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Muscles & Bones & Joints Diseases : Health & Medical
How to Avoid Dry, Cracked Feet
If you suffer from a thick layer of hard, dry skin on your feet or yellow, cracked heels you're not alone - it's a very common problem. Typically caused by excessive pressure on parts of your feet or wearing shoes that rub, these types of problems are not a danger to your overall health bu
How to Strengthen Your Eye Muscles
The health and well-being of our eyes is placed in jeopardy today more than ever. We use our vision in stressful ways on a daily basis. It is easy to maintain eye health and increase eye muscle strength with some simple practices. They can improve vision by exercising your eyes several times a day.
Effects of Emu Oil and Nail Fungus Treatment
There are many natural remedies and products that claim to cure toenail fungus. Based on our experience, the most effective ones include an anti fungal agent and some type of substance that carries the anti fungal agent to permeate the nail. These are known as carrier agents or carrier oils.
Foot Arch Pain, Go Go Away!
What is the shape of the arch of my foot? There are two types of foot arches, longitudinal arches and transversal arch. Longitudinal arches are broken into smaller categories, medial, lateral and fundamental longitudinal arches. But no matter which type or shape of your foot arch is, there will be i
How to Treat a Herniated or Bulging Cervical Disc (non-surgical treatment)
A herniated or bulging cervical disc is not always painful for all but for some it is very painful. Here are a few tricks to relieve some pain associated with a herniated or bulging disc.
Clinical Features & Treatment of Fibromyalgia
Next to osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia is one of the leading causes of people's frequent visits to rheumatology clinics. While it is considered a generalized pain syndrome of unknown origin, doctors usually do not find something wrong with people suffering fibromyalgia at its early stage. This explain
How to Repair Deltoid Muscle Strain
The deltoid is the muscle found at the rounded portion of your shoulder. This muscle is made up of three parts. One lifts your arm up in front of you, one lifts your arm sideways, and the other lifts your arm behind you. If this lifting motion is causing you pain, or if you notice that your deltoid
US Features of the Shoulder in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Learn more on the ultrasound abnormalities in shoulders of patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
How to Protect Your Knee Joints
Aching knees can prevent you from fully enjoying your life and keep you from engaging in activities you enjoy. Knee aches are not uncommon as we age, but there are things you can do to protect your knee joints and increase your knee stability.
Computer Navigation in TKA and Implant Positioning, Function
This study discusses the use of computer-assisted TKA versus the conventional technique. How do they compare?
How to Heal a Cracked Tail Bone
The medical term for tailbone is coccyx. Your coccyx is located at the bottom of your vertebrae. A person can bruise, crack, and even break his tailbone. This can happen because of a fall, or more commonly, during childbirth. A cracked tailbone is extremely painful, so you will want to get it healed
Wear Shower Shoes to Avoid Fungus Problems
I used to struggle with Athlete's foot as a child and especially as a teen so I had to start taking steps to prevent Athlete's foot from happening in the first place. Athlete's foot is manageable if you get it, but the absolute best way to manage it is to not get it in the first place
How to Treat Hamstring Tweaks
The hamstring is a large muscle located in the back part of the thigh. This is one of the body's more powerful muscles, but that doesn't mean it's immune to injury. Occasionally, the hamstring can become tweaked. A "tweak" injury is a mild type of pulled muscle. It usually isn't serious, but that do
Satterlee Bone Saw History
Moviemakers have immortalized that school of horror, the Civil War amputation without anesthetic. Bone saws, or amputation saws, were part of every Civil War surgical kit. Dr. Richard S. Satterlee was Chief Medical Purveyor for the Army and entrusted with the task of standardizing army medical field
Back Pain Outcomes Using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) Registry
How will the BOLD registry benefit clinicians and elderly patients with back pain?
Description of Cell Volume
Mean Cell Volume (MCV) describes the total amount of red blood cells you have in your body. Doctors generally do a blood work test to observe your MCV in order to check for various types of anemia.
What Are the Causes of Knee Pain from an Intramedullary Nail?
Efficient intramedullar nailing involves cutting the patellar (kneecap) tendon and its protective sheath down the middle. This dissection of the kneecap is deemed by surgeons to be the primary cause of chronic anterior knee pain after the procedure is done.
How to Treat a Torn Cruciate Ligament
The cruciate ligaments are located in the knee and connect the thighbone (femur) to the shinbone (tibia). If these ligaments are torn, swelling, pain and a feeling of instability when walking and running will occur. If you have difficulty walking, kneeling or squatting you could be suffering from a
Neurological Effects of Scoliosis
Scoliosis, a misalignment of the spine, can cause not only back pain but also neurological problems. As the spinal column adds to the degenerative effects of aging, adults can experience pain in the extremities or even some loss of function. Correcting the spinal alignment with either surgical or no
Osteoporosis Treatment
Find WebMD's comprehensive coverage of osteoporosis treatment including medical reference, news, pictures, videos, and more.