A car crash can injure more than the neck and back. One common but often overlooked injury is called a "dashboard knee." This happens when a bent knee slams into the dashboard, steering column, or another hard part of the vehicle. The force drives the shinbone, or tibia, backward. This can stretch or tear the Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL). The PCL is one of the main ligaments that keeps the knee stable. When it is injured, the knee may feel painful, swollen, weak, or loose. A person may also have trouble walking, climbing stairs, kneeling, or getting in and out of a car. In more serious crashes, dashboard knee trauma may also cause cartilage damage, meniscus injury, a patellar fracture, bone bruising, or damage to other ligaments (Pache et al., 2018; Raj et al., 2023). For people in Horizon City and the greater El Paso, TX, area, early diagnosis matters. A knee that "just feels sore" after a crash may be hiding more serious joint damage. What Is a Dashboard Knee...
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, or BHRT, is often discussed as a way to improve energy, mood, sleep, and other symptoms tied to hormone decline. It is also often promoted as a tool that may help people who feel stuck with stubborn weight gain, cravings, low energy, or increased belly fat. That does not mean BHRT is a direct fat-loss drug. Instead, the better way to understand it is this: when hormones are out of balance, the body may resist healthy eating and physical activity. When hormone levels are corrected in the right patient, diet and lifestyle changes may start working better. Hormone changes, especially around menopause and with age-related testosterone decline, can affect fat storage, appetite, energy, sleep, and body composition. Research shows that menopause is linked to an increase in abdominal fat and a shift toward more central fat storage. In one cohort study, menopausal hormone therapy was associated with lower visceral fat, lower BMI, and less age-related ga...
