Boasted as one of the fastest growing companies in the nation, the Health Central Network offers a place where patients, professionals and curious individuals can learn about a variety of health conditions. Dr. Lasich joined the Health Central Network in 2008 after publishing her first book, High Heels to Hormones: A Woman’s Guide to Spine [...]

Time marches on until one morning you wake up with a stiff, sore joint. Ouch! Where did that come from? Maybe that skiing injury thirty years ago is sneaking back to take a bite out of your comfort level. Maybe the years of kneeling to clean floors, lay tile, or catch baseballs are taking a [...]

A 36 year old woman sees her doctor about a persistent aching pain in her elbow. She does not recall a particular injury; but, as a mother of two children, she often ignores her own aches and pain until she cannot take it anymore. After a brief examination of her elbow, the doctor determines that [...]

Nothing is more inspirational than reading a survivor story. Awaken the survivor in you by getting inspired by this story about a 10 year old that was the sole survivor of a plane crash and his plight to return to the site 26 years later on two artificial legs. Talk about resiliency. Emotional Trek to [...]

After weeks of trying to battle back from a left ankle injury, Morgan Hamm finally had to face the reality of disability. Even with multiple steroid injections, his ankle was just too painful to compete successfully. Rather than hamper the team, Hamm decided to bow his head in resignation. His injured ankle created a new [...]

Tiger Woods has an anterior cruciate ligament tear in his knee, but says that “there will be no long-term effects” according to his doctors. Even the best doctors in the world cannot say that there will be no lasting consequence from this major knee injury. No surgery is going to give him a brand new, [...]