by BodyViva | Aug 3, 2023 | Conditions & Treatments
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a painful and debilitating neurological pathology of the wrist and hand that is most prevalent between the ages of 35-60. It is more common in women and has a lifetime risk of incidence of between 10-15%...
by BodyViva | Apr 4, 2022 | Conditions & Treatments
What is Knee Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, and the knee is one of the joints most commonly affected by it. OA is the wearing down of the protective tissue at the ends of bones (cartilage). In knee OA, all of the structures...
by BodyViva | Apr 4, 2022 | Conditions & Treatments
(Lateral elbow pain; Lateral Epicondylitis; Lateral Epicondylalgia) What is Tennis Elbow? Lateral Epicondylitis or “Tennis Elbow” is the most common overuse syndrome in the elbow, and unlike the name suggests only about 5% of the people that suffer from it play...
by BodyViva | Feb 24, 2020 | Conditions & Treatments
What is a Sever’s disease? Sever’s disease (also known as ‘Calcaneal Apophysitis’) is a condition that involves the growth plate at the back of the heel bone. In Sever’s disease, the growth plate becomes inflamed from excessive or repetitive traction or shearing...
by BodyViva | Feb 24, 2020 | Conditions & Treatments
What is a Spondylolysis? Spondylolysis is a form of bone stress fracture that can occur in spinal vertebrae. The stress fracture in spondylolysis most commonly occurs at the weakest part of the vertebral arch (the back of the vertebra) called the pars...
by BodyViva | Jan 16, 2019 | Conditions & Treatments, News & Insights
What is Morton’s neuroma? Morton’s neuroma is a type of nerve compression syndrome that usually occurs in the space between the third and fourth toes, or less commonly between the second and third toes. Compression or friction between the toes in the space causes...
