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Brief Outline of Elbow Fracture An elbow fracture is a break involving any of the three arm bones that work together to form the elbow joint. Such fractures may occur as the result of a blunt force striking the elbow during athletics or from a fall on the elbow. The injury is common to many […]
Brief Outline of Stress Fracture Stress fractures in the foot are usually a result of repetitive impact to the bones of the feet. Running or jumping on the hard surfaces, changing the duration or distance of workouts too quickly or fatigued muscles that can no longer absorb shock can lead to small cracks in the bone. The […]
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHOCKWAVE THERAPY Shockwave therapy as a medical application was originally developed as a means for pulverizing kidney stones. Since 1989, it has also been employed with considerable success at university clinics to treat non– or poorly healing bone fractures. Since 1991, Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) has been employed as an alternative to […]
Osteoporosis comes from the Greek, meaning “porous bones”. It is a disease in the bone the leads to an increased risk of fracture. Bones become brittle and break easily, even after very little trauma, for example falling at home. This is different from the traumatic fractures that occur after road accidents. The bones that most […]