About Chiropractors / Chiropractic - Guide to Chiropractors and Chiropractic Care
A three-part guide to chiropractors and chiropractic care. Chiropractic is a form of health care that focuses on the relationship between the body's structure, primarily of the spine, and function. Doctors of chiropractic, who are also called chiropractors or chiropractic physicians, use a type of hands-on therapy called manipulation (or adjustment) as their core clinical procedure.
Acronyms for Tests, Treatments, & Surgical Procedures
Acronyms for tests, treatments, & surgical procedures related to arthritis.
Advances in Hip Replacement Surgery
Some people suffering from arthritis have maintained a higher quality of life because of successful joint replacement surgery.
Arthritic Fingers Point To Heart Disease
Research findings point to an association between osteoarthritis in a single finger joint in men and the likelihood they will die from cardiovascular disease.
Arthritis Hand Photo Gallery
Hand damage and deformity caused by arthritis can include nodules, swelling, stiffness, ulnar drift, contractures, and other problems. Photos of hands damaged by arthritis.
Arthritis Pain - Questions and Answers about Arthritis Pain
Most forms of arthritis are associated with pain that can be divided into two general categories: acute and chronic. Acute pain is temporary. Chronic pain, such as that seen in people with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, can last a lifetime. Learn more about arthritis pain in this 10 part Q and A.
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System
The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System is an alternative to traditional hip replacement.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Step-By-Step
The steps involved in the development of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Test Your Knowledge
The wrist is surrounded by a band of tissue. Between the band of tissue and the wrist bone is the carpal tunnel. How much do you know about carpal tunnel syndrome? Take our quiz.
Carpal Tunnel: Prevention vs. Surgery?
Two recent reports offer different solutions as to what should be the primary treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. One study from the Netherlands suggests surgery is more effective than splinting, while another report claims prevention is the key.
Compartment syndrome
Compartment syndrome involves the compression of nerves and blood vessels within an enclosed space, leading to impaired blood flow and nerve damage. Compartment syndrome is most common in the lower leg and forearm, although it can also occur in the hand, foot, thigh and upper arm.
DeQuervain's tenosynovitis
The definition of and related information to DeQuervain's tenosynovitis.
Do You Use Joint Protection Techniques?
You can lessen arthritis pain and preserve your joints by following joint protection techniques and principles.
Electrical Stimulation Helps Knee OA
A study of the use of home-based neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for the purpose of improving quadricep strength in older adults with knee osteoarthritis has produced promising results. The report in the July 2003 Journal of Rheumatology points to NMES as a alternative when medications, exercise, and surgery are not options.
Facet Arthropathy - Fast Facts
Facet arthropathy is caused by facet joints becoming arthritic and painful. Facet arthropathy can be a cause of back pain.
Foot Care - Guide To Foot Care and Common Foot Problems
Learn more with this guide to foot care and common foot problems.
Gout Screening Quiz
Gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis. Do you have symptoms which are associated with gout? Do you have a lifestyle which increases the risk factors associated with gout? Take our Gout Screening Quiz.
Guide to Avascular Necrosis (Osteonecrosis)
Avascular Necrosis is a disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones. The disease is also known as osteonecrosis, aseptic necrosis and ischemic bone necrosis.
Guide to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition thought to be a disorder of the nervous system. Older terms used to describe complex regional pain syndrome are reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) and causalgia.
Guide To Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)
TMD is not just one disorder, but a group of conditions, often painful, that affect the jaw joint (temporomandibular joint, or TMJ) and the muscles that control chewing. TMD disorders fall into three main categories: myofascial pain, internal derangement of the joint, and degenerative joint disease, such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis in the jaw joint.
Help Your Arthritis Treatment Work
You can help your treatment work. Arthritis can strike at any age. It hurts the joints, where two bones meet. It damages the joints and makes them stiff and painful. Correct treatment can ease the pain and help prevent more damage.
Hip Replacements Can Loosen
Though hip replacement surgery can relieve pain dramatically and improve mobility, it is not always a permanent solution. Implant loosening can result in the need for revision surgery.
HIV and Arthritis: What's The Connection?
HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, can also cause arthritis pain, joint pain, muscle pain, and muscle weakness. It's important to determine whether the symptoms of rheumatic disease presented by a patient are or are not associated with HIV. Rheumatic disease associated with HIV may alter usual treatment and prognosis.
How to protect your joints
Advice about good body mechanics and assistive equipment to help you avoid further damage to your joints.
How to recover from hip replacement surgery
Important advice to make your recovery from hip replacement surgery without complications.
Hyalgan - What is Hyalgan?
A brief explanation and fast facts about Hyalgan injections.
Jaw Joint Disorders - What are Temporomandibular Joint Disorders?
A brief explanation and fast facts about Temporomandibular Joint Disorders.
Joint Dislocation
Joints are areas where two or more bones come together. If a sudden impact injures a joint, the bones that meet at that joint may become dislocated (not connected). It may be hard to tell a dislocated bone from a broken bone. Both are emergency situations.
Joint Replacement Screening Quiz - When Is It The Right Time?
When is it the right time to have a joint replacement? It is a complicated question for people with arthritis, living with intractable joint pain. There are important things to consider while making the decision with your doctor or surgeon.
Low Back Pain - Guide to Low Back Pain
If you have low back pain, you are not alone. Nearly everyone at some point has low back pain that interferes with work, routine daily activities, or recreation.
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