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Orthopedics

Orthopedics covers many of your joint, muscle, and nerve pains. Explore how to get treatment for broken bones, strained muscles, and more painful conditions that warrant a visit to the doctor.
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What Is Quadriplegia?
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What to Know About Telehealth for Fractures
woman with knee joint pain
Treatments for Loss of Cartilage in Knee
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What Is Neck Crepitus?
An orthopedist conducts a telehealth visit with a client
Telehealth for Orthopedics: What You Need to Know
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How to Wrap Your Knee
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What to Know About Myoflex Cream
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Medications for Knee Pain
Man rubbing sore hand
How Hand Pain Is Treated
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Treating Chondromalacia: Exercises to Relieve Knee Pain
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Topical Relief for Muscle Pain
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How Can I Keep My Knees Healthy?
A woman receives knee pain treatment.
Natural Remedies for Chronic Knee Pain
pain in feet/hands
Hand and Foot Pain: Causes and Treatments
Massage Techniques for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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How to Relieve Hip Pain
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Sleep Tips for Piriformis Syndrome: Mattress, Position, and More
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Are Squats Bad for Your Knees?
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Clavicle: Anatomy, Function, and Treatment
Bone pain
Causes and Risk Factors of Bone Diseases
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Everything to Know About Bone Diseases
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Fascia: The Collagen That Binds Us Together
Muscle disease
Muscular System Diseases and How They Affect Muscles
Myositis
Everything You Need to Know About Myositis
Patient checkup
An Overview of Paget's Disease of Bone
Chiropractic adjustment
The Risks and Benefits of Spinal Manipulation
Back Pain. Sport injury.
An Overview of Myalgia
Orthopedist meeting with patient with arm in a sling
Orthopedist: Expertise, Specialities, and Training
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Is an MRI Scan With Contrast Safe?
Scan of a knee
The Role of Joints in Your Body
A runner with an injured leg sitting in the road
Common Ligament Tears and How They Are Treated
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Effects of Smoking Cigarettes on Musculoskeletal Health
Achilles muscle injury on running outdoors. Senior man holding knee by hands and suffering with pain. Sprain ligament.
A Look at Normal and Abnormal Function of Tendons
A woman during an ultrasound check up
How Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome Causes Abnormalities of Skeletal Muscles
Illustration of the mucles and bones of the back, shoulders, arms, and side
What You Should Know About the Musculoskeletal System
Man concerned about pain in his armpit
What are the Causes of Armpit Pain?
woman with shoulder pain
This Cause of Shoulder and Arm Pain Is Very Unusual
Beautiful pregnant woman sitting on bed at home
6 Common Orthopedic Problems in Pregnant Women
XRay
What to Expect If You Need to Have an X-Ray
Injured soccer player getting her ankle checked by her coach
5 Tests You Don't Need Done
Knee arthroscopy
Here's What Can Go Wrong During a Knee Arthroscopy
Woman going into an MRI
What Should You Expect From an MRI?
an athlete running on sidewalk
Get to Know the Anatomy of the Lower Leg Muscles
a runner holding his Achilles tendon
Find out How Inflammation of Your Tendons Can Cause Tendonitis
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Do Double-Jointed People Really Have Extra Joints?
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The Benefits of Sports Massage
orthopedist applying shoulder tape
What Orthopedic Surgery Is All About
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How to Keep Your Body Healthy in Your Home Office
Photo of a man holding a painful thigh.
What Is Causing Your Thigh Pain, and What Should You Do About It?
She overexerted herself on that run
When ACL Tears Occur in Middle-Aged and Older Athletes
hand pain
Causes of Hand Pain and Treatment Options
Peripheral Cyanosis
What You Need to Know About Peripheral Cyanosis
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Do You Need Physical Therapy or Occupational Therapy?
Arm pain
Why Is My Arm Hurting?
Photo or a PT gaining training with a man.
How to Determine If You Might Benefit From In-Home Physical Therapy
Collarbone x-ray
Causes of Collarbone Pain and Treatment Options
The Cardiovascular System
Find Out About Venous Insufficiency and How It's Treated
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The Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment of Ollier Disease
Syringe and Pills
What You Need to Know About Fludrocortisone
Woman holding knee in pain
How to Treat an MCL Sprain