Sciatica is pain caused by irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve. In medical terms it is known as lumbar radiculopathy. Pain can be felt in the lower back, hips and legs. Sciatica can cause m...
So you have hip pain and have been told that the X-ray is normal and your hips are fine, and you have a condition called trochanteric bursitis. The clever health professional who has given you this gr...
Phantom sensations occur after loss of a part of the body, most commonly a limb. The person feels that the part of the body is still there. If it is painful as well then it is known as phantom pain. T...
Symptoms Simple or mechanical low back pain is pain felt in the back alone. It is important to treat this early and effectively, and exclude sinister causes such as infection, spine instability and tu...
What is Lateral Recess Stenosis? Stenosis refers to the abnormal narrowing of any passage anywhere in the body. Spinal stenosis occurs within the spinal region. The spinal column is composed of 33 ind...
These headaches are the phenomena of Short Lasting Unilateral Neuralgia with Conjunctival Tearing, (SUN CT), Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania, Hemicrania Continua and Cluster Headache. These are pain sta...
The word osteoporosis literally translates as “porous bones” – it describes a condition that causes bones to become fragile, brittle, less dense and more prone to fractures. Osteoporosis i...
This complaint describes a chronic inflammatory disorder of the arachnoid layer of the meninges. The meninges consist of three layers of protective membranes which encase the brain and spinal cord, th...
Poor posture is responsible for a number of ailments that can seriously affect your health and happiness. Modern life means that many of us are desk bound, hunched over a computer for hours and hours,...