Are You Living With Foot Pain?
If you are experiencing pain in one or both of your feet then you are certainly not alone! This common problem can occur for a wide range of reasons and an early diagnosis can really help the healing process.
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How to Create Balance in Life
It is often said that the key to a happy life is the ability to create balance in all that you do. This statement is of course open to interpretation and everyone can have their own ways of doing so.
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Symptoms and Treatment Options for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a fairly common condition that afflicts the hands and fingers. I have discussed this syndrome in a previous blog post and today I would like to examine it in greater detail!
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How Best to Treat a Clavicle Fracture
Injuring yourself is never going to be a fun experience and getting back to full health can be quite a drag! Injuries which are on the more serious side of the scale will often require surgery and then the patient may still have a long road to recovery ahead of them. Being able to treat an injury without surgery is generally going to be the preferred option of many patients. In some instances the choice to operate or not can be a tough one.
The clavicle is a common place to experience an injury, especially a fracture, and deciding whether to operate on it or not can be tricky. The clavicle forms part of the shoulder and aids in the suspension of the arm. It is also referred to as the collarbone. Clavicle injuries are most commonly experienced during bicycle or automobile accidents and also through contact sports. It is so prone to damage because it there isn’t a large amount of muscle in this area, meaning it has less protection from impact.
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Top Tips for Tackling Stress
Back in September we discussed a selection of useful ways to help eradicate stress from your life. As this is such an important part of maintaining optimum health, we would like to revisit this subject today.
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Is Barefoot Better?
Walking barefoot is something that the majority of us only really enjoy for extended periods of time when we are at home or on a beautiful beach vacation. However, experts have suggested that shunning our shoes more often could help to prevent commonly experienced foot injuries as well as improving posture and balance!
Tibia Fractures in Sports
As we explored in a previous blog post treating an athletic injury can be a tricky undertaking. Whether the injury is extreme or not so serious, it is still essential to follow a strict treatment plan.
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Treating an Athletic Injury
Being an athlete can be tremendous fun and very rewarding. However, being an athlete also means that you are generally at a high risk of injuring yourself. This is because of the muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones that are involved when playing a sport.
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Common Orthopedic Feet Problems
The feet are some of the most densely packed parts of the body, containing 33 joints, 26 bones, and over 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. The chance of problems arising in the feet are quite high, whether through the tolls of general living or through genetic predisposition.
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World Osteoporosis Day
Tomorrow people around the globe will observe World Osteoporosis Day. This is a day to recognise those who are afflicted with this condition and to raise awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of it. The day is put together by the International Osteoporosis Foundation with various activities taking place in over 90 different countries. The day itself has been happening since 1996, first started by the National Osteoporosis Society in the UK with the International Osteoporosis Foundation taking over the following year.
Each year the day takes on a special theme and this years theme is ‘Serve Up Bone Strength’. Themes in past years have included awareness, early detection, bone health, risk factors, quality of life, nutrition and more!
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