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There are two types of injuries: Acute injuries – that are usually due to a single traumatic event such as fractures, sprains, dislocations and muscle strain Overuse injuries – these are those that are usually more common in people who are active in sports and are due to repetitive use causing damage to the structures …
What is Sever’s disease? Sever’s disease is a painful bone disorder that results from inflammation of the growth plate of the heel. A growth plate is an area at the end of a developing bone where cartilage cells develop into bone cells. It is a common cause of heel pain in growing kids especially those …
Sinding-Larsen Johansson syndrome (SLJS) is named after Norwegian physician Christian Magnus Falsen Sinding-Larsen (1866-1930) and Swedish surgeon Sven Christian Johansson (1880-1959). It is a common cause of knee pain in adolescents. SLJS is caused by increased tension and pressure due to repetitive pulling by the patellar tendon causing inflammation on the lower part of the …
Body fat can be measured in a variety of ways and can be used to help gauge a person’s physical fitness or to track the progress of a weight loss or weight gain regime. There are different body fat measurement types, each with varying levels of ease and accuracy. Some can be done by the individual, …
Facet joint pain, otherwise known as facet joint syndrome or zygapophysial joint pain, is back pain generated by the facet joints. The facet joints are made up of two protrusions located at the back of the each vertebral body and are present between each adjacent vertebra. They are the only lubricating joints present in the …
The hip labrum is a fibrocartilaginous structure that lines the hipbone socket, which is also called the acetabulum. It is usually triangular, but may also be round, irregular or flattened. The incidence of a triangular shape actually decreases with age, while the incidence of round and irregular shapes increases with age. The labrum acts as …
The “ball and socket” hip joint consists of a femoral head (or head of the thighbone) and the hipbone socket, otherwise called the acetabulum. The femoral head is covered with cartilage and enclosed in a capsule, and is connected to the femoral shaft by the femoral neck. The femoral neck is at an angle of …
Tendons are the cords that attach muscle to bone and are highly involved in the transfer of muscular tension to the skeleton, thereby relieving the stress placed on muscles . This involvement requires strength, elasticity and flexibility. The Achilles tendon, named after the great mythological warrior and hero of Homer’s Iliad who died after an …
The shoulder joint, or the glenohumeral joint, has the widest range of motion compared to any other joint in the body. This range of motion, however, is at the sacrifice of stability. The joint is therefore stabilized by static stabilizers, such as the shoulder joint cavity (by its shape, size, and orientation), and dynamic stabilizers …
The hip joint is a ball and socket joint where the head of the femoral bone (the thigh bone) is the ball that fits into the socket present in the pelvic bone called the acetabulum. The wide range of motion afforded by the hip joint is second only to the shoulder joint, which is the …
