An average, healthy person should try to take 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day, adding up to about 115,000 miles in a lifetime. By age 70, the person will have walked the equivalent of 4 times around the globe. Unfortunately, many miles are walked in uncomfortable shoes that do not fit properly and cause pain and foot problems.
Recovering from a musculoskeletal injury or condition with or without surgery is a long and complex process. Your orthopedic surgeon or PA will schedule one or more follow-up appointments after the first diagnosis and treatment of your injury or condition.
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the United States, with an estimated 8.6 million children ages 6 to 17 participating annually in organized and recreational baseball. With the start of the spring baseball season, doctors see an increase in elbow problems in young baseball players, medial apophysitis, “Little Leaguer’s elbow.”
Dupuytren’s contracture is a thickening and shortening of the deep supporting tissue of the hand (palmar fascia), found above the bones and tendons and below the skin of the hand. The thickening and shortening below the skin surface causes lumps on the palm of the hand that results in constricted fingers bent down toward the palm, preventing the hand from opening.
The crack of the bat and the ball flies to third base, but when he or she reaches for the catch, the ball jams the outstretched middle finger and the ball is not caught. Instead, the player just caught baseball or mallet finger.
Spring is here. Spring is the season for young athletes to get back in shape, but it is also the season for youth sport injuries. April is National Youth Sports Safety Month with the objective of reducing the number and severity of injuries young players sustain in sports.
Skateboarding is a popular recreational activity among children and teenagers but includes risk for injury. In 2013, 120,424 people were treated in hospital emergency rooms after being injured skateboarding, according to the National Safety Council. Many injuries happen when a child loses balance, falls off the skateboard and lands on an outstretched arm. Skateboarding injuries often involve the wrist, ankle or face.
In the heat of summer, when there are exceptionally high temperatures, proper hydration is crucial. Water plays an important role in keeping your body healthy, including flushing out waste products and regulating body temperature.
Remember the summer Olympics when beach volleyball players sported black, pink or blue tape strips on their shoulders and legs? Kinesiology is the science behind muscular and skeletal movement. Kinesiology tape is designed to support muscles and joints without impeding movement.
Approximately 1% of the population suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. Learn the causes, effects, and treatments for this autoimmune disease.
A 2016 study published in Pediatrics found that from 2010 to 2014 100,000 emergency room visits per year in the U.S. were trampoline-related injuries. Medical, legal, liability, work loss, and pain and suffering costs related to trampoline injuries were estimated at nearly $9 billion in 2014.
Cycling is one of the best ways to maintain weight and boost a person’s overall health because it’s an intense cardio workout for the entire body. The number of cyclists has increased in the U.S., however, so has the amount of injuries. The good news is that there are several ways in which you can protect yourself every time you get on your bike.
Many insurance plans provide more coverage for hospitals, clinics, and doctors that are in the insurance plan’s network. Your insurance plan may cover much less or nothing at all for all other hospitals, clinics, and doctors who are out-of-network. Therefore, when choosing where to go to get medical care, you need to check the list of in-network providers.
A fracture is a broken bone. A bone may be completely fractured or partially fractured in any number of ways. The severity of a fracture usually depends on the force that caused the break. The bone may crack rather than break all the way through or the bone may shatter.
Bunions are a deformity of the MTP joint at the base of the big toe. A bunion develops when the first metatarsal bone of the foot turns outward and the big toe points inward.
