By: Dr. E.T. Mejia With the start of the baseball season, every year I see an influx of upper extremity throwing injuries in my office. Some of these injuries may have been lingering before the season and resurface when athletes…
By: Dr. ET Mejia
By: Dr. ET Mejia As I returned from our annual family ski vacation, I wondered what my office waiting room would look like, usually packed with patients that stacked up while I was out of the office. It occurred to…
Etienne (“E.T.”) Mejia, MD Knee pain is one of the most common conditions prompting patients to present to my office. Although there are many causes of knee pain, many people have pain around the front of the knee, or what…
By: ET Mejia, MD Frozen shoulder is a common cause of shoulder pain. It is poorly understood, and unfortunately, it is often missed or misdiagnosed and treated inappropriately. The frozen shoulder is characterized by stiffness and loss of shoulder range…
Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, is a thickening and tightening of the soft tissue capsule that surrounds the glenohumeral joint, the ball and socket joint of the shoulder. When the capsule becomes inflamed, scarring occurs and adhesions are formed.…