Lateral ankle reconstruction is a surgery to tighten up one or more ankle ligaments on the outside of your ankle. It is sometimes known as the Brostrom procedure. It is an outpatient surgery, and the patients are released on the …
Lateral ankle reconstruction is a surgery to tighten up one or more ankle ligaments on the outside of your ankle. It is sometimes known as the Brostrom procedure. It is an outpatient surgery, and the patients are released on the …
Retrocalcaneal bursitis is a medical condition that affects the bursa of your heels, which spreads from the Achilles tendon and the heel bone. The bursa acts as a cushion when you walk. A bursa can be defined as a sac …
The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is situated along the back of your knee that connects your thigh bone to the top of your lower leg bone. This helps in keeping the bone in its place and also helps in smooth …
Labral repair surgery is a procedure performed to reverse the damage to the labrum, that is cartilage present in our shoulders. The labrum is essentially a thick tissue attached to the rim of the shoulder socket which helps keep the …
A hamstring is are the three posterior thigh muscles between the hip and the knee, and are quite disposed to injuries. A hamstring injury occurs when a strain or a tear occurs to the tendons or the large muscles present …
Sesamoids are bones that have tendons that connect them to muscles. They differ from other bones in our body, connected at joints. Sesamoiditis occurs when the tendons connected to sesamoids become inflamed. The kneecap is the largest sesamoid in your …
The procurement of shoes is considered by most as a vapid exercise entailing trawling through copious choices with slight variations in hue and shimmer. What most neglect, however, is an aspect of the utmost relevance: that obtaining a shoe that …
A heel spur is a medical condition created by a bony outgrowth of the heel bone that extends between your heel bone and arch. Heel spurs result from the build-up of calcium deposits under the heel bones. Heel spurs often …
Repetitive movements and overuse of muscles can entail considerable impediments to one’s mobility. Nowhere are the cataclysmic consequences of this more evident than on the Achilles tendon. Christened after the illustrious Greek warrior, the Achilles tendon constitutes the tendon connecting …
Post your knee surgery, there will be a lot of challenges on the road to recovery. It may be difficult to go through it but the important thing to remember is that the post-surgery time is as important as the …