Dr. Anthony Lombardi
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Trying to do more pre-planning for each year so I can revisit instead of always creating something new.

This is a list I made of various conditions, articles, and videos that could be done each year re-occurring from awareness of awareness months for various conditions. I was wanting to post this list to see if anyone else has any consistency topics that they redo or reuse every year. Outside of awareness month topics there are also ads that can be reused based upon repeated holidays every year.

I would love to collaborate on this list to see other MSK topics and how you would use them year by year on repeat with some updates.

Jan

New Year’s Check-Ins on goals and metrics
Nervous System reset from holidays
Cold / Flu related to stress, poor sleep, seasonal changes

Feb
Heart and Circulation Awareness Month

  • Circulation Issues

Raynaud's Phenomenon Awareness Month

  • Raynaud’s Phenomenon

March 
Sleep Awareness Week (March-varies)

  • Calm Nervous System for better sleep

Endometriosis Awareness Month 

Brain Injury Awareness Month

  • Concussions
  • Post Concussion Headaches
  • Balance Issues
  • Neck and Head Pain after injury
  • Visual Strain Headaches

April

Stress Awareness Month

  • Jaw pain
  • TMJ Pain
  • Neck & Shoulder tension
  • Rib Restriction
  • Breathing Pattern Dysfunctions
  • Upper Back Pain
  • Stress Related Back Pain

IBS Awareness Month

  • abdominal tension or low back pain affecting bowels
  • IBS-C vs IBS-D
  • Stress Related IBS-
  • Metrics Of Digestion

Parkinson's Awareness Month

May

Arthritis Awareness Month

  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Gout
  • Ankylosing spondylitis
  • Psoriatic arthritis
  • Juvenile arthritis. 
  • Joint Stiffness
  • Knee Pain
  • Hip Pain (osteoarthritic Hip) 
  • Spine Degeneration
  • Inflammatory Flares

Mental Health Awareness Month

  • Sleep
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Burnout

Women's Health Month

  • MSK Issues
  • Stress, Mental Health & Nervous System
  • Headaches & Upper Body Tension
  • Pelvic Floor & Core
  • Hormonal Transitions (Non-Fertility)
  • Fertility / Libido
  • Mental Health

June
Headache & Migraine Awareness Month

  • Migraines
  • Headaches
  • Neck Driven Headaches

PTSD Awareness Month

  • Fight or Flight
  • Hypervigilance
  • Trauma
  • Sleep Disturbance

Men's Health Month - Physical, mental, and preventive health in men. 

  • MSK & Performance 
  • Pain / Tension
  • Stress & Lifestyle
  • Nervous System and Stress
  • Pain & Identity
  • Waiting “until its bad enough” vs early prevention
  • Why pain becomes harder to treat when delayed
  • Pain affecting identity and confidence
  • Stress / Anxiety / Depression
  • Sexual and Hormonal Health

July
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

  • Inflammatory Joint Pain
  • Overuse Injuries
  • Summer Sports Strain
  • Tendonitis

Summer Activities Pain

  • Travel long distances for summer vacation (back pain)
  • Increased yard work and strain or home projects
  • Summer sports injuries 
  • Poor sleep from summer traveling
  • Heat, dehydration, and fatigue

August

National Wellness Month

  • encouraging everyone to prioritize self-care, build healthy habits, and focus on their mental, physical, and emotional well-being, serving as a reminder to pause and invest in health before the busy holiday season

Foot Health Awareness Month

  • foot pain
  • plantar fasciitis
  • ankle instability
  • foot drop
  • gait issues
  • knee pain from poor foot mechanics
  • back pain from poor footwear

September

Pain awareness month

  • Chronic Pain
  • Low Back Pain
  • Sciatica
  • Neck Pain
  • Joint Degeneration
  • Myofascial Pain, 

Mental Health

  • Pain related anxiety
  • Pain related depression
  • Fear of pain avoidance

Healthy Aging Month

  • Supportive Care & Maintenance for healthy aging
  • Maintenance
  • Mobility Preservation tips

October

National Spine Health Awareness Month

  • Back Pain - Upper, Middle, Lower
  • Neck Pain
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Scoliosis
  • Osteoarthritis of Spine
  • Spondylosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Disc height loss
  • Disc Bulging
  • Disc Herniation
  • Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Cervicogenic Headaches
  • Whiplash
  • Upper Crossed Syndrome
  • Lower Crossed Syndrome
  • Tech Neck
  • Upper Trapezius Overload with cervical load
  • Facet Joint Irritation
  • Sciatica
  • Acute back pain versus chronic
  • Nerve Related Spine Conditions
  • Morning Stiffness lasting long time upon waking

National Physical Therapy Month

  • Shoulder Pain
  • Postural Strain
  • Repetitive Strain Injuries
  • Rehab and Recovery
  • Adhesion Development as part of inflammatory process
  • Stretching Techniques
  • Manual Release for nerve entrapment

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  • Scar-Adhesion related tightness
  • Post treatment mobility and care
  • Nervous system recovery

November

Diabetes Awareness Month

  • Neuropathy
  • Nerve Pain
  • Dietary Inflammation

Bladder Health Month

  • Pelvic tension
  • Low back & sacral involvement
  • Stress-related urgency
  • Nervous system regulation

December
National Stress-Free Holidays Month

  • Stress Flares
  • Sleep Disruption
  • Jaw Clenching (TMJ)
  • Neck Pain
    -Back Pain
  • Bloating / Digestive Fullness
  • End of Year Burnout

Cold / Flu

  • from stress and burnout along with weather changes
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What permissions are generally needed for a hospital visit? I have a patient that wanted me to do a hospital visit for her parent. I told her with approval from her physician and hospital that I could do a visit.

Is there any paperwork outside of the normal paperwork I should know about to keep myself protected?

January 16, 2026
Sciatica after 7 minutes

I have a new patient, 44 year old man, who has L sciatic pain, starting in his left gluteals and down his left leg upon standing or walking/running for 7 or more minutes, but all other positions or activities actually improves the pain: sitting, lying, weightlifting, biking, squatting, jump rope, sit ups, etc although it worsens after hours of sitting at work. On walks he often has to squat to get relief. Sensation is numb tingling to knife sharpness or electrical. He has had imaging diagnosing mild stenosis L5-S1 but nothing the doctors considered worth intervening for. Onset of sciatica was insidious 2 years ago with no clear initiating incident. He’s had PT for a year with no effect.

EXSTORE: He is very strong and my pressure is not that well calibrated I think, so at best I felt a little sponginess in the TFL and gluteus minimus/posterior gluteus medius. But it was unclear. He did have more restriction in SLR, about 60-70 degrees compared to 80-90 for right.

Only other thing going on...

January 13, 2026
Anyone near Vero Beach, FL?

Have a nice LBP/Knee patient for you.

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