Healthcare News
6 Foods To Eat for Healthy Joints
You may already be taking medicines — either prescription or over the counter — to relieve stiffness, inflammation and pain in your joints. But long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can damage your body — especially your liver and kidneys. NSAIDs can also have unpleasant gastrointestinal side effects. Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to take these pain medications so often, or at all? It’s possible that modifying your eating habits could help you do just that.
Causes and Treatment for Outer, Side, and Inner Hip Pain
There are many possible causes of hip pain. They include serious ones, like a fracture or joint infection, and less serious causes, like bursitis.1 Your healthcare provider can diagnose the cause and help to plan your treatment.
How To Relieve Hip Pain
Hip pain can be caused by overuse or damage to the hip joint, cartilage, or surrounding muscles, and can significantly impact your ability to perform everyday activities, including walking, going up and down stairs, and sitting and standing for prolonged periods of time.
Injections for Knee Pain: Could They Help You?
Knee pain is one of the most common physical complaints for adults, affecting roughly one in four Americans over age 60. Although surgery may be required for the most severe cases, many people can get relief from a less invasive procedure: injections into the joint.
Exercises to Help With Hip Tendonitis
If you have hip tendonitis, exercises may help relieve your pain. Hip tendonitis is an irritation of the tendons attached to the hip flexor muscles. This can make it difficult to walk, run, climb stairs, or stand up from a seated position.
