Knuckle Pain & Stiffness
If you think about everything you use your fingers for, it should give you an indication of just how much pain and stiffness in the knuckle joints can affect your ability to go about day-to-day activities.
Read more →Joint Health Guide: Range of Motion and Chronic Pain Relief
Maintaining a normal range of motion is a key indicator of joint health. Managing chronic pain through anti-inflammatory diets and targeted stretching can help individuals dealing with stiff necks or hypermobility.
Muscle Joint Pain From Milk Protein
If you’re experiencing muscle and joint pain, the foods and beverages you are ingesting may be to blame. That’s because milk protein intolerance can cause an array of symptoms, including such pain. Two main proteins in milk -- casein and whey -- are found in an array of foods, from lunch meats to processed snacks.
Read more →
How to Clean Calcium Deposits
If you have hard water, you may be used to ugly calcium deposit stains disfiguring your toilet, shower, sinks and other appliances. There are several ways to remove calcium deposits, some of which can be performed using ingredients you may already have in your kitchen.
Read more →
How to Prevent Calcium Deposits on the Joints
Calcium deposits are the collection of minerals that can occur around the joints of the body. As the calcium deposits grow larger, they can cause different symptoms like pain and inflammation. If calcification is severe, the deposits may need to be surgically removed from the body.
Read more →
Do Certain Dairy Products Cause Joint Inflammation and Pain?
When thinking of joint inflammation and pain, dairy products are not the first cause that comes to mind. If you have a milk allergy, consuming dairy products can cause inflammation and pain to develop in your joints because of increased histamine and other chemicals in the body.
Read more →
Slipping Rib Syndrome & Exercise
Slipping rib syndrome is also known as Tietze's syndrome, after the doctor who first described it in 1921. It is a softening of the cartilage that holds your ribs to the sternum and allows movement of the rib joint in such a way that it slides out of its normal position and under the rib above it.
Read more →
The Best Exercises to Increase Range of Motion After Total Knee Replacement
After your knee replacement, your doctor will require you to be able to bend your knee to a 90-degree angle and straighten it before you are discharged, so you'll already have some range of motion.
Read more →
Complications With an L5-S1 Spinal Fusion
Fractures and instability sometimes necessitate surgical fixation of the lowest lumbar vertebra to the sacrum, otherwise known as L5-S1 fusion. Spinal fusions, including those at L5-S1, often are performed to treat chronic pain related to spinal degeneration or arthritis. Data published in January 2012 in the journal "
Read more →
Potassium & Joint Pain
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 50 million Americans who suffer from some form of arthritis or joint pain. While arthritis and joint pain can be caused by a variety of factors, including age and joint injuries, vitamin and mineral deficiencies can also play a role in joint pain.
Read more →
Obesity and Ankle Pain
Excess weight puts a strain on every part of your body, including your ankles. Having to bear additional weight puts stress on bones, tendons and ligaments.
Read more →
Beer and Joint Pain
Drinking beer should not cause joint pain unless you already have arthritis. Arthritis is inflammation in the soft tissue that connects your joints, called cartilage.
Read more →
5 Things You Need to Know About Relieving Big Toe Joint Pain
If you have toe pain, you aren't alone. Joint pain in the toes is a common problem, and may be caused by shoes that do not fit properly, arches that are too high or too low, bunions, arthritis or injury.
Read more →
Exercises for Tailbone Pain
Tailbone pain, also known as coccygodnia, is pain caused by anything that affects the coccyx. The coccyx is a tiny triangular bone made up of four bones that have never completely developed and is located at the very end of the sacrum of the vertebral column.
Read more →
Exercises for Pudendal Nerve Entrapment
Pudendal nerve entrapment or PNE, is a rare and debilitating condition caused by entrapment, impingement or compression of the pudendal nerve which are located within the bony pelvis, at the tips of the ischial spines.
Read more →
Nerve Glide Exercises
Nerve gliding exercises encourage the nerves to glide normally as you move your joints. A nerve will not glide if it is injured. Therefore, nerve gliding exercises are often used post-surgery or as part of a rehabilitation program from an injury. Common areas for exercising include the hands, forearms and neck.
Read more →
How to Apply Raw Cabbage Leaves for the Relief of Joint Pain
Not all home remedies for joint pain work; however, this does not stop people suffering from arthritis, gout and other types of joint pain from trying new things. Cabbage has been used as a folk remedy for hundreds of years to soothe painful joints.
Read more →
Sternum Pain With Exercise
Exercise is beneficial for heart, lung, bone and tissue health. However, exercise can sometimes lead to unknown pains that can alarm unsuspecting exercisers. Pain in your sternum -- or breast bone -- during exercise can occur as the result of a variety of conditions or injuries.
Read more →
Anti Inflammatory Drugs for Aspirin Allergic People
Aspirin has been a mainstay in treating pain and inflammation since it was isolated from willow tree bark in the 1800s. Since then, many NSAIDs, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen and naproxen have provided pain relief.
Read more →
Ankle Pain and Soccer
Ankle pain in soccer players typically occurs after a sprain, which accounts for about 20 percent of injuries to soccer athletes. Pediatricians Chris G. Koutures and Andrew J.M.
Read more →
Contraindications for Electrostimulation
Electrostimulation therapy, or electrotherapy, is a modality commonly used by physical therapists which involves sending an electrical current through electrodes placed on the skin. According to "Clinical Electrotherapy"
Read more →