The work pattern of computer professionals carries a lot of orthopedic disorders. The chief complaint is constant pain in the upper limbs, neck, shoulders, and back. Upper limb disorders (also called RSI, or tenosynovitis) are the most worse as they may rapidly lead to permanent incapacity.
Repetitive strain injury occurs when the movable parts [...]
Knee pain is serious business. Without freedom of movement in your knees you feel like a cripple. We see ads all the time for painkillers, heat wraps, and other temporary solutions to knee pain. I am talking about bursitis or arthritis pain in this message.
Whenever we injure our knees or any other joint our bodies [...]
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), also known as Upper Limb Disorders (ULD) or Occupational Overuse Injuries (OOI), is a term which includes a range of different conditions. These conditions include:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendonitis
- Tenosynovitis
- Bursitis
- Tennis Elbow
- Writer?s Cramp
What are the symptoms of RSI?
Depending on which condition somebody is suffering, the affected area is usually a wrist, elbow, neck, back [...]
If it hurts to touch a point that’s in the middle of one side of your buttocks, you probably have piriformis syndrome. This chronic condition is very difficult to diagnose, because other injuries may produce exactly the same symptoms. Similar pain may be the result of an injury to bones, muscles, tendons, bursae (pads between [...]
If you find your joints are warm, tender, or swollen, these may be early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis.
This condition affects approximately one percent of the United States’ population and generally more prevalent in women than men.
Early symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis generally occur between 25 and 50 years of age, but can show up in individuals [...]
Cold and Numb Feet
This problem occurs due to a lack of proper blood circulation. Numb and cold feet are the result of very limited or no activity, leading to blockage of one of the arteries which reduces blood circulation; moreover, the feet do not have enough fat to act as insulation. In such conditions keep [...]
Problems with the neck, shoulder and arm are often called different things by patients: neuritis; bursitis; neuralgia; rheumatism; frozen shoulder; fibrositis; sprained, strained, or sore muscles; or ?poor circulation.? Some people may blame their shoulder (or other joint) problems on ?old age? even though their other shoulder, which doesn?t have any problems, is [...]
I?m not going to accept any ?FACTS? from doctors. Boy, was that a harsh statement. What a way to start an article. I was just diagnosed with advance stages of Arthritis in my lower back. Both shoulders has bursitis in them and I?m only 47 years old. I was told that there is no cure. [...]
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2003, approximately 13.7 million people visited the doctor?s office seeking treatment for shoulder pain.
Causes
Shoulder injuries can be caused by a number of things, among them are a number of sports activities. The excessive overhead motion involved in swimming, tennis, baseball and weightlifting can cause shoulder pain [...]
Every movement you make requires a muscle tendon to move over a bone. This would cause immeasurable friction and pain if not for tiny, fluid filled sacks called bursa. Bursa are scattered all over the body and are likened to small sandwich baggies filled with an oily fluid, devoid of any air. Placed between to [...]
