Have you been experiencing extreme stiffness or limited motion in your shoulder? You may have frozen shoulder, known medically as adhesive capsulitis. Frozen shoulder may be brought on from an injury, overuse, or from diseases like diabetes or a stroke. It occurs primarily in people aging 40-60, and appears more commonly in women. Frozen shoulder is characterized by three stages: The Free ...

Imagine this: You sneeze and suddenly you feel a sharp pain in your chest. You don’t think anything of it, but then gradually throughout the day the pain continues, but this time it happens after you simply take a deep breath in. You could be experiencing rib or chest pain caused by costochondritis or a costovertebral joint sprain. Costochondritis, broken down to mean inflammation (-itis) o ...

Scoliosis: chances are you have heard of it, but what is it? Scoliosis is the abnormal curvature of the spine, and comes from the Greek word skoliosis, meaning “crookedness.” Normally, an individual’s spine runs straight down the middle of the back, but for about 2% of the population their spines curve in either a “C” or “S” shape. The angle of the curve may be small or very pronounced, categ ...

Do you experience leg pain that is sometimes accompanied by tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness? If so, you may be experiencing sciatica. Sciatica itself is not a diagnosis, but a symptom of an underlying condition, which may include: lumbar disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis (when one bone, or vertebrae, in your back slides forward over the one below it), or spi ...

Bulging discs, also known as a spinal disc herniation (prolapsus disci intervertebralis), or informally and misleadingly referred to as a "slipped disc", is a medical condition effecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disc (discus intervertebralis) allows the soft, central portion (nucleus pulposus) to bulge out. Between every bon ...

Whiplash and whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) represent a range of injuries to the neck caused by, or related to, a sudden distortion of the neck. Most commonly whiplash and WADs are associated with motor vehicle accidents (MVA), particularly rear-ended accidents, but the injury can be sustained in many other ways, including falls or contact sports. Whiplash stands out as one of the main i ...

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge joint that connects your jaw to the temporal, or side, bones of your skull. The TMJ allows you to move your jaw up and down, and side to side in order to chew, talk, and yawn. If you have experienced pain in your TMJ, or if you have been diagnosed with temporomandibular disorder (TMD) these symptoms may sound familiar: Pain in your face, jaw, n ...

Are you experiencing low back and/or leg pain when you stand up? If so, you may be suffering from a dysfunction of the sacroiliac joint, or SI joint. There are two SI joints, and they sit on each side of the base of your spine near where the low back connects to the pelvis. The SI joints connect the sacrum (triangular bone found at the bottom of the spine) to the ilium (the rounded top found ...

A pinched nerve, or compressed nerve, happens when there is pressure on a nerve. This may be a result of repetitive motions, or from holding your body in one position for extended periods of time. Pain caused by a pinched nerve in your neck can radiate pain down into your arm, while a pinched nerve in your back can radiate all the way down into your leg. This happens because nerves extend fro ...

  Those who have experienced a migraine know how debilitating it can be. The exact cause of a migraine is still unknown, but for those who suffer from them know the symptoms all too well: a pulsing headache accompanied by nausea, vomiting, light sensitivity, and even distorted vision. Traditional migraine treatment often involves pain-relieving medications, taken at the time of the migraine ...