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What Are Plantar Flexion Contractures?
Plantar refers to the bottom of the foot. A plantar flexion contracture involves the foot, toes and ankle and prevents normal foot movement. A contracture occurs when the muscles, ligaments, tendons...
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How to Tape Hammer Toes
A hammer toe, usually the second toe, is curled or hooked due to an unnatural bend in the toe's second joint. It often results from wearing tight shoes, especially high heels. Wearing tight shoes...
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How to Sleep With a Medical Shoulder Sling On
Slings are used to immobilize the shoulder after injury or surgery. They're typically used short-term; however, after major surgery (a rotator-cuff repair, for example), a sling may be required for...
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What Is Plantar Calcaneal Enthesophyte?
Plantar is derived from the Latin word planta, which refers to the sole of the foot. Plantar ailments are painful because the sole bears the whole weight of the body while walking. Plantar calcaneal...
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How to Treat Pitcher's Elbow
Pitcher’s elbow, also known as medial epicondylitis, has many other names: golfer’s elbow, suitcase elbow, baseball elbow or forehand tennis elbow. Pain stems from the elbow down to the wrist on the...
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How to Measure a Leg Length Discrepancy
A leg length discrepancy is when your legs are different lengths. Many people have discrepancies of less than an inch, and these are so minor that they generally go unnoticed. However, there are...
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How to Start Walking After Cast Removal
The relief you feel after a cast is removed from your leg or foot can be quickly replaced by a feeling of unease about walking again. It is normal to experience pain, stiffness and swelling of the...
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Shoes That Best Fit Bone Spurs
A bone spur is a sign that the plantar fascia on the bottom of your foot is inflamed, and it may have partly torn from its origin at the heel bone. The bone spur, a bony outgrowth pointing toward your...
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How to Recover From an ACL & MCL
The anterior cruceate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are found in the knee and join the thigh bone to the lower leg bone. According to ACL Recovery, over-extension of the knee,...
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Kidner Procedure Rehab Protocols
A Kidner procedure is surgery that is performed for an accessory navicular bone. The navicular bone is located in the arch of the foot and is attached to the posterior tibial tendon. This architecture...
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Deltoid Pain
The deltoid is the round shoulder muscle that attaches the collar bone and shoulder blade to the humerus bone in the arm. There are three parts to the deltoid — the anterior, middle and the posterior....
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How to Tape Turf Toe
Whether you have stubbed your toe or closed your foot in a car door, that excruciating pain does not compare to the pain that turf toe causes. Turf toe is a common injury among athletes and it can...
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How to Exercise With a Lumbar Fusion
The spine is made up of individual bones called vertebrae that are stacked on top of each other, with a disk between each one for cushioning. Movement occurs at each of the vertebrae to allow the back...
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How To Get Rid of Eyelash Mites
Eyelash mites are tiny parasites that live in the hair follicles of the eyelash roots. While according to Webster's Dictionary most people have mites naturally, some individuals have an allergy to...
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How to Tape for Trigger Finger
Trigger finger is a condition that affects the tendons in the hands. Often there is popping and pain at the finger joints. However, when the condition progresses and any tendon in the finger cannot...
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How to Use a CPM Machine
The continuous passive motion or CPM machine is used to provide constant motion of a particular body part that is stiff or in danger of losing range of motion. Your doctor may prescribe a CPM machine...
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How to: Cures for Numb Fingertips
Numbness in a body part is typically caused by a lack of circulation, which cuts off blood supply. The body part, such as your fingers, will then begin to tingle or go numb. This is your body warning...
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How to Splint the Trigger Finger
The trigger finger, also known as the index finger, needs immediate immobilization upon severe injuries such as a broken or fractured bone. Continued movement can worsen damage and increase recovery...
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Reasons for a Knee to Buckle
Bending, twisting, kneeling, running and even standing, knees absorb a lifetime of abuse. Repetitive use of the knee joint can cause inflammation and tenderness to the surrounding muscles, tendons and...
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How to Rebuild Arches in Flat Feet
Flat feet are structural and easily seen when you glance at the soles of your feet. If you have no visible foot arch, this may be hereditary or from wearing shoes that did not support the arches....
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