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Often overlooked and underappreciated, rarely does one consider the hip until there is a fall or painful flare up. To be sure, our hips don’t lie as they become more vulnerable to injury with age. And one tell-tale sign of a hip joint condition is pain in the groin area. While groin pain can be
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Is My Gym Routine Hurting My Shoulder?
If you experience shoulder pain after going to the gym, there is a good chance your gym routine may be to blame. Going to the gym may be helping you achieve your goal of getting cut, losing weight, and getting strong, but if it’s hurting your shoulders, you are failing yourself. If any of the
Read MorePreventing Wear and Tear Injuries
Wear and tear injuries are exactly as one would expect. Nothing sudden, they happen over the course of time as constant stress or strain is placed on a certain part of the body, usually tendons, joints, and muscles. While many of these injuries are sports-related – exercises or our favorite sports just start to wear
Read MoreFive Things You Should Know if You Have Diabetic Foot Disease
By the time a person reaches 50, they will have on average traveled 75,000 miles on their feet. This is excluding those of us who are athletes or simply enjoy taking the scenic route on foot. So, no wonder so many of us complain about aching feet! Whether it’s bunions or ingrown toenails, or something
Read MoreWarning Signs of Osteoporosis
Our bones are what anatomically make a person who they are, the framework for everyday movement and stability. Did you ever stop to think, how do I know whether my bones are healthy or not? I mean, we can’t see them, because they are beneath our skin. We can’t listen to them like our heart
Read MoreHow Bone Density Screening Can Save Your Life
Bone loss can sneak up on a person, increasing the risk for dangerous – even deadly – fractures, pain, and reduced quality of life. Simply put, a hip fracture in an older person can kill; not because of the break itself, but the downward spiral in health problems it often triggers. Especially for older adults,
Read MoreWhat are Compression Fractures?
That nagging back pain that never seems to let up. You’ve changed your sleeping positions, visited countless chiropractors and keep your back on a steady rotation of heating, icing, and over-the-counter pain medications, but have seen no changes in your back pain. What if your back pain was more than just an occasional ache, but
Read MoreNeck Pain and Jaw Pain: What is the Connection?
It’s easy to determine why neck pain and jaw pain would be related – because one affects the other. If your jaw muscles are tight for whatever reason, it could in turn pull on the muscles within your neck causing quite literally…a pain in your neck. The culprit of your jaw and neck pains could
Read MoreAcute vs. Chronic Spinal Pain
“Oh my aching back,” sounds like a cliché from a vintage TV show. At the surface of it, one would think pain is pain. But imagine feeling a sharp stabbing pain that stops you in your tracks. Then consider chronic pain, that dull, aching or throbbing that never seems to go away and we just
Read MoreDealing with Bulging Discs in the Neck
Either from exercise, trauma, or overexertion, a bulging – or herniated disc – can affect your body in different ways. While some symptoms are more cumbersome than others, it’s important not to ignore the signs you are experiencing. A herniated disc can affect your spine and your spinal cord so it’s imperative that you consult
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