Category Archives: therapy

Steroid injections are powerful medicine, but where would you put the needle to treat patellofemoral pain syndrome?

By Paul Ingraham | Published: June 30, 2010
Corticosteroids are hormones that are produced by your adrenalin glands. (Not adrenalin itself — that comes from another part of the adrenal glands, and it’s a catecholamine. Quiz later!) Broadly speaking, these hormones suppress immune function, dancing and balancing constantly and intricately with other hormones that stimulate immune function. And inflammation is a product of [...]
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Therapy by charisma

By Paul Ingraham | Published: May 6, 2010
Thought of the day, from my article on structuralism: Patients with great anxiety, pain and frustration are especially vulnerable to persuasion, or “therapy by charisma.” This is why I really make an effort in my work to be reassuring without offering miracles, to be knowledgeable without claiming to “know” what the problem is. All too often, [...]
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