80-90% of people have some kind of back or neck pain issue and not everyone wants or needs to have surgery. There are some of my most...

Recovery after surgery takes a lot of energy. You need to be fueling your recovery but oftentimes people have a hard time getting back...

One of the best ways to prevent surgical complications like swelling, infections, skin breakdown, respiratory issues like pneumonia and...

Knowing what to put on your wound can raise a lot of questions. Especially when everyone you ask has a different opinion. Check out the...

What you clean your wound with can either be helpful or harmful! It always depends on the current situation of your wound, this is...

After how to heal a wound the most common question I get is "How do I get the best looking scar?" You must wait until your wound is...

Normal healing can take weeks or months for a full recovery and return to "normal" be up to a year after your surgery if there were...

Incisions can be closed with a variety of stitching techniques and materials. Some are meant to be removed like external stitches or...

In the early first few weeks after your surgery, it is a key time in your healing. Obviously, you want this incision to stay closed and...

Inflammation is a normal part of the healing process and slight redness around an incision less than an inch can be considered normal,...

When incisions go dark it is always a cause for concern. It can be a sign of ischemia or lack of blood flow. If ischemia is not addressed...

Drainage can tell you a lot about how you are healing. We expect drainage to decrease as the wound gets smaller. Less drainage is one of...

Yellow tissue in wounds is usually called slough or maybe fibrin. It is necrotic tissue. If the wound is a very large or deep opening,...

Have you heard the saying, "Healing happens from the bottom up and the outside in" If your wound has a mostly red base but just is not...