that gave me the opportunity to help resolve their pain and give them a chance to return to a fully functional lifestyle. I believe that every one of these people showed tremendous bravery to be willing to step […]
What’s with all the joint replacement revisions? Either the first wasn’t needed or it was installed improperly or Orthopods have found a new cottage industry!
I am somewhat stunned by the massive number of hip and knee replacements being performed. Clearly the recipient is still having pain and dysfunction after the first attempt at the joint replacement surgery. They can’t understand why after they were told that the cause of their hip or knee region pain was that the joint […]
Bottomline Health article about knee pain I wrote that appeared in the August addition of the newsletter.
Here is a link to a nice article I wrote for Bottomline Health, the largest subscription newsletter in the United States. The article is about how to prevent surgery for knee pain and discusses how to properly interpret physical findings to help determine whether your knee pain is from muscular causes or structural causes. If […]
Reduction in symptoms without a return to full function is not a true measure of success!
I am often confronted by people who say that they just had a surgical procedure and that their pain has been reduced and therefore the surgical procedure can be considered a success. I simply ask can you do everything you could before the symptoms began and before the surgical procedure? They usually look at me […]
Pain between the shoulder blades from a cervical disc, stenosis or impingement, look at the chart below for proof this is 100% impossible.
Look at this chart. Look at the location of the area between the shoulder blades. You will see that this area is at the level that relates to the “thoracic spine” not the “cervical spine”. What this means is that any type of structural variation found relating to the cervical spine including herniated discs, stenosis […]
A simple and telling testimonial about how the Yass Method can change lives!
Hi Dr. Yass, I completed my first 5K Walk yesterday without any problems!! Again, I can’t praise you enough for my recovery. God answers prayers. Resistance exercises will continue to be a part of my regular exercise program. I look forward to continued healing. My sincere Thanks, Dr. Yass The connection has been made; pain […]
Achilles tendinits from a strained hip muscle on the opposite side? Hard to believe but true.
I recently was asked to evaluate a patient who was having achilles tendinitis at the left ankle region. He had had the pain at the tendon for months. He was treated with cold laser, a typical physical therapy agent used to address inflammation. It didn’t work because there was no indication that inflammation was even […]