Yoga without Injury

Yoga offers health and fitness benefits. But, for some, the stretching and posing results in injury to the neck, shoulders, lower back or knees.

Some people are especially prone to yoga-related injuries. They include people who have severe osteoporosis, high or low blood pressure, inner ear problems, known degenerative problems and women who are [...]

Scientific Evidence Lacking for Long-term Safety, Effectiveness of Knee Replacement Implants

There are hundreds of thousands of knee replacements performed each year in the U.S. alone, yet little is known about the long-term safety and effectiveness of the implants used for total knee replacements worldwide, according to a seminar published March 5, 2012 in The Lancet.

There are many types of knee replacement implants available [...]

Excess Weight Leads to Spine Disc Degeneration, Study Concludes

Overweight and obese adults are more likely than normal weight adults to have degenerated discs in the lower spine, according to a study published Jan. 30, 2012, in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

The authors recruited 2,599 adults from Southern China between 2001 and 2009. Their ages were 21 and older. Some had back [...]

“Defrosting” Frozen Shoulder

Do you have pain at night around your shoulder that keeps you from sleeping on the painful side? Do you have trouble dressing or combing your hair because of shoulder pain? If you do, you might have something called adhesive capsulitis, or “frozen shoulder.” If you could look inside your shoulder, you’d see inflamed connective tissue around the shoulder joint, causing thickening and tightening in the affected area. [...]