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When to Get Shoulder Replacement Surgery

If you were advised to get shoulder replacement surgery, you may be wondering if it’s a good idea to keep delaying it. The decision you ultimately make depends on your unique situation. Let’s take a look at what exactly a shoulder replacement surgery is for, when it’s better to put it off for later in

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What Special Training Do Sports Medicine Physicians Have?

Sports medicine doctors have specialized education and training in diagnosing, treating, and helping to prevent sports-related injuries. Sports medicine physicians generally focus on orthopedics, which is a branch of medicine that concentrates on health issues related to the musculoskeletal system (bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and ancillary structures). Many patients often ask whether sports medicine

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When to See a Doctor About Shoulder Pain

There are a variety of reasons why you may be experiencing shoulder pain, and an orthopedic physician will be able to determine the cause of your pain as well as recommend ways to effectively and efficiently treat it. What Causes Shoulder Pain? Common causes of shoulder pain include: Arthritis, osteoporosis, and other chronic, degenerative conditions

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Effective Self-Care for Tennis Elbow

Few active people pay much attention to the key structural elements of the body, such as tendons, muscles, and joints – until something goes wrong. When you develop tennis elbow, either through a sport like tennis or through similar repetitive use or disease, your ability to take part in athletic activities and sports is severely

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5 Steps to Shoulder Pain Relief

If you watch the arm of a pitcher at a baseball game, you’ll witness how wonderfully the shoulder is made: strong, flexible, powerful. The shoulder joint comprises a team of bones, tendons, ligaments, and muscles to perform an incredibly wide range of motion at the arm. But this motion range and versatility comes at a

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Is my job causing my hand pain?

Your hands are versatile enough to perform a variety of tasks, from gripping and lifting heavy weights to buttoning your clothes or threading a needle. But with 27 individual bones, 30 muscles and more than a dozen joints; plus a network of nerves, blood vessels and tendons, many things can go wrong. When it comes

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Why Does my Thumb Twitch Sometimes?

Voluntary muscles get their name because normally we can control their actions. In contrast, involuntary muscles, such as the heart, beat to their own rhythm. The muscles in our hands and thumbs are voluntary muscles. Sometimes, though, our voluntary muscles seem to go rogue, twitching uncontrollably. There are a number of reasons your thumb might

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What Are Those Bumps and Lumps on Your Hand?

The sudden appearance of a round or oval bump on the back of the hand or on the side of the wrist may be upsetting, if not downright alarming. Most likely, it’s a ganglion cyst. That sounds scary, but don’t let the name frighten you. Ganglion cysts are a common condition that are neither harmful

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The Best Shoulder Pain Exercises for Tennis Players

Tennis is a popular sport among people of practically all ages, from adolescents to retirees. However, the repetitive and forceful nature of the game places a good deal of stress on various joints, particularly the shoulders. The reason tennis players frequently experience shoulder pain is because the muscles that surround the shoulder are relatively small,

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Is Your Phone Causing Hand Strain?

It seems that everywhere you look these days, people are scrolling, tapping, and swiping on their smartphones. What they may not realize is that all their texting and other phone play may be the reason why some are periodically experiencing hand strain, if not full-blown carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). A number of studies have established

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