A Knot in My Hamstring After a Pull
If you feel a knot in your hamstring after an injury, you might have a severe tear in your muscle and need medical attention.
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Chest Pains With Stretching
Chest pain is one of the most common reasons people call for emergency medical help and, according to MayoClinic.com, the reason for millions of visits to the ER each year.
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What Is the Purpose of Codman Pendulum Exercises?
Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in your body. Although it is a ball and socket joint, the socket is very shallow, allowing the ball to rotate through almost a 360 degree range. Because it is so mobile, the shoulder is also vulnerable to injury.
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The Pain in My Right Calf Hurts More When I Squat
There are two muscles in the back of the lower leg or calf that, if injured, can produce pain when you squat. Squatting stretches those muscles because your foot is flexed upward. Injury to those muscles is called a strain and the severity of the injury determines treatment and the length of healing time.
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Physical Therapy Exercises for Cervical Radiculopathy Unilateral Weakness
Cervical radiculopathy, often called a pinched nerve, describes a condition of irritation, injury or damage to one of the nerves that exits the spine in the area of the neck. One of the more serious effects of nerve irritation is a loss of strength in the muscles that the nerve normally supplies.
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Severe Pain in the Right Butt Cheek When Sitting or Stretching
Whether you want to treat this on your own or get help from a professional, a good starting point is to gain some understanding of what is causing the pain. If you have severe pain in one side of your buttocks, you have narrowed the field slightly.
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Physical Therapy for Sacrotuberous Ligament Pains
The sacrotuberous ligaments, along with the sacrospinus ligaments, anchor the sacrum to the bones of the pelvis. Although they are thick bands of ligament, they are subject to stress and injury with vigorous or repetitive sports activities and can cause a literal pain in the butt.
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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.
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Arch-Building Exercises for Flat Feet
Lack of the arch in the foot is medically described as pes planus, a common condition and usually not painful. All of us have flat feet when we are born, and the development of the arch usually takes place during childhood. There are two types of flat feet: flexible and inflexible.
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Torticollis Stretching Exercises
Torticollis is both a diagnosis and a description of a medical problem where the muscles in the side of the neck are in a prolonged state of contraction or spasm, causing the head to tilt and twist to the side. The term comes from the Latin words for wry neck.
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What Happens If I Keep Running Even If I Have Shin Splints?
Shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome, is a common injury for runners. Symptoms include tenderness alongside the tibia, or shin bone, and sharp pains in that area when running. They often develop into chronic or recurring problems because they are slow to heal and easily re-injured, a bad combination.
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Neck Cracks & Crunches
Given the right conditions, joints can make cracking, popping, grinding or snapping noises. These kinds of noises are particularly noticeable in the neck. If you hear noises in your neck but they are not associated with pain, it is probably harmless; however, if you experience pain, you may want to visit your doctor.
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At What Age Do You Start to Lose Muscle?
Muscle loss with aging is known as sarcopenia, a diagnostic term derived from two Latin words, "sarco" for muscle, and "penia" for wasting. It is a natural and progressive loss of muscle fiber associated with getting older.
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Lower Back Pain After a Kettlebell Workout
In a 2011 report on back pain statistics, The American Chiropractic Association reports that four out of five Americans will experience lower back pain at some point in their lives. Problems range from muscle strains to spinal disc herniations. Often the first episode will come following a new activity or exercise.
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