High blood pressure or hypertension is a common disease / condition making one out of three hearts work harder to move oxygen rich blood through the arteries. High blood pressure makes the heart work harder and increase its oxygen demands. Excessive pressure can lead to an enlarged heart (cardiomegaly), and damage blood vessels in the
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Your foot is structured by numerous bones that are categorized into bones of the hind foot, mid foot, and forefoot. In the mid foot, there are 5 long bones called metatarsals and each of these bones connects the back of the foot to your toes. A Jones’ fracture is a break in the 5th bone
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Pronator Teres Syndrome is a compression neuropathy or nerve entrapment of the median nerve at the elbow. It is more common in females and both sexes in their 40’s. It is also more common in people that lift weights or have highly developed forearms. The patient with Pronator Teres Syndrome will often present with symptomatology
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Ulnar collateral ligament injury An Ulnar collateral ligament injury is one of the most common elbow injuries experienced in overhead throwing athletes. The greatest correlation found with individuals who suffer from this injury is the amount of throws completed. To understand the injury further, we first need to understand the anatomy. A ligaments is a
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Basics of Stroke Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) also known as “Stroke” happens when there is an interruption in the brain’s blood circulation (ischemia) or there is destruction or death of surrounding brain tissue (infarct) . CVA happens when there is prolonged ischemia to an artery within the brain. This, depending on the size of the
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