Dr. Barbara Bergin

11/25/2025

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General HealthImportant ConceptsJust Posted VOICE BANKING – A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION? Barbara - November 25, 2025 I know it’s a little early to talk New Year’s Resolutions, but I will never be able to make this one mine, and the sooner you start working on it, the better. Plus, I started out ...

05/11/2024

My client, Tressie just took Gold for Equitation at Equine Special Olympics at Ride On Center for Kids ROCK) in Georgetown! It’s been so special to volunteer at ROCK and be Tressie’s horse handler!

04/14/2024

Girlstart Girls in STEM conference yesterday! I think I got commitments from a dozen grade school and middle schools girls…to become orthopedic surgeons! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped me out!

04/04/2024

Limping...that's what's on my mind.

A youthful gait and posture contributes to the appearance of health and youthfulness, every bit as much as the appearance of things like your skin and teeth. I often saw [ … ]

02/18/2024

In response to so many ladder injuries...

InjuryJust PostedPrevention WHAT I DO: MORE LADDER SAFETY Barbara - February 13, 2024   I just did my annual holiday post on ladder safety, so why am I double dipping? Running out of material? No! I’m shocked into reposting the material! Since Christmas I’ve had two friends sustain injuries by ...

02/18/2024

More ladder safety...https://drbarbarabergin.com/what-i-do-more-ladder-safety/

09/17/2023

Your socks might be the problem!

Foot & AnkleJust PostedPain SOCKS AND FOOT PAIN Barbara - September 17, 2023 Like many of us gals, I’ve had my share of foot problems. Some of it is genetic, and some is behavioral. I’m going to take a shot at listing the behavioral issues which can result in foot pain, not necessarily in the or...

09/02/2023

Don’t wait to start having symptoms, and then start doing the exercises. Start when you’re 40-years-old, or as soon as you read this!

04/11/2023

Still one of my pet peeves. Only since retirement, I don't have to treat it anymore. Just have to listen to my friends complain about their painful feet...

I loved a high heeled pump as well as any other healthy, All-American girl, and I wore them from the time I was able to buy my own shoes, until [ … ]

01/19/2023

Looking back on my career, we all recognized the “seasons” of orthopedics.  No, not like summer and winter…but instead, times of the year when we see surges in our business. [ … ]

12/20/2022

I want all my former patients and followers to stay warm and off the ice!

It’s not the title of a movie. Orthopedic surgeons have an ambivalent relationship with ice. Think about it…we hate it, because we know no matter how much warning people get [ … ]

11/24/2022

Be careful out there!

It’s time to hang lights and decorate Christmas trees, and it’s also a time when orthopedic surgeons get busy with ladder-climbing injuries! It never fails. I’ve always said that what [ … ]