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If the first few steps out of bed each morning send a sharp, stabbing pain through your heel, you are not alone. Heel pain is one of the most common foot complaints, and for many people in [...]

Few sensations are as unsettling as the room spinning around you, or that wave of lightheadedness that makes you reach for something to steady yourself. Dizziness and vertigo can turn simple [...]

It starts as a little tightness at the end of a long day, a crick that makes it hard to check your blind spot, or a stiffness that greets you first thing in the morning. Neck pain is one of the [...]

Your shoulders do more than you probably realize. They let you reach, lift, carry, throw, and reach overhead countless times a day, which is exactly why shoulder pain can be so disruptive when it [...]

A car accident can turn an ordinary day upside down in a matter of seconds. Even a minor fender bender, the kind where both cars drive away and nobody goes to the hospital, can leave your body [...]

If you live with arthritis, you know it is far more than an occasional ache. The stiffness that greets you in the morning, the joints that protest when the weather turns, the tasks that used to [...]

That strange tingling down your arm. The pins-and-needles feeling in your hand. A shock of pain that shoots from your neck to your fingers, or from your lower back down your leg. If you have felt [...]

A diagnosis of a herniated or bulging disc can sound alarming. The words alone conjure images of something serious gone wrong deep in your spine, and for many people the very first worry is [...]

Around Montrose and the Western Slope, horses are a way of life. Whether you ride the trails through the high country, work cattle on the ranch, compete in the rodeo arena, or spend weekends at [...]

Montrose is a dog town through and through. Our four-legged companions come along on the trails, ride shotgun on errands, and greet us at the door every evening. For most of us, a dog is simply [...]