Better with Brando — biweekly edition   1. A meniscus tear doesn't mean surgery. I hear this a lot. Patient gets an MRI, sees the word "tear," and assumes the next step is the operating room. Multiple randomized controlled trials have found that physical therapy produces outcomes equal to surger...

  The sit-to-stand. Don't sleep on it.   I use this one in the clinic constantly. You sit in a chair, you stand up — no hands — and you sit back down. --Not plop!-- That's it. It sounds too simple. It isn't. Strength training that uses your own body weight strengthens muscles, tendons, and bones ...