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Know how to Understand Hairline Fractures and How to Get Relief?

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Hairline fracture is a very common type of fracture, also known as " stress fracture " is a small crack or severe bruise within a bone. The injury is most common in athletes; also one must have experienced a hairline fracture once in a life. The most common symptom one faces during hairline fracture is pain; this pain got worsen with movements, activities and time. It's important to modify your activities at that time. Other common symptoms of hairline fracture include swelling, tenderness, bruising and aching at the site of the fracture or around the region of the fracture. If you are having such symptoms you can be diagnosed by hairline fracture. Hairline fracture can be treated once, get diagnosed by physical examinations; also X-Ray examination and MRI helps to detect the site of fracture; it usually visualize lower grade stress injury before an X-ray shows changes. MRI usually helps to distinguish between stress fracture or hairline fracture and soft tissue injury. U

Surprising but True! A Small Wound Can Result In Severe Bone Infection.

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 A very common question raised on wounds, is "Can a small wound cause severe infection"? The answer is" YES", Even a very small wound can cause serious infection. Conditions like Osteomyelitis are rare but very serious condition. It's a bacterial infection of bone, where bacteria can enter the body through very small wound lesion connects external environment with internal body. This infection can reach to bone by traveling through a blood stream or spreading through nearby tissues. Once infection enters, the bone, tissue experiences inflammation. Infection can directly affect the bone itself if injury can directly expose the bone. After a bone gets infected, the germs or we can say the bacteria that infect bone tissue multiply or replicate very fastly. Staphylococcus bacteria usually cause osteomyelitis condition; sometimes fungi and other germs cause bone infection. Open upper extremity fractures or injuries with severe soft tissue damage usually have the high

Frozen Shoulder surgery & its benefits

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Frozen shoulder , the most common orthopaedic problem these days. Also called Adhesive capsulitis is a condition characterized by stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint. Signs and symptoms usually begin gradually, and worsen over time. The usual surgical treatment for frozen shoulder is called Arthroscopic Capsular Release. As the name of the surgery itself says, this is an arthroscopic shoulder surgery where a small camera is inserted into the shoulder joint. Surgery for frozen shoulder is very, very common these days as this surgery is offered at Stage 2 of frozen shoulder. The goal of the surgery is to relieve stressed joint and stretch the joint accordingly. The most common methods include manipulation under general anaesthesia and shoulder arthroscopy; then manipulation under during this procedure, you are; put to sleep to avoid complications and pain during surgery. It usually takes 3-4 months for fully recovery; remember it is essential to follow a physical therapy routine so

What Is Swimmer's Shoulder and How Is It Treated?

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Swimmer shoulder is a very common problem in day-to day life as swimmer shoulder involves a tendon, the tissue that connects muscle to bone. The tendon of the shoulder is inflamed and gets swollen, pressing on nearby bones, muscles and other tendons. Swimmers shoulder is also known as shoulder impingement, sub-acromial impingement or acromial arch. Swimmers shoulder is caused by repeated strain in shoulder joint irritates tendon and muscle, through which tiny tear is developed leading to inflammation and scar tissue. This damage affects the smoothness of the joint. Sometimes it also leads to rotator cuff tears. Common symptoms of swimmers shoulder include muscle weakness and fatigue, reduced range of motion of shoulder joint, shoulder pain and instability. For diagnosing swimmers shoulder your physician will perform a procedure, including elevating your arm overhead check pain and swelling of the region; your physician will also check the range of motion and shoulder stability. Imaging