There are several reasons a person can suffer from joint pain. Joint pain can be the result of arthritis. Joint pain can affect more than one of your joints. The causes of joint pain can be cause by injuries or conditions the person may have. Inflammation in your joints can cause joint pain as well. The bursae are a fluid filled sac that cushions and pads the bony parts of your joints. The fluid filled sacs assist in the free movement of the tendons and muscles surrounding the bone. Continue reading
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Total Knee Replacement
Our legs bear the entire weight of our body and allow us to carry ourselves forward in the journey of life, crossing all hurdles and obstacles. Imagine what life would become with legs no more as active and healthy as they should be for your free and willing movement. Human knees may undergo several deformities and damages due to reasons like old age, injury, arthritis, accidents, and sudden lack of strength and degeneration of multiple factors required for the working of a healthy and fit knee. In all these cases, patients of knee disorder scan now take a sigh of relief from all kinds of incurable knee troubles as the total knee replacement surgeries are high in demand and success rate among hundreds of patients and solution-seekers. Continue reading
Total Knee Replacement Surgery
Health care professionals all over the world recommend total knee replacement surgery to treat certain medical conditions like the arthritis including trauma caused due to major injuries. With increasing sophistication of modern medicine and medical equipments, people suffering from problems get easy relief. But some risks are involved in the surgery that needs to be taken care of. There is a chance of operation going wrong and some of the knee replacement products or implants tend to have high rate of failure. Many of them are considered unsafe and also recalled. Continue reading
Runner’s Knee: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Runner’s knee that is also referred to as patelloformal pain or chondromalacia occurs at the time when the cartilage that is located below the surface of the knee cap that is called as patella starts to tear off resulting in pain and swelling. This layer of cartilage is responsible for lessening the amount of friction that occurs between the knee cap and the knee joint. Basically, this layer of cartilage weakens the surface below the knee cap; it is able to cause friction against the knee joint causing tremendous pain. Compared to the perennial problems of the runners’ knee that is the primary reason for affecting the young sportsperson particularly among women, the reasons for which is not so clear. Continue reading
Partial Knee Replacement
This surgical procedure o0f replacing the weight bearing surface to relieve the pain due to occurrence of osteoarthritis It is also useful to cure other knee diseases like rheumatoid & psoriatic arthriritis. In case of severe deformity caused this surgery is bit risky It is medically termed as unicompartmental arthroplasty. Continue reading
Pain Behind Knee
Knee pain is a common complain of many specially a bit aged people. It is originated from trouble with the knee joints; the main joint includes the medical & lateral components. Some 0pf the diseases those cause Pain behind knee are knee osteoarthritis, baker’s cyst, Discoid meniscus etc. Continue reading
Knee Strengthening Exercises
Physical exercises have always been the secret of fit and healthy bodies with better stamina and immunity to internal wear and tear and when it comes to preparing your knee to bear and withstand the blows and obstacles of time, old age, injuries and other common knee ailments, it is very important to adopt certain knee-strengthening exercises and everyday practices which one can perform to optimize the health, well-being, strength, stability and proper-functioning of knee against several odds. Continue reading
Knee Replacement Surgery
Knee Replacement surgery is advised for treating conditions such as acute or chronic inflammation of joints or the ordeal caused by a major surgery. Owing to the progress of tools and technologies in the medical front, there is lots of advancement in the practices that have helped the sufferers and provided them with a new way of life. Continue reading
Knee Replacement Surgery Recovery
The knee replacement surgery is considered a major surgical procedure and it is important for the patient to religiously follow the direction given by the expert orthopedic surgeon for effective knee replacement surgery recovery. The knee has to bear a great amount of weight and hence, a properly designed physical therapy is to be followed right after the knee surgery in order to ensure mobility and movement restoration to the affected knee joint. Continue reading
Knee Pain When Bending
This type of knee pain is medically termed as arthritis. A skilled physician may well trace the clues of origin of such pain & so the way of relief can be suggested also. Mobility of the knee can be affected number of commonly observed conditions. It may be in the form of swelling if any serious injury occurred in the internal structure. Continue reading
Knee Pain After Running
Jogging and running is considered one of the best exercises to keep one fit. However, for some, it could be tough, especially if you have problems with your knee. You might experience knee pain after running, especially after your stop to catch some breath. These are common occurrences and are experienced by many people either in one leg or on both the legs. The sensation felt might be a mild ache or writhing pain. Pains and aches resulting from running might be of a short duration or continue for hours or days even. Whatever be the cause, you might be looking for a permanent relief to get rid of this pain, once for all.
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Knee Anatomy
A proper and healthy joint of knee comprises of two important ligaments namely, Anterior Cruciate Ligaments or ACL and Posterior Cruciate Ligament or PCL that is responsible for the movements of the knee such as rotation and bending and they also associate the thighbone top shinbone. Continue reading