Calf Strains Tips

Skin is one of the most obvious parts of our body which ages with an increase in the number of candles on our birthday cakes. As you age, joints tend to become stiffer and less flexible. The body does not recover from bumps and bruises as easily as it did before, and it becomes difficult to stand for extended time intervals. This is caused mostly by a breakdown of cartilage and weakness in bones & muscles.

What is cartilage?

Cartilage is a hard but flexible connective tissue th...more

बुजुर्गों के लिए घुटनों में दर्द होना एक सामान्य समस्या है. लेकिन ऐसा नहीं है कि ये समस्या केवल बुजुर्गों में ही है, बल्कि आज ये लगभग सभी उम्र के लोगों में दिखाई पड़ती है. कई बार घुटनों में दर्द इंजरी के कारण भी हो सकती है, जैसे लिगामेंट का टूटना या कार्टिलेज का फटना इत्यादि. इनके अलावा घुटनों में दर्द गठिया, गाउट और संक्रमण आदि जैसे कारणों से भी हो सकता है. घुटनों में हल्के दर्द के ज्यादातर प्रकार सेल्फ केयर और अन्य सामान्य उपायों से ठीक हो जाते हैं. कुछ फिजीकल थेरेपी और घुटने के ब्रेसिज़ भी घुट...more

Varicose Veins is a severe medical condition whereby the veins (mostly legs) become swollen, tortuous and dilated, i.e. the veins become varicosed. The Venous blood flows in an upward direction from the feet to the heart. There are special valves present in the veins that assist the upward flow of the blood. Fatigue, prolonged standing, menopause and a number of other factors can weaken the valves. This affects the movement of the blood flow. As a result, some of it leaks and flows back down. Th...more

An elementary knowledge of biology tells you how important joints are for the overall functionality of a human body. If not for biology experience teaches us the inevitable importance of joints. The link between a tooth and the jawbone is also a joint. Without joints the human body would have been in bits and pieces.

Having known that, you should also try to remember or understand how disabling joint pains can be. They hardly let you move a limb and can also cripple you for life. Knee j...more

The Anterior Cruciate Ligament or ACL tear is a very common problem with athletes and with people who have an active lifestyle. In fact, this can also be caused by any accident due to sudden movement.

Importance of ACL-

The ACL is the supporting ligament, which runs diagonally from back to front right in the middle of the knee, connecting the femur bone and the tibia, and helps the tibia not to come before the femur. Thus the balance of the knee during back and forth movements ...more

A lower limb ulcer or a leg ulcer is characterized by the formation of a chronic sore. These sores take more than a month to heal, and tend to develop on the insides of the leg. It is characterized by symptoms of pain, swelling in the affected area and itching. The skin around the ulcer tends to harden and get discolored. A foul smelling discharge is also common.


Causes-

These sores tend to form if there is a minor injury in the leg. This tends to develop when the blood ci...more

Common Summer Orthopaedic Injuries-

Tennis_elbow (tendinitis of the elbow)-
You don t have to play tennis to suffer this injury, inflamed and painful tendons located on the outer side of the elbow. It s a repetitive use condition, so it makes sense that cases flare up when warm weather encourages more outdoor athletic activity.

Pitcher s elbow-
Pitcher s elbow involves the UCL or ulnar collateral ligament, which usually keeps our elbow stable as we perform overhead thro...more

Whether you are an athlete or a ballet dancer, you will appreciate the importance of having a stable kneecap. Medically known as the patella, the kneecap is a triangular bone that connects the upper thigh to the lower half of the leg. It sits in a groove in the bottom of the femur (thigh bone). When the leg is bent, it stays within the groove. When the leg is extended, it provides support to the quadriceps muscles.

That being the case, a dislocation of the kneecap is a very common injur...more

The knee is one of the biggest and most complex joints in the body. The knee is joined by the thigh bone (femur) to the shinbone (tibia). The little bones that keep running nearby the tibia (fibula) and the kneecap (patella) are alternate bones that make the knee joint. Ligaments associated with the knee-related leg muscles move the knee joint. Tendons join the knee bones and provide help to the knee:

The foremost tendon keeps the femur from sliding in reverse on the tibia (or the tibia...more

Inflammation and resultant pain in the joints are usually the basic tenets of Arthritis. This joint disorder can be painful and often, a debilitating one. It can also make the joints stiff. There are many ways of dealing with this problem, but with Ayurveda, one can get to the root cause of the ailment and its presence. This helps in taking a well rounded holistic approach towards treating it with ancient know how that revolves around herbs and other natural substances which have great medicinal...more