Principle/Importance of PRICE protocol
Hundreds of athletes sustain acute injuries everyday which can be treated safely at home using the P.R.I.C.E treatment. An acute sports injury is one in which there is a specific mechanism of injury (hit by ball, plant and twist, collision with opponent) and an immediate onset of symptoms including swelling, pain, bleeding, and possible deformity. […]
Ankle Sprain
An ankle sprain is an injury to the tough bands of tissue (ligaments) that surround and connect the bones of the leg to the foot. The injury typically happens when you accidentally twist or turn your ankle in an awkward way. This can stretch or tear the ligaments that hold your ankle bones and joints […]
ACL (Anterior cruciate ligament) Injury
One of the most common ways people hurt their knees is by injuring their ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). This is one of the bands of tissue that holds the bones together within your Knee. It also helps to keep your Knee stable. You can stretch or tear your ACL if you make a sudden movement or […]
Everything You Need To Know About Text Neck
Text neck is a new generation medical term to describe repeated stress injury and pain in the neck resulting from excessive use (watching or texting) of hand held devices in same position for a prolong period of time. This condition is a growing lifestyle and health condition with the continuous progression in mobile user population […]
Everything You Need To Know About Tennis Elbow
What is Tennis Elbow? Tennis elbow is an inflammation of the tendons of the elbow characterized by pain and tenderness over the outer aspect of forearm caused by overuse or repeated use of the extensor group of muscles of the forearm. It is also known as lateral epicondylitis. What may cause you Tennis Elbow? Activities other […]
Everything you need to know about ACL injury
Before we start about ACL injury we should have idea about knee joint, how it is formed and how it helps in our functional activities…….. Knee joint is the largest and most complex joint of the body. Type- saddle type of joint Articular surfaces – Important ligaments : Other structures includes medial meniscus, lateral meniscus,oblique […]
Causes and treatment of knee pain in young adult
Knee pain is a common complaint in older people, but some young adults also suffer from it ,this article explains the condition that can cause knee pain in young adult. What is the knee joint? Knee joint consist of the joint between the thigh bone (femur) and the leg bone (tibia) ; in addition to […]
Golfer’s elbow
Many recreational golfers may experience pain on the inside of their elbows. This condition usually presents with tenderness and also with restricted wrist motion in the direction of the palm. It happens when the muscles that bent the wrist or elbow become inflamed or irritated. Generally the inflammation occurs with repeated movements of the wrist […]
Way of understanding vitamin D deficiency
Like other nutrients vitamin D is very essential for our body. The great source of this vitamin is sunlight and every single cell of our body has vitamin D receptor. Besides animal source like fish and milk products also contain vitamin D also. According to health researchers, vitamin D produced from cholesterol when our skin […]
Know about Patellar Tendinitis
The patella or the kneecap is the small and freestanding bone that lies between the thighbone (femur) and the shin bone (tibia). Patellar Tendinitis (Jumper’s Knee) is an injury to the patellar tendon, due to undue stress on the knee joint. This injury is more common in sports people or athletes than in ordinary people. […]