Health Expert Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D. shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/248736/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/248736/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/248736/index http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/126051/weight Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:05:00 -0500 Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D. I want to continue our discussion of "easy" ways we can treat arthritis by starting with the toughest issue of all: weight. Like it or not, increased body weight is not good for your knees (or your hips, your back, your blood pressure, your...). I could give you lots of statistics like, in the past 15 years obesity rates have doubled, or one out of three kids are now considered obese. I could tell you this, but there is an easier way: go down to... http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/126051/weight http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/116513/relieve Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:02:00 -0400 Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D. Since I started writing this column we’ve been bouncing around with various thoughts on arthritis, activity and other issues of joint health. In all the excitement I fear we may have missed a few things, so on that note, we will put things to right. As mentioned, one of the most impressive things I saw as a medical student was a person walking normally on two artificial hips. This was no small miracle as, so long as your arthritis is in... http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/116513/relieve http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/114769/replacing Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:15:00 -0400 Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D. Doctors have been trying to resurface our worn out joints with various materials for many years. It was not until English surgeon, John Charnley, perfected his hip replacement in the 1960's, that this technology really took off. Flash forward 15 years and a very impressionable medical student was drawn to Orthopedic Surgery seeing people with these new joints walking without pain. When I did my first knee replacement (really it should be called... http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/114769/replacing http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/112478/avoid Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:29:00 -0400 Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D. Human beings are well designed for many things. We have large brains for poetry and quantum mechanics; we are good long distance runners, and of course have these awesome opposable thumbs. Unfortunately, some parts are not designed very well for our 21st century lifestyles. The low back, or lumbar spine, is first on my list for sending back (or forward?) to the engineers. A close second though might be the "knee cap" or patellofemoral... http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/112478/avoid http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/111109/shoulda Mon, 17 May 2010 10:26:00 -0400 Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D. Perhaps I should start with a confession: I am an aging baby-boomer who still participates in the odd bike race or triathlon. Nothing too serious, mind you. Not enough to ruin my weekends or find me planning vacations around an event, but I do enjoy it. My theory is, without a goal to train towards, it's a lot harder to make yourself get on that bike, get into the weight room, or head to the pool on a cold winter morning. Despite the dangers of... http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/111109/shoulda http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/110873/parents Tue, 04 May 2010 14:40:00 -0400 Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D. Introducing Dr. Daniel O'Neill, M.D., Ed.D, F.A.A.O.S.   As my first column for HeathCentral.com, let me explain the unusual letters after my name (M.D., Ed.D, F.A.A.O.S.). After practicing Orthopedic Surgery for ten years, I felt I was still missing something with a number of patients. Although lip service is often given to the mind / body connection, I did not think I was doing enough to both understand this nexus and take advantage of... http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/248736/110873/parents