
January 10, 2020 / Nutrition / Orthopedics Rhode Island
INFOGRAPHIC: Celebrate National Milk Day… Without Milk!
Three daily servings of dairy products like milk can contribute to strong bones, joints, and muscles by offering a variety of nutrients. But there’s good news for all the dairy free folks who still want to stay healthy: with the right diet, you can get important nutrients like calcium, protein, phosphorus, and Vitamin D without a sip of milk. Here are some ingredients that will help keep your body strong on National Milk Day – and year-round!
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Ankle & Foot / Dr. Eric Buchbaum
Frostbite and Cold Weather Injuries
With winter here bringing colder temperatures and wet weather in our area; cold related injuries become more of a concern. The most severe cold weather injury, frostbite, is the catch-phrase many attribute to any cold related injury to the skin. Chilblains and Trench Foot are some lesser known and less severe forms of injury worth noting. Education and prevention can go a long way in ensuring you are able to enjoy your outdoor activities (or just necessary activities) during the colder months safely.
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Hand/Wrist / Dr. Benjamin Phillips
Thumb Wars
Osteoarthritis, or degenerative arthritis, is a natural process that occurs with aging and represents deterioration of joint cartilage (the cushioning between our bones). I tell my patients there are 3 things in life we cannot avoid: death, taxes and arthritis. Thumb arthritis is the second most common type of arthritis in the hand behind arthritis involving the last joint in our fingers.
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