Bone, Joint & Muscles Disorders

May 30, 2008

A Sedentary Lifestyle Could Cause You Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritic condition that affects the spine or backbone. It can also affect the eyes, heart, lungs, and occasionally the kidneys. Even though spondylitis may affect any age group, men in their 20s and 30s are more ...

May 30, 2008

Treating Whiplash due to Trauma or Accidents

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The serious injuries to the neck due to some kind of distortion are collectively called as whiplash. The common causes of whiplash are accidents most prominently motor vehicle accidents. However, some other accidents as falling on the neck or ...

May 30, 2008

Yoga For Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis which affects the spinal cord and sacroiliac joints. Patients with ankylosing spondylitis experience pain and stiffness in lower back as well as in middle part of spine, knees, heels, hips, neck, ...

May 30, 2008

Risk Factors For Gouty Arthritis

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The main cause of development of gout is deposition of uric acid crystals in the synovial fluid and synovial lining of joints. This disease causes the inflammation, pain, redness and tenderness of the joints of big toe, ankles, knees, feet, wrists ...

May 30, 2008

Tests And Treatments For Rhabdomyolysis

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Rhabdomyolysis is the disease in which skeletal muscles are damaged and they start deteriorating after sometime. Their deterioration releases such substances in the body, which can be toxic. These toxic substances can affect several organs and parts ...

May 30, 2008

Psoriatic Arthritis – Chronic Inflammatory Condition Causes Skin Rash

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Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory condition associated with psoriasis. Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease characterized by thick, red patches on skin on certain areas of body. The joints of knees, toes, wrists, fingers, shoulders and ...

May 30, 2008

Osteoarthritis Prevention With Diet and Exercise

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It is said that prevention is always better than cure. It is true especially in case of osteoarthritis which is a degenerative disease of joints causing inflammation and disability of joints. There are various surgical and non-surgical options for ...

May 30, 2008

Genetic Treatment Methods And Protocols Of Muscular Dystrophy

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Muscular dystrophy is progressive weakening of muscle due to some genetic reasons. As it occurs due to genetic reasons, it also occurs due to heredity. A patient suffering from muscular dystrophy will experience progressive weakening of skeletal ...

May 28, 2008

Symptoms & Treatment of Lordosis (Inward Bent Back Due to Curved Spine)

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A normal spine when seen from the back usually appears straight. Lordosis however is the curvature of the back bones (vertebrae), giving the spine a swayback kind of appearance. People with significant Lordosis have a more than normal space beneath ...

May 28, 2008

Home Remedies for Herniated Disc

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Herniated disc-What is it and what can you do? Spongy discs are present between the adjacent vertebrae in the spine. They work as shock absorbers in the spine and thus are very important. However, they may be damaged due to some reason and thus the ...