Congenital Vertical Talus Health Feed

What is Spinal Stenosis: The narrowing of the gaps in the spine or the backbone is called as Spinal stenosis. This leads to pressure on the nerves and the spinal cord. 5% of cases of spinal stenosis are seen in the low back of the lumbar spine. In some cases the narrowing of the spine leads to the compressing of the nerve root, which leads to pain in the leg.

Causes of spinal stenosis: It can be caused by aging, arthritis, trauma to the spine, spondylolisthesis and tumor of the spinemore

Meningomyelocele is the most severe type of spina bifida, a congenital defect that occurs when the backbone and spinal canal fail to close before the baby is born. It is a neural tube defect and is the most common disabling birth defect.
The exact causes of spina bifida are unknown but environmental and genetic factors are thought to play a role in its development.
A baby’s risk of developing the condition is higher if their mother is taking antiseizure medications, having folic acid def...more

Arthroscopy has brought about a revolutionary change in the way doctors visualize, diagnose, and then treat problems in knee joints, elbow joints, shoulder joints, ankle joints, and hip joints. For performing Arthroscopy, the doctor makes an incision on the skin of the patient and inserts a slender instrument through the incision. The instrument contains a small lens along with a lighting system to illuminate and magnify structures inside the joint. This instrument is known as an arthroscope, an...more

Ankle instability is often caused by damage to the lateral ankle ligaments. This typically causes strain and in further severe forms results in injury to the ligaments. This may further cause a feeling of instability in the ankle and eventually predispose the individual to get recurrent ankle sprains even with very minimal twists.

Symptoms:

The symptoms of ankle instability include weakness and wobbliness in the ankle or a continuous feeling of falling down while walking on un...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 bac...more

Our knee is supported by several ligaments which help in movement. But what happens if you tear a crucial knee ligament? Tears or 'ruptures' in ligaments of the knee are common in sportsmen and/or accident victims, especially of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Though the ACL is not the only ligament of the knee, it is one of the most crucial to maintain stability of the knee joint. Any tear of this ligament frequently leads to chronic knee instability. When a tear in this ligament...more

Hello lybrate user, maintain good posture , start physiotherapy. it can worse mostly when no precautions used. So take precautions and improve lifestyle,routine activity.. good luck.

Hi Lybrate-User,
Well as your are 17 years old your bones are still somewhat growing what we call diaphysis so you can work on strengthening infraspinatua and mostly lattisimus dorsi strength push against wall slowly with 12 times and repeat in 3 sets do it for a month any queries you can consult in private section.

it causes severe issues like pain during movement and limitations in ROM, better to go for reduction along with physiotherapy or else soon it will lead on to arthritis changes

Hello lybrate-user.
It requires reduction first.
Then consult for homoeopathic treatment.
Till then take.
Rhus tox 30.