Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder in which a person’s muscles contract uncontrollably. The contraction, with time varied or constant, causes the affected body part to twist involuntarily, resulting in repetitive movements or abnormal postures or locked-up. Dystonia may affect one muscle, a muscle group, or sometimes the entire body. Dystonia can affect different body […]
Read MoreMany people especially athletes experience knee injuries, particularly to the knee ligaments. Everyone are familiar with the acronym ACL, which stands for anterior cruciate ligament. ACL tears can be caused by rapidly twisting or changing directions; landing from a jump or suddenly slow down. Injuries to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) are usually caused by […]
Read MoreReduced range of elbow motion can make it difficult to perform even simple tasks. With a stiff elbow, it is difficult to bend or straighten your elbow, turn your palm up (to wash your face), comb hair or turn the palm down. It was said that stiff elbow is caused by inflammation and arthritis. Sometimes it […]
Read MoreSome of medical publications describe frozen shoulder is commonly caused by inflammation of synovial tissue or thickening of synovial fluid or frozen shoulder occurs mainly in middle-aged people who have a history of shoulder injuries. However, in my practice, frozen shoulder are caused by not use of shoulder joints due to various reasons. Some patients had […]
Read MoreFirst, heel pain can be plantar fasciitis (bottom of the heel) and Achilles tendinitis (back of the heel). Achilles tendinitis is not as often to happen on people as plantar fasciitis. It is an overuse injury of the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to […]
Read MoreProblem in your plantar can never be in your mind or you be minded. But when it happens to you, it can be so painful, bothered and seems never to go away. If your first few steps every morning cause the kind of pain that reminds you the pain that makes you so vulnerable, then […]
Read MoreBehcet’s disease is a disease which has oral, eye, genital lesions as the major symptoms, also known as “mouth, eye, genital mucosa ulcerations triad.” or painful oral mucocutaneous ulcerations, Inflammatory eye disease and Inflammatory eye disease. The disease often involves conditions in the joints, large blood vessels, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal and central nervous system, and even […]
Read MoreTennis elbow (known to doctors as lateral epicondylitis) occurs when tendons in the elbow joint become inflamed due to overuse of any kind.The recurring pain can radiate down the forearm, making it difficult to extend the arm. It also causes twinges when lifting or grasping even lightweight objects. Acupuncture has been long treating tennis elbow. […]
Read MoreUlcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), that cause long-lasting inflammation and ulcers (sores) in the digestive tract. Ulcerative colitis affects the innermost lining of large intestine (colon) and rectum. Ulcerative colitis can be difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are similar to other intestinal disorders and to another type of IBD called Crohn’s […]
Read MoreAcupuncture has been long used to help additive cessation. In the early 1970’s, there was a Hong Kong doctor who first started using articular acupuncture in helping smoke cessation. Since then, Body and auricular acupuncture have been popularly used in USA for smoke cessation. According to a research published on ncbi.nlm.nih.gov in 2015, an observational […]
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