If one of your shoulders feels stiff and painful on a regular basis, speak to an orthopedist about frozen shoulder. Frozen shoulder is an orthopedic condition that usually affects adults over 40 years of age. The condition also affects more women than men. Here's more information about frozen shoulder and what you can do to treat it. What's Frozen Shoulder? When frozen shoulder occurs, you can't lift or move your shoulders freely without feeling pain and stiffness.
17 December 2016
If you are an in home caregiver (like one from Accu-Care Nursing Service Inc), you are probably trained to pick up on signs and symptoms of a wide variety of illnesses. There are, however, a number of very subtle symptoms or clues that may not raise red flags in regards to urinary tract infections. While burning upon urination, an increase or decrease in urinary output, cloudy urine, or blood in the urine are the most common signs of a urinary tract infection, the following subtle symptoms may also indicate the presence of an infection in your patient's urinary tract:
30 November 2016
As you prepare for your dental implant surgery, it can be helpful to know you can use natural and herbal methods to treat any discomfort while you are healing. Many prescription pain medications cause irritating and uncomfortable side-effects you don't want to deal with. Here are three natural and herbal methods to help ease pain after a dental implant procedure. Clove Oil When you are recovering after dental implant surgery, clove oil can help ease any pain you may experience.
26 October 2016
Many who suffer from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) eventually become pregnant, even though they may feel that their bodies have fought the course of nature throughout the fertility process. The disease, which commonly affects women of childbearing age, causes cysts to develop on the ovaries. Additionally, many who have been diagnosed with PCOS go months without a menstrual cycle due to the system disruption caused by the hormonal changes from the cysts and the lack of ovulation.
26 October 2016
If you're an Ohio resident who suffers from chronic pain or an appetite-suppressing illness like cancer or multiple sclerosis (MS), you may be excited at the prospect of being able to obtain medical marijuana legally upon the enactment of House Bill 523, made effective in September 2016. While this step should be able to widen the scope of treatment for many suffering from a variety of afflictions and conditions, there are certain steps you'll need to take to obtain and responsibly use this drug, and the framework for the program is still being established.
10 October 2016
Severe back pain can indicate more than simply fatigue or soreness – in some cases, you may have actually fractured a vertebrae in your back. The culprit may be a compression fracture, which is what occurs when a fracture occurs across the front of a vertebrae, causing it to collapse inward and lose height. The following are signs that you may have a compression fracture as opposed to just standard back pain.
26 September 2016
Though ocular cataracts can be removed with laser surgery, they are still a real nuisance. They creep up over time, initially making your vision just a little blurry and eventually inhibiting your vision to the point that you can barely see out of one or both eyes. It's far better to prevent cataracts in the first place. If you're still young and cataract-free, one of the best preventative measures you can take is to ensure you're getting enough of these four nutrients that are protective against cataracts.
14 September 2016
An Ayurvedic practitioner focuses on finding a balance between mind, body, spirit, and social wellbeing in order to be healthy. They practice an alternative and naturalistic form of medicine that is based on the concept that the body has all of the components needed to heal itself and that we should allow our bodies to do so. While they aren't opposed to medicine, they believe that it should be a tool to help the body do it's job, rather than taking over the body's job.
14 September 2016
With the school year beginning in most areas, this is the time when many kids find themselves struggling with pain in their neck, shoulders, and back. While tension and academic stress can cause some of the neck and shoulder tension, the most common culprit for this kind of pain is the weight of your child's backpack. Kids carry backpacks with lots of school books and other items all day long, and that's a lot of wear and tear on those important muscle groups.
6 September 2016
For years, experts have suggested that posture can be linked to back problems for adults, but even kids should be concerned about this. In fact, about 56% of teens have spines that are deformed or misaligned due to poor posture. This can be a result of spending hours watching television and playing video games, or it can be due to the weight of heavy book bags. Whatever the reason for the bad posture, it is important that you check your child's posture, as this could affect their physical activity, cause additional back and neck strain, and inhibit organ function.
26 August 2016