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  • Frequently Asked Questions About Back Pain

    Frequently Asked Questions About Back Pain

    We asked Summit Orthopedics physical therapist Amanda Feeney, DPT, OCS, to share what questions her patients ask most often about back pain — and how she answers them. Amanda Feeney, DPT, OCS, one of Summit’s expert team of physical therapists, knows back pain. She helps patients every day recover from injury or surgery, getting them…

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  • Smart Standing Tips to Avoid Back Pain

    Smart Standing Tips to Avoid Back Pain

    Summit Orthopedics physical therapist Amanda Feeney, DPT, OCS, shares some tips for avoiding back pain if you stand all day. We all know that sitting down all day — in an office chair at work, for example — isn’t great for your health. But standing all day — whether you’re preparing food in a restaurant…

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  • Triathlon Training: How to Get Started

    Triathlon Training: How to Get Started

    Summit sports medicine physician — and Ironman triathlete — Kirk Scofield, M.D., shares what you need to know to get started competing in triathlons. Triathlons combine three excellent, yet different, kinds of exercise — swimming, cycling, and running — into a single race. There are several different race lengths, from the “sprint” triathlon, which combines…

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  • Summit Celebrates First Surgery with Mazor X Stealth Edition Robotic Guidance Platform

    Summit Celebrates First Surgery with Mazor X Stealth Edition Robotic Guidance Platform

    Roman Guerrero, M.D., one of Summit’s spine surgery experts, discusses the groundbreaking surgery — the first to use the Mazor X Stealth™ Edition Robotic Guidance Platform in an ambulatory surgery center. On June 8, Summit Orthopedics spine surgeon Roman Guerrero, M.D., successfully performed spine surgery at the Eagan Surgery Center using the Mazor X Stealth…

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  • How Does a Shoulder Become “Frozen” – and What Can I Do About It?

    How Does a Shoulder Become “Frozen” – and What Can I Do About It?

    Summit hand and upper extremity surgeon J.P. Delaney, M.D., explains the painful condition called “frozen shoulder” and shares what sufferers can do about it. “Frozen shoulder” — even the name sounds ominous. But what is it? And most importantly, what can a person do to avoid getting frozen shoulder — or to get better as…

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  • Fishing Tips to Protect Your Hands, Wrists, and Shoulders

    Fishing Tips to Protect Your Hands, Wrists, and Shoulders

    Summit hand and upper extremity surgeon — and enthusiastic fly fisherman — J.P. Delaney, M.D., tells you what you need to know about fishing if you’re concerned about hand, wrist, or shoulder injury. Fishing season is here! Across the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota fishing enthusiasts are eager to get out on the water. And…

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  • Improve Your Golf Game with These Grip-Strengthening Tips

    Improve Your Golf Game with These Grip-Strengthening Tips

    Summit physical therapist and golf lover Josh Feeney, DPT, OCS, CGFI, gives advice on how to strengthen your grip for a great golf season. The pleasures of spring: blooming flowers, the smell of fresh-cut grass, and the opportunity to grab a tee time at your local golf course. Golf is good exercise, particularly if you…

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  • Orthopedic Injuries and Mental Health: What’s the Connection?

    Orthopedic Injuries and Mental Health: What’s the Connection?

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Although you may not think that mental health challenges like depression and anxiety are connected with orthopedics, for many people, the two are interlinked. At times, orthopedic issues can certainly cause these problems due to limited mobility, limited social interaction, inappropriate education, and outsized expectations for healing. Read on…

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  • Top 9 Questions You Should Ask About Knee Replacement Surgery

    Top 9 Questions You Should Ask About Knee Replacement Surgery

    We asked Matthew Nies, M.D., one of Summit’s knee replacement specialists, what his patients ask most about total knee replacement. What are the top knee replacement surgery questions you should ask? We talked to Summit knee replacement surgery specialist Matthew Nies, M.D., to get the answers. Top 9 knee replacement surgery questions When can I…

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