Cut To The Bone

Cut To The Bone Dr Luke”🦴Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and Hand Surgeon. BA-Psy, BS-Bio🥋Black Belt in Brazili

05/25/2026

You usually don’t wake up one day weak. It happens quietly.

Age-related loss of muscle and strength, starts earlier than most people think. Sedentary habits, stress, poor sleep, and bad nutrition slowly chip away at your body, and your grip strength often notices first.

Are you training for longevity or just surviving the day?

Proprioception is the piece most athletes forget about.Everyone trains strength. Everyone trains speed.But the ability t...
05/22/2026

Proprioception is the piece most athletes forget about.

Everyone trains strength. Everyone trains speed.
But the ability to control your body in space? That’s what shows up in the moments that matter.

Cutting, landing, reacting. That split second where injuries either happen… or don’t.

It’s not flashy work, but it’s the difference between staying on the field and sitting out.

Train your awareness like you train everything else.

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05/22/2026

Ringside . Great shot by

05/20/2026

Your hands aren’t just local problems. They’re signals from your body. Pain, stiffness, numbness, or weakness can reflect inflammation, sleep, metabolism, and stress.

We often treat the hand, but miss the system behind it. The hand is where the signal shows up.

What if it’s not just your hand… but what your body is telling you?

05/18/2026

Most people think health is about fixing problems after they happen. But real longevity starts with how you move, recover, and take care of your body every day.

Staying strong, mobile, and independent isn’t built overnight. It’s built through the small habits that protect your body for the long run.

What’s one thing you do to stay active and healthy?

05/11/2026

A weak grip may seem small, but it can be a bigger warning sign than most people realize. Study after study links lower grip strength with higher health risks and faster decline.

Your hands are connected to your whole system. When strength starts fading, it may be your body asking for attention.

Have you ever tested your grip strength? Share below.

Thank you.
05/10/2026

Thank you.

You don't blow out a joint overnight.You wake up one morning and realize the shoulder you've been rolling through for tw...
05/08/2026

You don't blow out a joint overnight.

You wake up one morning and realize the shoulder you've been rolling through for two years cannot get you off the mat anymore. The wrist that "just clicks" is now the wrist that will not grip a gi. The elbow stiffness you have been stretching out has quietly turned into a bone spur problem.

Here is what 20 years in surgery has taught me: catastrophic injuries get the headlines, but the chronic ones do most of the damage.
The small stuff is always the warning. The pinch that comes and goes. The grip that fades. The range of motion you used to have. The numbness in two fingers you keep meaning to ask about.

Athletes are the worst offenders. We are trained to push through pain. That is exactly the problem. Pain is not always the enemy, but ignoring it is.

If something has been off for more than a few weeks, that is the signal. Not the spectacular injury. The quiet one.
Pay attention now so you do not pay later.

More injury breakdowns on the Cut to the Bone YouTube channel.
Tap the link in bio to request an appointment.

05/06/2026

When your hands feel stiff, weak, swollen, or painful, they may be signaling that something deeper in the body needs attention. Symptoms are often messages, not betrayals. Listen early, support your whole system, and healing becomes possible.

Have you noticed your body giving warning signs before? Share below.

Bone bruises are often underestimated because they don’t show up on standard X-rays, but they represent real structural ...
05/04/2026

Bone bruises are often underestimated because they don’t show up on standard X-rays, but they represent real structural injury within the bone. 🦴

What you’re seeing here is microdamage to the trabecular bone, often accompanied by localized bleeding and inflammation beneath the surface. While there’s no visible fracture line, the bone has still absorbed significant force.

Clinically, these injuries can be just as limiting as a fracture. Pain with loading, deep joint discomfort, and prolonged recovery are common. Healing is slower because bone remodeling takes time, and returning too quickly can delay progress.

Management comes down to controlled loading, respecting healing timelines, and progressing based on function, not just pain.

👉 If you’re dealing with lingering pain after impact, get it properly assessed and build a plan that supports full recovery.

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