Meniscus tears – Diagnosis and Treatment

Medical Guides
2014 Jul
A meniscus tear is one of the most common knee injuries experienced by active people. Sportsmen and women may experience this when violent movement actually causes a rip in the meniscus. The meniscus forms at each side of the knee and stabilizes the movement of the knee joint. Thus there are two menisci for each knee. If one of these is torn, movem...
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Treating Lower Leg Pain

Medical Guides
2014 Jul
Lower leg pain has many causes. It could be as obvious as an injury, as common as cramp or as complex as damaged arteries. Injuries such as shin splints, torn muscles and tendons or fractures and sprains can all cause tremendous pain. They have in common that they tend to be the result of over-use of the limbs or inadequate preparation for exerc...
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Why You Have Knee Pain – How to Live With It

Medical Guides
2014 Jul
Painful knees can make life practically intolerable, significantly affecting your ability to move about, particularly the ability to climb stairs. Pain in the front of the knee is usually related to the patellofemoral joint. Climbing stairs increases compression at this joint, adding stress on cartilage and tendons. What Causes Knee Pain When Cl...
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De Quervain Tenosynovitis, The Causes And Treatments

Medical Guides
2014 Jul
How is the doctor to treat de quervain tenosynovitis Singapore? Doctors here have been looking into the condition known as De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis as, linked to rheumatoid arhritis, it is 1 of the most common musculoskeletal problems affecting the general population and is likely to be experienced by most people at least once in their lifetim...
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Artificial Disc Replacement

All, Arthritis, Back Pain, Good Singapore Doctor, Medical Guides, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Singapore, Neck Pain, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Spine Problems
2013 Aug
Degenerative disease of the spine is one of the leading causes of disability in the adult population. Most of these patients are treated non-surgically with analgesia, physiotherapy and injections. The majority will get better without surgery. However, a group of patients will continue to experience pain. The chronic nature of spinal pain can be di...
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