Concrete Floors: Understanding Joint Impact, Risks, and Protection
While not inherently bad for all, concrete floors increase impact forces, potentially stressing joints and exacerbating issues for certain individuals...
By Jordan
Category: Joint Health
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Joint Diastasis: Understanding Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Joint diastasis is the pathological widening or separation of a joint space beyond its normal anatomical limits, often due to trauma or stress that co...
By Hart
Knee Calcium Deposits: Understanding, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Removing calcium deposits from the knee primarily involves medical intervention, including medication, physical therapy, and in some cases surgery, as...
By Hart
Bone-on-Bone Knee: Understanding Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
A "bone-on-bone" knee typically indicates severe osteoarthritis, a condition where the protective articular cartilage is largely absent, cau...
By Hart
Joint Cushion: Understanding Its Components, Functions, and Maintenance
Joint cushion refers to the specialized anatomical structures within synovial joints, including articular cartilage, synovial fluid, and sometimes men...
By Hart
Loose Joints: Surgical Options for Joint Instability and Recovery
Surgery for loose joints, or joint instability, involves procedures like ligament repair, reconstruction, or bone reshaping, typically considered afte...
By Hart
Hip Health: Understanding Surgical Removal and Non-Surgical Optimization
Literal "hip removal" refers to extreme surgical procedures like disarticulation or hemipelvectomy for severe conditions, but for most, impr...
By Hart
Joint Popping: Understanding the Science, Debunking Myths, and When to Be Concerned
When you pop a joint, you are experiencing cavitation, where gases in synovial fluid form and rapidly collapse, producing a sound that is generally ha...
By Jordan
Saddle Bone Deformity: Understanding, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Saddle bone deformity, or thumb basal joint arthritis, is a degenerative condition of the thumb's CMC joint causing pain, stiffness, and loss of funct...
By Jordan
