Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by the compression of the median nerve which runs through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Its causes are uncertain, but it’s generally assumed that any position that causes stress on the nerve can be a cause. It is often worse from flexing the wrist. The syndrome causes a feeling … Read more
Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS is a common disorder of the gut. Why it occurs is not known, and the symptoms of the disorder tend to come and go. These are very variable and can include abdominal pain, bloating, and sometimes bouts of diarrhea or constipation, and sometimes alternating bouts of both. There isn’t any cure, … Read more
Knee pain can have a large effect on you, whether it interferes with your mobility or not. Knees are a large and important joint, and joint pain will have a great deal of effect. However, if your knee injury also causes a lessening in flexibility, it will also have a large effect on your mobility … Read more
Headaches are any type of pain occurring within the head. They occur on one side of the head, both sides of the head or, sometimes, isolate themselves to a single location on the head. They’re also known to radiate across the head from a single starting point or pressurized ‘vise-like’ feeling from both sides of … Read more
The sciatic nerve is a large nerve in both humans and animals. It’s so large that it stretches throughout several portions of the body. It begins in the lower back, and then runs through the buttocks and right down the lower legs and feet. Even though it’s a large nerve, the sciatic nerve is still … Read more
What is paresthesia? Paresthesia is a term referring to a burning or prickling sensation that people may experience within their legs, arms, hands or feet. It may also occur in other parts of their body. The sensation, sometimes, occurs without warning and is a mostly painless sensation. It’s best described by its tingling, numbness and … Read more
Plenty of people experience lower back pain. Though, one of the most common causes of lower back pain originates from injuries to the sacroiliac joint (SI joint) and its associated ligaments. About sacroiliac joint dysfunction Sacroiliac joint dysfunction typically occurs when the sacroiliac joint becomes inflamed or damaged. To understand how an inflamed sacroiliac joint … Read more
The sural nerve runs down through the center of the calf muscle and is one of five nerves that provide sensation to the foot. It travels down the back of the leg, over the Achilles tendon, and then along the outside of the foot to the end of the little toe. Comparatively, it is a … Read more
Although medical terms that might confuse many people, cervical spondylosis and radiculopathy have a common link with one another. Understanding one (cervical spondylosis) is needed to understand how the other (radiculopathy) works within contexts involving the former. That’s mainly because cervical spondylosis often plays a role in causing radiculopathy in people. In this article, let’s … Read more
What is it? Prostatitis is any inflammation or irritation of the prostate gland. There are two main types of prostatitis, bacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome or CPPS. Bacterial prostatitis is caused by a bacterial infection, while the cause of CPPS can be a mystery. It is, in fact, common for the cause of … Read more