Sciatica can be a difficult condition to manage. Often causing pain in the back, legs and hips, sciatica can have a significant impact on your comfort level and physical capacity. One characteristic symptom is a shooting pain that radiates along the sciatic nerve. As...
Hip pain can be frustrating and uncomfortable. This pain can be even more challenging when it begins to disrupt your sleep. If you experience hip pain when lying down, you are not alone. This symptom is fairly common and can often be treated with physical therapy....
If you have begun to delve into the world of physical therapy, you may have heard of a treatment called dry needling. This technique has surged in popularity over recent years due to its effective results and range of applications. However, you may wonder about the...
Heel bursitis is an often uncomfortable condition characterized by symptoms like foot pain and swelling. Bursitis refers to the inflammation of the bursae, which are small sacs that serve to cushion joints in the body. When these sacs are inflamed, you may experience...
Experiencing jaw, ear and neck pain? A dysfunction in the TMJ (temporomandibular joint) could be the cause. TMJ pain typically affects the jaw joint as well as its surrounding muscles. This leads to many people experiencing symptoms in other parts of the head and...
From professional athletes in their prime to senior citizens in their relaxing years, anyone can fall prey to injuries. With an injury can come swelling, also known as edema. Is swelling good for healing, or should everything be done to alleviate the swelling? The...
The wrist is a modified ball-and-socket joint that is made up of three joints: the radiocarpal joint, ulnocarpal joint and distal radioulnar joint. The radiocarpal joint is where the radius (a forearm bone) meets the first row of wrist bones. A wrist fracture can...
Your spine is made up of 33 individual vertebrae that interlock to form a canal to protect your spinal cord. Your spinal cord is the system of nerves your body uses to send messages to and from your brain and muscles and vice versa. The seven bones of your spine that...
Many people with an inflammatory condition such as osteoarthritis choose to treat their joint pain with a cortisone injection. If you’ve never received a cortisone injection before, you may be wondering how to care for the injection site and how much activity you can...
Cortisone shots are commonly used to help relieve pain and inflammation in the joints. They are often used as part of treatment for inflammatory conditions such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. Cortisone injections are given for a number of other physical...