Lower back pain can be a real pain in the, well, back. The pain can be severe and sudden, or aching and dull and can affect people of any age. In fact 80% of people will experience low back pain at some point in their lives. So often it’s not a case of if you will experience low back pain, but rather how you will have it treated and prevented. The causes of lower back pain are vast, rang ...

Have you recently suffered from a stress fracture in your foot? A stress fracture is a crack in a bone most commonly caused by high impact sports, such as running, jumping and bouncing. Although most stress fractures heal themselves naturally over time (4-6 weeks estimated), it doesn’t make them hurt any less. And to add insult to [stress] injury, unfortunately about 60% of those with a ...

Although it may sound like a super sweet fight move most likely pulled off by the Marvel character Thor, a hammer toe is anything but that. Hammer toe, and also mallet toe, are deformities in the toe that cause it to bend at the joint. If it bends at the joint nearest the nail, it is called mallet toe, at the lower joint, hammer toe. Hammer toe and mallet toe are caused by in imbalance i ...

Morton’s Neuroma, sometimes called Morton’s neuralgia, Morton’s metatarsalgia, plantar neuroma, or intermetatarsal neuroma, is a foot condition that is caused by the thickening of a plantar digital nerve either between the third or fourth, or the second and third toes, though the latter is less common. This causes a sharp burning pain in the ball of the foot, which for some feels like th ...

Calluses are hard thickened areas of skin that form as a consequence to rubbing, friction, or pressure on the skin. It is common to have a callus on the bottom of your foot, and this is called a plantar callus. Calluses can form from improper walking motion, from flat feet or high arches, or more commonly from ill-fitting shoes. A callus is generally benign (harmless), but depending on where ...

It’s true; the hip bone is connected to the knee bone, and the knee bone is connected to the? You guessed it: foot bone. You don’t need to take a fall to hurt your hip. Hip pain can be caused by arthritis, an injury, a pinched nerve, faulty biomechanics, or from other problems such as osteoporosis. Where you’re experiencing hip pain can help to pinpoint its cause, and ultimately help to ...

I really can’t think of anything more annoying than nagging knee pain. It can be debilitating, persistent, and if not property corrected over time can lead to premature osteoarthritis. The knee joint is a weight bearing joint that takes a lot of abuse over the years. It is separated by a shock absorbing meniscus and stabilized by several major structures; the anterior cruciate ligament ( ...

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War who met his fate when Paris shot him in the heel with an arrow. It was because of this that later poets began to describe Achilles as invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel. Flash forward, and you have a pain in your, so appropriately named, Achilles heel that is so stifling that you yourself feel like Achilles ...

Do you ever experience a throbbing pain in your shins after a jog? Or maybe you’ve recently changed your work out, and now you’re forced to ice your shins afterward? Or maybe you’ve experienced the pain after simply running after the bus? Regardless of the circumstances, shin splints are the pits. Shin splints are very common, and can be caused by irritated overused muscles, stress fract ...

Have you sprained your ankle recently? Or maybe you had an ankle sprain a while ago, and your ankle has not fully recovered? An ankle sprain can leave your ankle in a weakened state, consequently making it more susceptible to another ankle sprain or injury. The key to helping your sprained ankle recover fully, and to prevent a sprain from happening again, is to give your ankle the support it ...