April showers bring May flowers and alongside those flowers emerge dried up leaves, weeds, and unidentifiable matter. Many of us dream about gardening, and when the first sunny day comes we are out there with rakes, shovels, spades, and wheelbarrows. We become the weekend warrior gardeners. Moving, lifting, pushing, and pulling feels good initially, but…
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Sympathetic Nerve Blocks as a Treatment for Pain
Dr. Justin Kruer is a pain management doctor that specializes in controlling pain when surgery is not an option or has already been performed. He works with his patients to find the best treatment plan that will avoid the risk of dependence and addiction to opioid medication. What is a Sympathetic Nerve Block? A Sympathetic…
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Occipital Nerve Blocks at Missoula Bone & Joint Pain Management Clinic
What are Occipital Nerve Blocks? An occipital nerve block is one of the most common procedures to provide pain relief for migraines and chronic headaches. This procedure involves injecting pain-relieving medication (local anesthetic) and steroids into your greater and lesser occipital nerves. Your greater occipital nerve is responsible for most of the feeling in the…
Epidural Steroid Injections as a Pain Management Option
What is a Pain Management Doctor? Dr. Justin Kruer is a pain management doctor with special medical training in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of all different types of pain. Pain is a wide spectrum of disorders including acute pain, and chronic pain, and sometimes a combination of these. Pain management helps a patient alleviate…
Ankle Joint Replacement Surgery In Missoula Montana
As technology evolves so do treatment options. Ankle replacement surgery has improved over the past 10 years in terms of customization of the implant and precision of anatomical measurements. Proper sizing and alignment is crucial because this impacts the surgical outcome. Using your own CT scan, advanced technology models your unique anatomy and creates a…
Foot Pain and Ankle Pain – Treatment Options in Missoula, Montana
You probably don’t give much thought to the toll your feet take on a daily basis until you experience foot or ankle pain. As complex, weight-bearing structures, your feet and ankles are highly susceptible to all types of acute or chronic injuries. Sporting injuries, slip and fall, and other accidents can result in fractures, sprains,…
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Back doing what I love after surgery
Experienced surgeons in Missoula, Montana Surgery is a big decision no matter what the injury is. With some acute injuries the decision is easier because surgery is the only option for an optimal recovery, for example rotator cuff repair, ACL reconstruction, or a complex bone fracture. Other joint pain may be chronic, which means that…
Meet Jim – doing the things he loves because of knee and hip replacement surgery
Meet Jim, a patient with Dr. Gary Willstein for over 10 years. Dr. Willstein has provided quality orthopedic care with a knee replacement and a hip replacement, and recently the other hip replaced, to keep this active 77 year old doing the things he enjoys. “Thank you Dr. Willstein, for making it possible for Jim…
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Missoula Bone & Joint was recognized as a Better Performing Practice by MGMA
Missoula Bone & Joint has been recognized by MGMA (Medical Group Management Association) as a Better Performing Practice!! Click Here to read the complete article. MGMA is a national association that has close to 60,000 members. Members submit data which is benchmarked against other practices and we came out on top in Operations. The photos…
National Physical Therapy Month #ChoosePT
October is National Physical Therapy (PT) month, so we wanted to showcase some aspects of Physical Therapy that may be less known to most. 1. Did you know that DPT stands for Doctor of Physical Therapy? That’s right, the DPT behind your therapist’s name means that they have a clinical doctorate in Physical Therapy, and…
