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Knee Injuries - Pain On The Inner Side Of The Knee

The ligament which protects the inner side of the knee can be injured by a twisting strain on the knee, especially if the knee is bent at the time. Your foot may slip while you are running forward, turning your leg outwards, and stressing the inner side o

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Knee Injuries - Pain On The Outer Side Of The Knee

The lateral ligament can be damaged by twisting strains at the knee. Sometimes it is injured together with the medial ligament. If it is injured alone, it is usually because the knee was forced outwards when it was bent. Footballers and rugby players are

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Metatarsil Stress Fractures

Runners push off from their toes, putting great stress on the metatarsal heads. The 1st metatarsal is isually immune to fracture because it is much thicker and stronger than the others. The 5th metatarsal is relatively immune because the major force of "t

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Osteoporosis

Bones with osteoporosis become porous because of deterioration of the bone tissue, which leads to bone fragility and increase in fracture risk. There are two types of osteoporosis. Type I occurs predominantly in women within 15-20 years after menopause an

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Pain In The Back

Any movement, or series of movements, which places abnormal stress or abnormal loading on the spine can injure it. This may be a sudden overload, if, for instance, you overbalance while lifting a very heavy weight. Or it may be a cumulative overload, if y

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Pain In The Elbow

This is an overuse syndrome caused by continued stress on the grasping muscles and supination muscles, which originate on the lateral epicondyle of the elbow. First, there is pain in the extensor tendons when the wrist is extended against resistance. With

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Pain In The Groin

Groin pain may be caused by internal problems, for instance bladder or prostate problems. It may be referred from your back or hips, without necessarily causing symptoms in the joint which is the source of the pain. An inguinal hernia injury to an adducto

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Pain In The Neck

Your neck can move freely forwards, backwards and sideways. Twisting is the only limited movement in the neck (cervical) region, and this is compensated for by the freedom of rotation in the thoracic region immediately below. The necks forms the main supp

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