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Understanding Shoulder Impingement: Symptoms,...
Shoulder impingement is a common cause of shoulder pain in approximately 50% of patients reporting shoulder problems. It may also be referred to as cuff tendonitis or shoulder bursitis, which is more...
Understanding Complicated Low Back Pain: Causes,...
Low back pain is a common condition, yet in 85% of cases, no definitive cause is identified. For most patients, the pain resolves within three months. However, in some patients, the pain is multifactorial...
Trendelenburg Gait: Causes, Symptoms, and Role...
During the stance phase of the gait cycle, the gluteus medius work to maintain both hips at the same level. Trendelenburg gait is an abnormal gait that is usually found in people with weak abductor muscle...
Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Osgood-Schlatter disease is a traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle resulting from repetitive microtrauma.
Hand and Finger Pain: Common Causes and Symptoms...
This video is a short overview of common hand problems e. g. carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.
Neck Pain, Cervical Disc Herniation and Cervical...
Cervical disc herniation occurs most frequently at the level of C6 - C7. It also can occur at C5 - C6. The patient will complain of neck pain due to nerve root irritation with pain radiating to ipsilateral...
Sciatica Impersonators Explained: Causes, Symptoms,...
A lumbar disc herniation is the most common cause of lumbar radiculopathy which is pain radiating from the lower back into the lower extremity. However, there are a lot of other pathology that can present...
Complete Guide to Low Back Pain: Causes, Diagnosis,...
This video shows complete guide to low back pain: causes, diagnosis, imaging, and effective treatment options.
Can Scapular Pain Come From the Neck?
Neck pain or shoulder pain, can we differentiate the pain? This video explains the key elements in the diagnostic process.
Piriformis Syndrome - a Hidden Cause of Sciatica
Piriformis syndrome is a condition of leg pain or sciatica due to compression of the sciatic nerve at the hip. Piriformis syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion.
Low Back Pain - Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment
Acute low back pain or low back pain with sciatica radiating to the lower leg and to the foot. Both conditions are initially treated conservatively for at least six weeks by: physical therapy, anti-inflammatory...
Aged Disc - Everything You Need to Know
We know that the disc has an annulus fibrosus outside and a nucleus pulposus inside. The outside structure of the intervertebral disc (annulus fibrosus) provides stability. With aging, there is degeneration...
Sciatica, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Sciatica pain usually affects one side of the body. Sometimes this pain is called "lumbar radiculopathy" or "true sciatica".
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis & Sciatica
Lumbar spinal stenosis occurs due to hypertrophy of the facet joints and the ligamentum flavum, and due to disc degeneration or arthritis. All of these conditions restricts the nerve root canal causing...
Is it Compression Neuropathy or Sciatica?
The video "Is It Compression Neuropathy or Sciatica?" explains the differences between the two conditions. Compression neuropathy is caused by pressure on a nerve, leading to localized pain...