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About 65 percent of regular runners get hurt each year. It’s estimated that the average runner will sustain one injury for every 100 hours he or she runs.
A stress fracture is a tiny crack in a bone that most commonly occurs in the legs and feet. Most stress fractures are caused by over-training.
Total ankle replacement, like similar operations for arthritic or injured hips and knees, can restore the ankle to normal functionality.
There are two types of hip fracture, both treated by orthopedic specialists: geriatric hip fracture and traumatic hip fracture.
A broken ankle is a condition in which tiny fissures to larger cracks and snaps occur in the ankle. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
A Yale Medicine expert explains plantar fasciitis, in which the band of tissue that runs between the heel and thetoes experiences tiny tears, causing heel pain.
Hip fractures occur when a trauma or fall causes a hairline break in the upper quarter of the thighbone. Learn about symptoms and treatment, especially in the elderly.
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De Quervain’s tenosynovitis occurs when the wrist tendons at the base of the thumb start to constrict.