Joint pains can be highly frustrating. Whether they affect your knee, your shoulder or your back; losing mobility is no laughing matter and can prevent …
Orthopedics
Ingrown Toenail Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Ingrown toenails form when our toenails grow into the skin surrounding the nail bed and thus create open wounds. This can occur as a result …
Is Carrying a Bag Bad for Your Back?
A bad back is one of the most common health complaints that many of us experience these days. This will affect the lower spine in …
How to Prevent Runners’ Knee
Along with shin splints, bad knees are perhaps the biggest bugbears for most runners. Often knee injuries can end up completely halting a running career …
What Is Bursitis? And How to Treat It
Bursitis describes inflammation of one or more ‘bursae’, which in turn are small sacs of fluid lined by synovial membrane. The role of bursae (or …
How to Tell If You’re Flat Footed (And What to Do About It)
Being ‘flat footed’ means that you have collapsed arches in your feet. In other words, where there should be a raised arch taking your feet …
How to Get Rid of an Achy Lower Back in the Mornings
Let me guess: you woke up this morning with an achy lower back. Don’t be surprised if I got that right, this isn’t a magic …
How to Fix Your Posture (Kyphosis/Hip Tilt) With Exercise and Lifestyle Changes
I must confess: when I used to see any article with the word ‘posture’ in the title my eyes would glaze over. This is boring …
8 Things to Stop Doing If You Have a Bad Lower Back
If you have a painful back, then welcome to the club. This is something of a modern epidemic and these days it seems even ‘normal’ …