Your spine is also called your backbone or vertebral column is composed of 33 bones called vertebrae. Which provides your body with support and protects your spinal cord from injury. The vertebrae can be divided into five group’s cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccyx. Each of which has unique features suited
Bone cancer is a malignant form of cancer that begins in the bone and destroys normal bone cells. This unusual kind of cancer affects both adults and children. Most people who have a disease in their bones develop it from the secondary spread of another cancer. This condition is
The ankle is made up of three bones the tibia or shin bone, the fibula or calf bone, and the talus. The most common ankle fracture usually involves the fibula. Side Determination of Fibula: How do we determine the side of a fibula? The upper end of the
Most clavicle fractures will heal without an operation. They quite often managed in either a sling or brace to try to help support the weight of the arm to prevent the fracture from displacing and this also provides pain relief. You have sustained a fracture to the middle portion of
Osteo refers to bones and porosis means pores. So, osteoporosis is when there’s a higher breakdown of bone. A decrease in bone density to the point of potential fracture. Looking at a cross-section of a bone, there’s a hard-external layer known as the cortical bone and a softer internal
In this article, we are going to talk about knee pain. Why does it happen? What are the associated symptoms of knee pain and how it is managed? The knee joint is a very important joint of our body. It enables us to do daily tasks like walking, standing, and
Bones are the support system of the body, literally, apart from providing structure they also protect organs, anchor muscles, and store calcium. So it’s very important to keep them strong and healthy. When you’re young you tend to gain more bone mass than lose, but once you turn 30 your
Arthroscopy also calls ‘arthroscopic surgery’ is a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a joint in which an examination and sometimes treatment of damage is performed using an arthroscope and an endoscope that is inserted into the joint through a small incision. Arthroscopic procedures can be performed during anterior cruciate ligaments
What is Frozen Shoulder? Frozen shoulder is characterized by a generalized pain in the shoulder and progressive loss of mobility. So when assessing patients, they often have very nonspecific pain around the shoulder and they have difficulties in moving their arms in all directions. Frozen shoulder or its other term
What is Back Pain? Back pain is a common problem. It frequently results from the strain of normal muscle, ligament, or tendon. How is the back structured? The spine, or the backbone, is one of the strongest parts of the body and gives us a great deal and flexibility and
