Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss Due to Aging)
What is Sarcopenia From the time you are born to around the time you turn 30, your muscles grow larger and stronger. But at some point in your 30s, you start to lose muscle mass and function. The cause is age-related sarcopenia or sarcopenia with aging. In other word, Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle […]
Osgood Schlatter Disease Managment
Osgood-Schlatter disease (OST) is a condition that causes pain in the knee and upper shin when tendons pull against the top of the shinbone. OST sometimes referred to as growing pains or jumper’s knee, this condition usually happens to adolescents. What is Osgood-Schlatter disease? It is a condition that happens when a tendon in the knee (the […]
Runner’s Knee Management
Runner’s knee or patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is a condition characterized by pain from the tissues within or surrounding the joint between the knee cap (patella) that is magnified in the setting of increased compressive forces to the patellofemoral joint. Patellofemoral pain syndrome is remarkably common, accounting for up to 25% of all knee injuries presenting […]
Corticosteroid Injections for knee Osteoarthritis
Findings do not support Corticosteroid injections for Knee Osteoarthritis. A Randomised Clinical Trial. By: Timothy E. McAlindon, DM, MPH1; Michael P. LaValley, PhD2; William F. Harvey, MD1; et al 2017 Research Question: What are the effects of intra-articular injection of 40 mg of triamcinolone acetonide every 3 months on a progression of cartilage loss and knee pain in patients with osteoarthritis? They […]