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Nephrology

Kidney Stone Diagnosis Complications

Simple tasks like lifting boxes, rising out of bed, or putting on socks became a test of endurance. Why this baffled doctors for years.

6-minute listen or read

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Fitness

Simple Snake Stretch

Imagine yourself tracing an “S” or moving as a snake as you perform this simple stretching exercise in bed before rising.

1-minute listen or read

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Physiotherapy

Ankylosing Spondylitis Onset

If you suffer from recur­ring acute back pain, you might have a form of inflam­ma­tory arthritis that limits your mobility.

1-minute listen or read

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Orthopedics

Why Doctors Won’t Fix Your Back

Pain in your lower back is excru­ciat­ing most days. But for years, your doctor explores options other than orthopedic surgery. Why the hesitation?

3-minute listen or read

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Physiotherapy

Is Acupuncture Out of The Question?

Patients obtaining a mea­sure of relief with acupunc­ture swear it cures every­thing. How does it work and what are realistic expectations?

3-minute listen or read

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Physiotherapy

Narrowing Down Spinal Stenosis

Nerve compression trans­cends physical strength to immo­bilize the most power­ful patients. How can you dif­feren­ti­ate stenosis and resume normal activities?

4-minute listen or read

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Physiotherapy

Straightening Out Scoliosis

Spinal surgery for scoliosis is more of an aesthetic remedy than medical resolu­tion. What are consi­dera­tions before going under the knife?

5-minute listen or read

Fitness

Don’t Mask Serious Illness

In the absence of a well-defined body of evidence, early symptoms of percolating problems may be mis­diag­nosed or ignored.

2-minute read

Physiotherapy

Successfully Treating Sciatic Pain

How to endure and treat sciatica with persistence and multi­disciplinary coopera­tion.

7-minute read

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Orthopedics

Can You Tolerate Opioids?

Much of the debate involves blamestorming — fining manufacturers and punishing physicians. Are patients benefiting or suffering?

5-minute read

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Physiotherapy

Living With Pain Relievers is Not Entirely Pain-Free

Are you depen­dent upon pain relievers to per­form daily tasks? Untreated chronic pain can have dan­ger­ous physi­cal and emo­tional conse­quences.

2-minute listen or read

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Behavioral Health

Cope With Psychology of Chronic Pain

Coping with chronic pain that alters how you live your daily life can transcend the care medical doctors provide.

4-minute listen or read

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