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  • How to Tell if You’ve Broken Your Hand?

    How to Tell if You’ve Broken Your Hand?

    How Do I Know If My Hand Is Broken or Just Bruised? You jam a finger during a basketball game or slip on an icy sidewalk and catch yourself with your hands. Then you start to hurt. The injury doesn’t seem serious, but the affected hand or wrist soon becomes bruised, swollen and painful. While…

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  • Hockey Strengthening Exercises to Try Before You Head Out on the Ice

    Hockey Strengthening Exercises to Try Before You Head Out on the Ice

    Summit Orthopedics shares some top hockey strengthening exercises and tips for hockey players. Hockey players often focus on building strength to support their game. However, developing flexibility through smart stretching is also a key fitness attribute that can help on the ice. Summit Orthopedics is here to help with some hockey strengthening exercises to try…

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  • Four Hand Stretches You Might Not Have Tried Before

    Four Hand Stretches You Might Not Have Tried Before

    Summit hand therapist Jared Venier, OTR/L, tells you how to maintain strength and flexibility with some hand stretches you might not have tried before. Having a strong grip or good dexterity is easy to take for granted when your hands are healthy. But if overuse, arthritis, or injury limits your ability to use your hands…

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  • Snow-Shoveling Tips to Protect Your Hands and Wrists

    Snow-Shoveling Tips to Protect Your Hands and Wrists

    Summit hand therapist shares some snow-shoveling tips to help you protect your hands and wrists. Many snow-shoveling injury prevention tips you’ll find concentrate on reducing risk to your back, your shoulders, or even your heart. But the gripping and lifting necessary to shovel snow can put your hands and wrists at risk of injury, too.…

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  • Why Does My Back Hurt When I Take Deep Breaths?

    Why Does My Back Hurt When I Take Deep Breaths?

    Our bodies can certainly be mysterious—and aches and pains are some of the confusing signs they can send. But what does it mean when you have back pain with deep breaths? Dr. Erik Ekstrom, a back, neck and spine specialist at Summit Orthopedics, explains some possible reasons from an orthopedic perspective. First, a caveat: Back…

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  • When would you need an EMG? [Video]

    When would you need an EMG? [Video]

    Ask the Expert | EMG Video Transcription: So people get referred for an EMG, or electrodiagnostic testing, for a number of reasons. But essentially it’s when there’s some question of what the trouble is that’s causing numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness, or if there’s a question as to how severe it is, in which case…

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  • What is an EMG? [Video]

    What is an EMG? [Video]

    Ask the Expert | EMG Video Transcription: Electrodiagnostic medicine is essentially muscle and nerve testing. So it’s an area of medicine where we help to figure out what part of the nerve or muscle system is causing numbness, tingling, pain, or weakness by localizing it to a specific nerve in the body, whether that’s at…

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  • The Importance of our Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) [Video]

    The Importance of our Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) [Video]

    Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) Video Transcription: In our practice at Summit, APPs have a huge role. And individually, each APP has a strong connection with one of our physicians or surgeons. And I think that’s extremely important because as they learn and as they grow and as they become more comfortable in what they’re doing,…

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  • Balance Exercises to Prepare Yourself for Icy or Unstable Surfaces

    Balance Exercises to Prepare Yourself for Icy or Unstable Surfaces

    Summit physical therapist Cory Absey, PT, DPT, discusses balance exercises to help you stay steady on slippery or unstable surfaces. If it’s winter in Minnesota, you can bet that ice and snow aren’t far behind. Icy walkways can present a danger to anyone. So, what’s the secret to walking safely on ice? According to Summit…

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