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Muscles & Bones & Joints Diseases : Health & Medical
What Are the Causes of Severe Pain Behind the Sternum?
The sternum, or breastbone, is found in your chest. Its two major functions are to protect your heart and airway, and connect your ribs and shoulder bones. Something as simple as a pulled muscle or major as a heart attack can cause breastbone pain.
How to Measure Ulnar Deviation at the Wrist Joint
If you think about the motions a wrist makes, you'll realize how complex a small joint can be and how many different uses it has. For example, when you wave, you use a combination of flexion and extension of the wrist, along with ulnar and radial deviation of the wrist. If you are unable to make one
What Are the Treatments for a Ruptured Disc?
In between the vertebrae that make up the spine are jelly-like discs that provide cushioning. When one of these discs herniates or "slips," it is called a herniated or ruptured disc. Having a ruptured disc can cause pain, numbness, tingling, muscle spasms and weakness. These symptoms are caused by t
Metabolic Syndrome in Rheumatoid Arthritis
What is the relationship between metabolic syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis?
Living With a Symptomatic Rotator Cuff Tear
Gain a better understanding of the ways in which rotator cuff tears impact patients' lives and the strategies they use to cope with the pain.
Posttraumatic Elbow Contracture
Find out more about posttraumatic elbow contracture, and the medical and surgical strategies for managing this condition.
Osteoporosis Hip Exercises
For those suffering from hip pain as a result of osteoporosis, exercises may not build your bone density, but they will serve to help strengthen the areas that cause you the most pain. Strengthening your posterior, lower back and hip area can help.
Economic Evaluation of Access to Musculoskeletal Care
What are the economic implications of increased wait times for total knee arthroplasty?
Prolotherapy for Leg Pain
Prolotherapy (also known as both regenerative injection therapy and proliferation therapy) is a type of treatment used to manage and alleviate musculoskeletal pain. Prolotherapy is conducted by injecting an irritant solution within the body, usually around the ligaments or the tendons. It operates b
How Your Shoes And Orthotics Are Weakening Your Arches
This article explores how your shoes are involved in weakening your feet, ankles, and arches by immobilizing your feet. Instead of being used as dynamic structures, feet are asked to mold around the shape of the shoe they are in and this has effects on your health.
Lupus and Leg Pain
Five million people in the world are estimated to have some form of lupus. At least 1.5 million of those are Americans. However, the actual number may be higher because no large scale studies in the United States have been done to determine the actual predominance. Leg pain is associated with lupus
Is Your Heel Pain Plantar Fasciitis?
Plantar fasciitis is the major cause of heel pain and it occurs in the region of the foot where your heel bone (the calcaneum) is connected to the toes by a flat band of tissue known as the plantar fascia ligament. When the plantar fascia ligament is strained, it gets irritated and swells. You will
Removing Calluses Without Pain
These days, there are many ways to remove calluses. Some people ask the doctor to do it, some get a callus shaver, and some even use home-remedies. In any case, here are some tips and tricks to use at home if you are trying to get rid of calluses.
How to Prepare an 8-in-1 Shot
The 8-in-1 shot is a vaccine administered to puppies between 8 and 12 weeks of age and then again when they are 6-to-9 months of age. This shot is a sort of cocktail that includes the vaccines for the canine parvovirus, canine distemper and others that ensure the health of your puppy. Aside from get
Four Primary Tissue Types Found in Adults
In the adult human body, "tissue" is the scientific name for cell groups with a uniform structure or form that perform a similar function or job. Epithelium, nerve, muscle and connective tissue comprise an interconnected, elaborate system that, when properly functioning, allows adults to operate and
Dislocated Shoulder Reduction
A dislocated shoulder occurs when the arm bone pops out of socket. The upper portion of the bone is shaped like a cup, which typically works to catch the arm bone; however, slipping the bone out of place causes intense pain and possibly ligament damage. Because this injury typically occurs on the pl
What Is Systemic Sclerosis?
According to the Scleroderma Book, systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disease affecting the small blood cells. It normally affects adults and causes the body to create excess collagen. The disease is sometimes fatal.
Who is at Risk For Plantar Fasciitis?
Some people believe that Plantar Fasciitis is reserved for athletes who overuse their bodies and thus are prone to injury. While athletes can experience Plantar Fasciitis, it's even more common in other groups of people. So who is at risk? Read through this article to see if you're on the
Cracked Heels - Home Remedies To Implement To Relieve Cracked Heels
Everyone has once or twice had to deal with the unsightly issue of cracked heels. Other than not being very appealing to the eye, cracked heels can also get so extreme that they can actually cause discomfort. In this article I am going to discuss some things that you can use in your own home to help