The presence of abnormal posturing is a severe medical emergency and thus immediate medical attention is warranted. Abnormal posturing is an indication of severe brain injury which can result in coma. There is an involuntary severe flexion or extension of the...
Tennis elbow pain can be acute or a chronic pain on the outside of the elbow. Lateral elbow pain may radiate to arm or forearm, can cause joint stiffness and strength deficits. The most common and important line of treatment is to...
Are you suffering from lateral elbow pain? Tennis elbow is a common musculoskeletal disorder of elbow and is usually an overuse injury. It is characterized by pain over the lateral elbow that is typically aggravated by gripping activities. Despite the name,...
Are you a runner, cross fitter, just a recreational walker who does a lot of uphill walks, do you have to use stairs at your work many times? You are still very young to have degenerative knee but still, you have...
Is your workplace safe? Have you hurt yourself at work? Is work assembly line designed safely and efficiently? Ergonomics practice with the help of ergonomic consultant can help. Ergonomists often play a key role in industrial businesses promotion by redesigning workstations...
Wrist Pain: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Do you have wrist pain? Are you feeling numbness in your fingers and hand? Is it painful to race your motorbike or type on your phone? There are many causes of wrist pain. Carpal tunnel syndrome...
Patients complain of constant ankle pain… Patients complain of constant anterior and/or lateral ankle pain upon activities or ambulation without a current history of trauma but mostly with past history of inversion ankle sprains, especially after anterior talofibular...
What is Shin Splint? Shin splint is an overuse injury or repetitive injury of shinbone (tibia) area causing posteromedial or anterolateral shin pain. Anterior tibial stress syndrome/anterior tibial periostitis/anterolateral shin splint Musculotendinous overuse of tibialis anterior and extensor hallucis longus....
Why hamstring injuries a concern? Hamstring strain injuries are one of the major problems with a high incidence of re-injury in sports involving sprinting and jumping; such as in soccer, rugby and other sports with high explosive power demands. Recent high-quality...
Efficacy and safety of spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) in the treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is the focus of this essay. In cases of LDH, high-velocity low amplitude, short lever rotational technique in side-lying posture is the commonly practiced...
