So you recently suffered a minor sprain, scrape injury or underwent surgery. Your pain, however, is extremely intense and out of proportion to the injury. You may be suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Although this condition is not very common, when it does occur it can be very painful and disabling. It is […]
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You may have heard the term Scoliosis used before, and you may even remember being screened for Scoliosis when you were in grade school. But what exactly is Scoliosis? Normally, your spine will be straight when viewed from the front or back. When viewed from the side, a normal spine will form an ‘S’ curve.
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Shoulder injuries are common in swimmers because upper body motion is used in swimming as the primary form of locomotion. A common shoulder injury seen in swimmers is called Swimmer’s Shoulder. Swimming itself requires a lot of shoulder range of motion (ROM) and flexibility. This is often associated with an undesirable increase in joint laxity
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Concussions seem to be the hot topic these days due to all the research that has come out as to how serious they actually are. In the past, people would quickly brush off a hit to the head and would have returned to their sport immediately. With all the studies that have been published, though,
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What is Osgood-Schlatter? Osgood-Schlatter is the name given to pain and swelling at the lower part of the knee that occurs in children and adolescents who are going through puberty (ages 10-15). Osgood-Schlatter also occurs most often in children who participate in sports that involve running, jumping and quick changes of direction. These sports often
Turf Toe is a common injury that occurs in football, soccer, basketball and running. It is called Turf Toe since this injury most often occurs when playing on a turf field. Turf Toe is a sprain of the main joint between the big toe and the mid foot. A sprain is stretching or tearing of
Types of Dizziness We all know that feeling after spinning around quickly and stopping while the world continues to spin around you. While this feeling may be fun to induce as a young child, this similar feeling of dizziness can happen to individuals at random times. Often times, this dizziness is a very frightening feeling
Osteochondritis Dissecans is a condition that occurs in a joint, where a small segment of bone begins to separate from its surrounding region due to a lack of blood supply. As a result, the small piece of bone and the cartilage covering it begin to crack and loosen. Osteochondritis Dissecans occurs in children and adolescents,
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What is a Trigger Point? Trigger points are a small patch of muscle tissue in spasm, and they can occur for a number of reasons. When we develop aches and pains, our bodies automatically avoid using muscles that create the pain and start using other muscles a greater amount of the time. This is called
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The scapulothoracic joint is where your scapula, or shoulder blade, glides on the back of your chest wall. When movement of this joint causes feelings or sounds of grinding, popping or cracking it is referred as Snapping Scapula Syndrome. When this occurs, the tissue under the scapula may become irritated and inflamed. Prolonged irritation and
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