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Sweating is a normal bodily function that helps one maintain a normal temperature. The nerves that control our sweat glands’ activities respond to temperature, stress, exercise and other factors that increase one’s internal temperature. However, excessive sweating is unnecessary, and can interfere with normal life. This problem can be treated by an orthopedist. People with […]
You can do orthopedic exercises for yourself at home – and reduce your arthritis pain! The following exercises for arthritis help patients to become stronger and more flexible, while increasing endurance and balance. Resistance Training for Orthopedic Strength Stronger muscles can act as ‘shock absorbers’ for your joints (just like the shocks in a truck). […]
Okay, let’s hear it. The bad news… You’ve got a The good news? Most meniscal tears can actually be treated without surgery! The knee is a complicated structure with a lot of moving parts, and the meniscus is only one of them. Nevertheless, every joint is linked and connected and one cannot function properly if […]
It’s fairly clear that a torn meniscus is one of the most common causes of knee pain. How many times have you heard through the grapevine that a friend or colleague or neighbor down the street tore their meniscus during a skiing accident or a pick-up basketball game? Sure, it’s something to do with your […]
Bunions is a term that denotes an abnormality of the forefoot shape. The great (big) toe moves towards the little toe; the big-toe joint moves away from the little toe, or towards the other foot. This results in the great toe joint pushing into a shoe on the inside part of the foot; in addition, […]
Medical and orthopedic technology has dramatically evolved over the last few decades, to say the least. We’ve come a long way since those first pressure and motion sensing strain gauges in the 60s that left wires dangling from a patient’s skin. As well as the shortly following battery-powered devices – though they eliminated the need […]
It’s the middle of the night and all you want is a little shut-eye. But you wake up to that searing pain in your toe again, and even the weight of a bed sheet over it is more than you can bear. A bad sprain?…Probably not. What you really could be suffering from is gout […]
Achilles tendinitis is a deterioration of the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that links your lower leg muscles to your heel bone. This long-term accumulation of microscopic injuries to the Achilles tendon, which has not had the chance to heal properly, can actually be more accurately referred to as Achilles tendinosis.
So what is causing your Achilles tendon pain? It’s possible you are suffering from what is called what is called Achilles tendinosis. Your Achilles (uh-KIL-eez) tendon is a band of tissue that connects the calf muscles at the back of your lower leg to your heel bone. Achilles tendinosis describes the degeneration of this tissue […]
What Is Piriformis syndrome? One of the most common causes of hip or muscle pain in the buttocks is Piriformis syndrome. An Orthopedic Specialist would characterize Piriformis syndrome as a pain caused when the piriformis muscle is contracted or damaged and also when it impinges or compresses the sciatic nerve. The pain that happens when […]
