Orthopaedic Viewpoints & Orthopaedic Debates | Orthogate Professionals

Many people, especially athletes, tend to underestimate the benefits of yoga. They see it as merely a mild form of exercise and think that it won’t do much for their overall health and athletic performance.

In reality, though, everyone can benefit from yoga, including highly active, athletic individuals.

Listed below are five benefits that come from adding yoga to your fitness routine.

In a nutshell, mobility aids are devices that help you walk or move around thus giving you more freedom to perform simple activities on your own.

According to the United States Census Bureau, ⅔ of people 65 years and older experience difficulty in walking or climbing the stairs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on the other hand, report that about 18.2 million adults are unable or find it very difficult to walk a quarter mile.

And although 6 million of those with mobility issues are the elderly, it’s still not just a problem of old age. Mobility problems can also result from accidents and occupational and sports-related injuries.

After an intense workout or even a long day doing chores, it’s normal to experience sore muscles. In most cases, muscle soreness goes away after a day or two. However, if you’ve got lingering soreness, it might be tempting to take an over-the-counter analgesic like ibuprofen. While these medications are fine on occasion, it’s also important to look for other, natural ways to relieve your pain. Long-term use of over-the-counter painkillers can lead to disorders like intestinal permeability that hinder your body’s ability to absorb nutrients. Before you reach for ibuprofen or another painkiller, try one of these five natural alternatives to speed up your muscle recovery.

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Being diagnosed with a chronic pain condition can change a person’s life. This type of pain--defined as lasting longer than 3-6 months--can be the result of many different factors, such as injury, arthritis, or a condition like fibromyalgia, but the effects are similar in many cases: they make life harder. You may find it more difficult to do basic household chores or to find the energy to exercise; it may be harder to concentrate at work or school, and you may be more at risk for depression and anxiety.

By now everyone already knows how to avoid spinal injury. Use your knees when lifting heavy objects. Sit up straight at your desk. Exercise more. But if these techniques are so universally understood, then how come spinal injuries are still one of the most common conditions that send patients to their doctors? Let’s investigate by looking as some of the lesser known everyday bad habits people develop, which can aggravate these demobilizing traumas.

Many people suffer from an almost unbearable pain in one or both of their heels at some point. The most common culprit is known as plantar fasciitis, and in reality, it is much more common than many people realize. This particular ligament located on the bottom of the feet is the real culprit behind the pain that millions of people each and every day suffer from.

Osteoporosis is commonly associated with women, and indeed, this bone loss condition does affect some 200 million women around the world every year. But almost 40 percent of these victims are men, and male osteoporosis diagnosis are expected to climb a stunning 310 percent by 2050.

So, over the next several decades, bone health among all their patients over 60 will become an increasingly large priority for most orthopedic professionals. There are a number of ways to enhance bone health for this age group, and nearly all of them simply involve educating the patient as to their availability and empowering the patient to take advantage of these chances.

When an injury or other condition places internal pressure on the sciatic nerve, a large nerve which runs from the lower back down the back of each leg, it can result in tingling, weakness, numbness, discomfort, and even pain. Some patients may actually incur damage to the nerve itself, not just pressure, either from an injury like a pelvic fracture or slipped disk, or a foreign body like the growth of a tumor.