Compartment syndrome is a very serious medical condition, and can cause loss of limb and even life. It happens when the presurre in the muscle compartments is very high that it squeezes and compresses, causing lack of blood flow to the areas, and this can compromise the structures there. Think of it like asphyxiation to…
Heat therapy and cold therapy are the most common types of non-invasive pain relief that can work for physical injuries and pains such as back pains, knee pains and shoulder pains. The thing is that these two different treatment modalities are not interchangeable – they have different case use for specific types of problems and…
Biomechanics refers to the forces that the human body uses to move. When done right, it’s smooth and pain-free…but when there’s a problem with the biomechanics, it will lead to pain and injury to the physical body such as joints tendons muscles ligaments muscles etc Sometimes people think “biomechanics are only for athletes and sporty…
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood-forming cells, and is the most commonest type of cancer diagnosis in children. Unfortunately, the exact cause of leukemia is still unknown fornow. The good news is that survival rates of children with leukemia is improving in years and research, and will likely continue to improve as scientists continue…
Back pain is not only painful, but also very disruptive to daily routines and lifestyle. Most of our patients will skip work for days, and sometimes they’re even confined to their beds or chairs for most of the day. Unfortunately, around 60-70% of adults suffer from back pain. That’s a minimum of 6 adults out…
A bunion is the enlargement of the joint at the base of the big toe, which causes the big toe to bend towards the other toes as the joint becomes larger. Can it be painful? Yes, patients often report pain, and unfortunately many patients develop arthritis of the joint as the joint continues to stiffen…
There’s an estimated 116,000,000 Americans who have chronic pain every year, and it costs an averae of $600,000,000,000 for medical treatment, lost work time and lost income. Chronic pain is ongoing pain in one or more parts in the body…with or without any real body tissue damage due to injury or illness, beyond normal tissue…
Clavicle fractures are also known as broken collar bones, are very common injuries (especially in children and young adults). Most of the time, the causes are car accidents (typically drivers) falling on outstretched hand direct blows such as sports injuries or accidents Note: collar bone fractures are the MOST commonly fractured bone in the body…
Delayed onset muscle soreness, a term that’s very common and commonly shortened to “DOMS” basically means muscle soreness and aches that happens hours after a workout, exercise or activity. Common aches It’s really common, especially for gym rats (like myself haha) runners / people who workout people who suddenly pushed or increased the duration /…
Ever since our first kid, Olivia, was born, my wife’s gone all baby-carrier-wrap-happy, and that started back in 2015. Our second kid, David, spent lots of time in the baby carrier too; and now our third kid, Josh, is the same. We. Love. Baby. Carrying. Or. Wrapping. We’d tried them all: baby carriers baby wraps…
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