Musculoskeletal Issues Articles

Symptoms that indicate pinched nerveWhen surrounding tissues put too much pressure on a nerve, then such nerve is pinched. Since nerves are responsible for transmitting information from various body parts...

Injuries and disorders of organs in the body usually produce painful sensations. Neck pain can be either an acute, sudden condition or something patient has for some time (chronic pain...

Osteomyelitis is a medical term that refers to infection of bone tissue. In majority of cases bones get infected due to spread of infective agents (predominantly bacteria) via bloodstream. However...

Inflammation: what needs to be known?A lot of people have heard of inflammation but are not quite sure what it means. Inflammation is the defensive system of the body. White...

OverviewTendonitis, or as we refer to also, the inflammation of the tendon(s), is very common ailment and one of the most frequent possible results of the injury of the tendon...

Children tend to complain of joint pain quite often. However, parents need not worry too much because in most cases joint pain is a symptom of some serious disease. There...

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, also known under several more names (Still's disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis etc.) represents a group of disorder all of which have one thing in common- inflammation of...

Upper arm and shoulder pain can be caused by many reasons, but the most common are sprains, strains and overuse. There are self-care steps, which will have to be taken...

Jumper’s knee can be understood as comprising an excess of stress placed on the knee as a result of jumping. This condition usually has an affect on the joining of...

Dwarfism is the term used for short stature caused by certain medical conditions some of which are genetic. The height of such individuals is 4 feet 10 inches (147 cm)...