There’s no evidence that sciatica is caused by any common ergonomic deficiency in office chairs, no evidence that any kind of chair — no matter how special or clever — can prevent or treat back pain. If you like fine and comfy office chairs, by all means treat yourself to a fancy ...
Chronic grain pain is common in soccer players because of the biomechanics of kicking causing recurrent stress to the abdominal muscles, groin flexors, and adductor muscles. Myositis assificans in adductor muscles is a rare cause of chronic grain pain in soccer players. Only two cases have ...
While incontinence can feel embarrassing, it's important to talk to a doctor if it happens to you. They can recommend the most effective ways to treat and manage it. Often, simple treatments like changes in your diet and exercises to strengthen certain muscles can improve your symptoms. Urinar...
The injuries resulting from these assaults are likely to be penetrating gunshot wounds to virtually any part of the body. These wounds can result in hemorrhage (bleeding) from the extremities (arms and legs), the junction where extremities and head meet the torso (neck, groin, a...
Time to work those kinks out! Goodshoot/Thinkstock Economic indicators may be discouraging, but that doesn't mean you can't have a spa date -- in the comfort of your own home. Giving or receiving a massage in the privacy of your own home has some very nice advantages beyond the mo...
Strained chest muscles are difficult to diagnose and treat. Whenever you receive a chest injury or have some kind of chest pain, it is often challenging to determine exactly what is wrong, especially since fractures are hard to see on X-rays. ...
As a lay-responder, your job isn’t to diagnose whether it’s a strain, sprain, tear, fracture or other specific injury. Your goal should simply be to diagnose whether the injured joint is usable or unusable. “Usable” Injuries If the patient still has most of the mobility in their joi...
Groin strainsor pulls have always been a common hip pain diagnosis. Manyhipproblems once attributed to a muscle strain, such asfemoroacetabular impingement, or FAI, andlabral tears, are becoming better understood, but groin strain injuries are still the most common.6 ...
Although swimming is a low-impact form of exercise, the repetitive motions can cause several types of painful overuse injuries, including wrist injuries. Fatigue and failure to use proper swimming techniques further contribute to wrist pain and injuries
By keeping an artery open, stents lower your risk ofchest pain. They can also treat aheart attackthat's in progress. How Does Your Doctor Put In a Stent? To put a stent in, your doctor makes a small cut in a blood vessel in your groin, arm, or neck. They then thread a thin tu...