A kneecap injury can happen from a blow to the knee or a fall. Some injuries can also occur due to overuse. When you injure your kneecap—also called your patella—there may be damage to the surrounding ...

Treatment of these various acute kneecap ... crutches or other mobility aids until this period is complete. A fractured ...

A runner completed the London Marathon and the Great North Run after undergoing years of surgery and treatment for a ...

Determining how to proceed with treatment depends, in part ... While the lateral malleolus is intact, there is a fracture much higher up on the fibula bone, typically around the knee. The force of ...

THE Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) has launched its first-ever specialized pain management treatment by conducting a ...

(In a displaced fracture, the bone has broken into two or more pieces and the pieces have shifted out of alignment.) Generally, nonsurgical treatment is appropriate only if there is no damage to ...

Most complaints of knee pain result from some form of trauma, such as a torn or ruptured ligament; a broken or fractured kneecap ... year suggested that patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome ...

OA usually strikes people over 50 years old, and while running doesn’t cause OA, the repetitive stress on the knee from running can trigger a flare up of OA. In addition, nonsteroidal ...

Keep reading to learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatments for quadriceps tendinitis. The most common symptom of quadriceps tendinitis is anterior knee pain, which affects the front of ...

Other materials – Resins and glasses can potentially be used on any durable gem with surface-reaching fractures, including quartz, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline and other transparent gems. This kind ...