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…
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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…
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…
Walk-In Orthopedic Urgent Care in Missoula, Montana
How to choose an Urgent Care Center When you experience urgent health issues, unexpected injuries, or unexpected joint pain, that fall short of the necessity to go to an emergency room, the expanding field of urgent care centers are there to serve you. Urgent care centers can often be easier to access and will see…
Get to Know Your Doc – Justin Kruer
Justin Kruer joined our practice at Missoula Bone & Joint in August 2019. His wife grew up in Missoula and inspired his family of 6 to move closer to her family here in Missoula. Our community is so fortunate that she did. His experience and compassionate care has enhanced the lives of many patients already….
Telehealth option for orthopedic clinic and physical therapy
See a Health Care Provider from the comfort and safety of your home In this time of change and turbulence, we are making changes to provide continuity of care for our existing patients and establishing relationships with new patients. That’s why we’re pleased to announce our Telehealth option. You can now meet face-to-face with your…
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Athletic Trainers Role at Missoula Bone & Joint Clinic
Athletic trainers (AT) are health care professionals typically found on the sidelines of sporting events, ready to take action and provide immediate medical care to athletes that acquire an injury. However, an athletic trainer’s scope reaches far beyond acute care of injuries. ATs in the field can also implement injury prevention tactics, clinically diagnose injuries,…
Soccer Injuries
Soccer requires a player to change directions quickly, accelerate and decelerate continually, and execute lateral movements and pivoting. Then a ball and other moving soccer players are added to the sporting field to provide a competitive, engaging environment. Unfortunately this means that injuries, due to the nature of the game, do occur. Common Soccer Injuries…
