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Swollen feet and/or ankles are not always accompanied by pain. This is one of the reasons why most individuals don’t take it seriously and, for the most part, there is no reason to worry or be alarmed. Feet and ankle swelling is a common symptom for quite a few causes that are easily treatable and…

It’s not uncommon for medical practitioners to hear patients speak of pains/aches and health problems with very little knowledge on the correlation between symptoms and root causes of an illness/disease or pain in the body. In fact, every doctor who has been in the field for a long time is guaranteed to have heard some…

There are a number of reasons why you might want to visit a chiropractor. From joint pain and body pain to tightness in the muscles and soft tissue damage; regardless of what your symptoms are, there’s a good chance that chiropractic care can relieve you of pain and help improve your bone health. Also known…

Any injury that occurs from the hip down can affect one’s ability to walk. In general, a surgery/injury to the leg, foot, knee, or ankle will require additional support to walk until or unless the patient heals from it. Under extreme circumstances, wheelchair assistance is typically needed until the patient can either walk on their…

More often than not, pain in the lower back which extends to the back of the legs is identified as sciatica – a type of pain caused to the sciatic nerve due to injury or irritation. Located on either side of the body, each sciatic nerve is thick and consists of five nerve roots that…

Most individuals who experience a sudden stiffness in the neck or pain when they move their head attribute these symptoms to sleeping awkwardly, jerking their neck suddenly, and the likes. Very few even consider the possibility of cervical spondylosis which is the medical term for arthritis of the neck. Although the condition is more common…

Patients are not always aware of what is causing the pain in their knees. One may suffer from an injury or develop arthritis which can lead to chronic or acute knee pain; however, it is never a good idea to self-diagnosis or self-medicate, especially if the pain persists for more than a couple of days. …