Plantar fasciitis, a common source of heel discomfort, results from inflammation of the plantar fascia, a tissue band linking the heel bone to the toes. The pain, often more pronounced in the morning, can make the simplest tasks a challenge. Traditional management...
Symptoms Back pain can range from a muscle aching to a severe shooting, burning or stabbing pain. Also, the pain can radiate down a leg. Bending, twisting, lifting, standing or walking can make it worse. Most back pain gradually improves with home treatment and...
What Are the Most Common Causes of Knee Pain? Aging, injury, and repeated stress on the knee are the most common causes of knee pain. Common knee problems include, arthritis, sprained and strained ligaments, tears of cartilage, and tendonitis. Also knee pain may be...
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is a painful condition that occurs when tendons in your elbow are overloaded, usually by repetitive motions of the wrist and arm. Athletes aren’t the only people who develop this pain in the lateral elbow. People whose...
Wrist Pain Wrist pain is frequently caused by sudden injuries. These can result in sprains, strains, or fractures. Wrist pain also can also be the result of long-term problems, such as arthritis, repetitive stress, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Because so many factors...
Chronic Shoulder pain Chronic shoulder pain can be from an old injury that did not require surgery, or had surgery but the pain has come back or never got completely better, shoulder sprain/strain, arthritis or just overuse. Any acute shoulder pain should be evaluated...
Plantar Fasciitis Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of pain in the bottom of the foot and heel. It involves the inflammation of a thick band of tissue (plantar fascia) that runs across the bottom of each foot that connects the heel bone to the toes. Plantar...
Neck Pain Neck pain is very common. Poor posture — whether hunching over a workbench or over a computer the abnormal position held too long strains the neck muscles. Another common cause of neck pain is osteoarthritis. Rarely, neck pain can be a symptom of a more...
Myofascial pain syndrome (Trigger points) This condition, which is a chronic pain syndrome, is a pain disorder where pressure on sensitive or tender points in your muscles (trigger points) causes pain in the muscle and sometimes in seemingly unrelated parts of your...
Shin Splints Shin splints are common in runners, military recruits, and dancers. “Shin Splints” refers to pain along the tibia (shin bone) – the large bone in the front of your lower leg. Also known as medial tibial stress syndrome, shin splints...
