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A tackle on a Friday night, a mountain bike that goes over the handlebars, a slip on wet leaves: you land hard on your shoulder, and now the top of it hurts. Two injuries are common after a fall like this, a broken collarbone and a separated shoulder (a sprain
It’s an instinct: you slip on wet leaves, trip on a curb, or go down hard on a trail, and you throw out a hand to catch yourself. Now your wrist hurts and you’re wondering whether it’s just a sprain or something more. The two can feel almost the same
It’s a familiar fall-sports moment: a football tackle, a volleyball landing, a soccer mishap, and suddenly the ankle rolls. It swells, it hurts, and you’re left wondering, is this just a sprained ankle, or something worse? Sprained ankle vs broken ankle is one of the most common questions we hear
If you’ve started researching knee replacement, you’ve probably come across the term “robotic-assisted surgery” and wondered what it actually means, and whether it’s worth asking your surgeon about. Here’s a plain-language look at how robotic knee replacement works, what makes it different from traditional surgery, and who’s likely to benefit
As fall sports ramp up across Arkansas in August, so do knee injuries. Football, soccer, volleyball, and basketball all involve the cutting, pivoting, and hard landings that put the knee at risk, and few injuries sideline an athlete faster than a torn ACL. The good news is that with the
This article is for general education only and is not a substitute for medical advice. Talk with your provider about whether Prolia is right for you. Bone loss doesn’t announce itself. There’s no ache that tells you your bones are getting weaker, no warning sign before a small fall turns
You have rested it, iced it, and given it time. Months later, the pain in your knee, shoulder, or elbow is still there, and it is starting to shape what you can and cannot do. If that sounds familiar, and physical therapy or medication have only taken you so far,
You bend to lift a cooler into the car for a summer road trip, and a sharp, electric pain shoots from your lower back down through your leg. That is the classic signature of sciatica, one of the most common and most misunderstood causes of lower back and leg pain.
If the back of your heel feels stiff and sore with your first steps in the morning, or it flares up during summer runs and pickleball games, your Achilles tendon may be the culprit. Achilles tendonitis is one of the most common causes of heel and ankle pain in active
You lace up your shoes, head out for a summer run, and about a mile in you feel it: a dull, nagging ache around the front of your knee. You slow down, shake it off, keep going. By the next run it is back, a little worse. This is the
If you have started running more this summer and your shins are screaming at you by mile two, you are not imagining it. Shin splints are one of the most common summer running injuries, and they are also one of the most mismanaged. Most people either push through the pain
Joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. These symptoms point to arthritis in most people’s minds, and arthritis is certainly common. But not every case of joint pain is arthritis, and not every type of arthritis is the same. Getting the right diagnosis is the difference between a treatment plan that