Treating Golfers Elbow at home can be done effectively with rest and the correct treatment information. If you suffer from a recurring pain on the inside of your elbow there’s the possibility you may have a condition called Golfers Elbow or Medial Epicondylitis as it’s medically known. Golfers Elbow is a fairly common condition and […]
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If you are over the age of 55 and suffer from frequent or recurring neck pain then you may have a condition called Cervical Spondylosis or Neck Arthritis (osteoarthritis) as it’s more commonly known. Neck Arthritis can be quite a troublesome condition. Often it comes and goes, some days you can wake up and feel […]
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Treating Tennis Elbow at home can be done effectively with rest and the correct treatment advice. The condition produces a recurring pain on the outside of your elbow and is medically known as Lateral Epicondylitis. Tennis elbow is a painful condition that comes and goes. It’s an irritation to the lateral epicondyle, the bony point […]
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Heat therapy can be very beneficial for the treatment of muscle pain. Heat is a vasodilator, it takes blood vessels from constriction or reduced blood flow to a position of dilation and increased blood flow. Often when we experience pain in our bodies the brain reacts with a contracture. It attempts to try and protect […]
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Ice therapy can be very beneficial in the treatment of some musculoskeletal conditions. Cold is a vasoconstrictor which reduces blood flow and helps to clamp the muscles and blood flow to certain tissues which might be inflamed or sore. Now as a general rule of thumb ice therapy is really helpful following a trauma, injury […]
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“The countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis are the ones where people drink the most milk and have the most calcium in their diets. The connection between calcium consumption and bone health is actually very weak, and the connection between dairy consumption and bone health is almost non-existent.” – Amy Lanou Ph.D., nutrition director for […]
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Reducing inflammation can be a challenge. It’s a commonly known fact that most musculoskeletal pain is made worse by inflammation. Inflammatory fluid contains chemical mediators which amplify pain signals to the brain. This amplified pain sensation serves as a natural protective mechanism to prevent us from making things worse. In chronic conditions such as degenerative […]
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Most people are aware that the use of hot cold treatment can be very beneficial in treating some musculoskeletal conditions but a lot of people get confused about which one to use and at what stages of rehabilitation should they go from using one to the other? As a general rule of thumb, the use […]
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Are you confused about when to use hot and cold therapy in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions or do you want to know just a little bit more about how hot cold therapy works? Here we explain what the effects of hot and cold are on the body and why at certain times the use […]
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Does your back sometimes lock up or go into a painful low back spasm for no reason at all? What is a low back spasm? Back spasms are very common, and they are completely debilitating when they occur. Often, they come unannounced with no explanation and it can take days or sometimes even weeks for […]
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