Mr. James P. McGraw

Greetings, depending on the cause of chronic knee pain, physical therapy may help.

Greetings, the type of physical therapy will depend on what damage was caused by the stroke and what parts of the body were affected. Occupational therapy is very helpful as well. It is usually a combination of two that will help the recovery process.

Greetings, physical therapy can help ease some of the pain and symptoms of sciatica by stretching and may help reduce the intensity of the pain. The main issue to address is what is the cause of the sciatica.

Greetings, physical therapy can definitely help to reduce the pain from a lower back injury. Range of motion and strengthening exercises can also help.

Greeting, physical therapy can definitely help sports injuries. Range of motion and strengthening exercise are the key.

Greetings, even though you do not have a history of recurrent issues with your tonsils, certain viruses and bacteria can cause inflammation and swelling of the tonsils. It is hard to say what the specific cause may have been.

Good day, physical therapy can help to improve your posture, but it will not completely fix your posture.

Good day, physical therapy can help with the shoulder impingement. It would be best to consult a physician first to determine the cause and the degree of the impingement before treating it.

Good day, if left untreated, it can be serious, tissue damaging, and easy to spread. Taking care of the condition by telling your doctor and treating it with the appropriate medications as prescribed is the best way to handle outbreaks.

Good day. There are several treatment options for tennis elbow. They can vary from rest, ice, immobilization, anti-inflammatories, wearing an elbow strap, physical therapy, and cortisone injections.

Good day, there are several options for treating arrhythmias. Please consult a cardiologist or internist for those treatments.

Good day,
The answer to this question is determined by the degree of the ankle sprain. Most sprains do not require surgery. Immobilization and limited weight-bearing for a period of time are the normal ways to treat a sprained ankle. If it is determined there is a complete tear of some or all the ligaments of the ankle, consideration for surgery may be one of the options.

Good day, staying still is something that needs to be done for certain types of scans to obtain the results. It is up to the radiologist to determine if a patient will need some type of anesthesia or a mild sedation to perform the procedure. This would be done in a safe and monitored environment.

Good morning.
Normally when medications need to be taken at school or a school function, a doctor's note is required to direct the nurse that the medication(s) is/are medically necessary for the patient/student. It will depend on what the school requires for that direction. Physicians are highly trained experts in the field of medicine who have years of training and specialization. My practice is focused on integrated healthcare, so I am not sure what may be required by the high school.

Good day. The treatment depends on the severity of the arthritis. The initial treatment that is recommended for pain is a cortisone injection. This helps to calm down the inflammation causing the pain. The treatment also depends on the x-ray findings. There are varying degrees of arthritis, most of which depend on the rating of the knees. The amount of space on the x-ray will help determine the loss of cartilage for the narrowing of the joint space.
Most knees that have some joint space left and some minor narrowing of the joint space will do very well with Hyaluronic acid injections, also known as gel injections. Some patients also call is the rooster comb injections. This is normally a series of 5 injections, once a week for 5 weeks. This serves to help lubricant the joint space. The nature of the hyaluronic acid is similar to the hyaluronic acid found in synovial fluid. When there is no joint space left and the cartilage is completely worn away showing bone on bone, the recommendation is surgical replacement.
There are 2 additional options. Once is platelet rich plasma also known as PRP. The process uses you own blood after is spun down and separated. This process helps to heal the damaged cartilage. The second option is biologics. This is using a fluid with cells that have not matured and will help regrow the damaged tissue.
Our clinic offers all 3 of the injectable options but not the surgical option. The orthopaedic surgeons would be the option at that time for surgical replacement.

Yes, physical therapy will be beneficial. Utilizing medications such as anti-inflammatories will ease some of the pain the arthritis will cause.