<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=625515243212164&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">

Learn From Our Experts

Patient Education

KABC Segment on Valerie Harper Features Dr. Joseph Horrigan

Actress Valerie Harper is featured in a segment on KABC7, talking about her knee pain and the ongoing treatment she's been receiving at DISC. Even though she is currently battling brain cancer,...

Patient Education

How Work Shoes And Heavy Loads Can Affect Your Health

Something as seemingly benign as the way we comport ourselves when heading into work can have a distinct impact on our overall health. You may be putting your back and feet at risk for a chronic...

Patient Education

Cooling Down To Keep Your Health Up

Most people end their running fitness regimen the moment they slow their feet to a crawl and let their pulse get back to normal. However, this discounts the importance of establishing a routine...

Patient Education

Keeping Your Achilles Tendon In The Best Shape Possible

Certain activities and habits could put you more at risk for an Achilles tendon tear than others. By working with a coach, a trainer, or a physical therapist, you can engage in techniques that...

Patient Education

Ensuring Back Health In The Care Industry

Many types of work require a person to lift heavy loads, and if these actions aren’t carried out in the correct way, an excessive amount of strain is going to be placed on the lifter’s back. Most...

Patient Education

Limit Strain To Your Back When Raking Leaves This Fall

If you’re like many people across the country, then in the next few weeks you’re going to be raking leaves and seeing to the various types of yard work that go along with the fall season. Because...

Patient Education

Taking Steps To Heal Your Heels

One area that many athletes are prone to injury is in their heel. While this doesn’t get the media attention that something like a concussion or an ACL tear would, the truth is that an injury to a...

Patient Education

Keeping Up With Anthony Napolitan

By Sarah Sotoodeh

Patient Education

Getting Athletes To Take ACL Prevention More Seriously

Perhaps the biggest topic of conversation in the preventative injury world today is ACL tears. Professional athletes being sidelined due to such injuries at seemingly heightened rates, with National...

Patient Education

Areas Of The Body To Target With Stretching As You Age

Fitness becomes more important as we age. At the very time when it might seem like we could benefit from slowing down and taking it easy, it can actually help to start striving for a balanced workout...

Patient Education

A Guide To Degenerative Disc Disease

If you have minor to intense lower back pain, then you may suffer from a condition known as Degenerative Disc Disease. This condition affects people throughout the world, and there are a number of...

Patient Education

Pain Relief Important, But It Doesn't Always Mean Injury Relief

Not everyone who suffers from some kind of fitness-related pain needs to report in to a sports medicine specialist. Many times, the soreness that an individual will feel is a normal part of the...