
What Is Piriformis Syndrome, And What Are The Treatment Options?
What Is Piriformis Syndrome? Piriformis Syndrome is fairly rare neuromuscular disorder. Developing when the piriformis muscle (situated in the gluteal area and involved in nearly every movement we make with...

Ruptured Disk Pain and What to Do About It
Ruptured disks are a very common problem. I've had one myself. The disk forms a tiny hernia that presses against the nearby nerve root. Pain can be intense, and constant. ...

What Causes Dents in the Skull? And What Can You Do About It?
Dents in the skull aren't very common, but they are understandably very distressing. When you see them, it's natural to wonder what in the world could have happened. Here are...

Pain After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) Surgery and What to Do About It
There are a lot of ways anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery can go wrong. Some of the common problems are certainly not the patient's fault. The surgery can...

Rhabdomyolysis: Does the Pain Ever Stop?
Rhabdomyolysis is often thought of as a "rare" condition, but about 200,000 people a year develop it, just in the United States. Rhabdomyolysis involves the breakdown of muscle tissue, usually...

Stiff Joints in the Morning: Why They Happen and What to Do About Them
One of the most common conditions in aging is waking up in the morning with stiff, swollen, painful joints. Usually the underlying problem is osteoarthritis. That's the kind of arthritis...

Nonsurgical Treatment of Patella Fractures
Doctors can sometimes repair a fractured knee cap (patella) without surgery. This is possible when the fracture is not displaced, that is the pieces of the patella have not separated...

Middle Finger Pain - What Could Be Causing It?
Pain which occurs anywhere in the middle finger can have many characteristics and be caused by just as many conditions. These issues can include injury to the finger, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid...

Xiphoid Bone Pain And How To Deal With It
The xiphoid process is a small, sword-shaped piece of cartilage which ossifies (becomes bone-like) and extends off the lower part of the sternum, which is the breastplate of the chest. The clinical significance of...

Long-Term Effects of Scoliosis Surgery
There is no more common orthopedic surgery than the surgery for correcting scoliosis. Anyone who has more than a 40-degree lateral (sideways) deviation of the normal curvature of the spine...