What's Wrong With Me?
This condition causes tenderness, inflammation and pain in an affected joint when flexing and extending. Most common in the shoulder, elbow, knee, hip and the tendons and muscles of the tibia.
What is bursitis?
This imaging test is commonly used to measure the curve of the spine in scoliosis.
What is an x-ray?
Splints, casts, braces and traction can be used for this purpose after a fracture.
What is immobilization?
This type of fracture occurs when the bone breaks in multiple pieces.
What is comminuted?
What is sprain?
This bone infection can cause bone pain, swelling, redness, warmth, fever, and chills.
What is osteomyelitis?
This condition needs specialized bone scanning and the best test to diagnose this condition is dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.
What is osteoporosis?
This type of exercise helps strengthen bones and is commonly recommended for osteoporosis.
What is weight bearing exercise?
In this fracture classification the broken bone pieces have moved out of their normal alignment.
What is a displaced fracture?
Compared with muscles this tissue may heal more slowly after an injury.
What are ligaments?