Joint health strategies prioritize the management of inflammatory arthritis, rehabilitation for MCL injuries, and reducing peripheral edema through nutrition.
Partial or unicompartmental knee replacement is a surgical procedure used to increase knee function and alleviate chronic knee pain in affected people. During this procedure, a surgeon specifically replaces the damaged portions of the knee, while keeping all healthy bone and cartilage intact.
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Hip replacement surgery is most frequently used to alleviate painful symptoms experienced by patients with osteoarthritis, a condition in which the hip bone progressively degrades, Cedars-Sinai reports.
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Finger movements are controlled by tendons -- connective tissue cords that attach your finger bones to muscles in your forearms. Overloading your finger tendons by lifting an item that is too heavy, or lifting too quickly can cause inflammation in these tendons, a condition broadly called tendinitis.
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The patella, or kneecap, is a small bone on the front of the knee joint. Patellar subluxation occurs when the tendons that stabilize the kneecap abnormally slip out of place. This condition, which is also referred to as a partial patellar dislocation, typically occurs following traumatic injury to the knee joint.
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Arthroscopic knee surgery is a procedure in which a surgeon views the interior of the knee joint with a small camera. Viewing the internal knee structure using this minimally invasive procedure can help a surgeon correctly identify and treat knee joint problems.
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A pinched tendon in the rotator cuff is a condition more commonly referred to as impingement syndrome. The rotator cuff is a collection of four small muscles that allow humans to rotate and lift the shoulder.
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