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With so much overlap between medical disciplines and specializations, it is often difficult for an individual to discern which type of doctor to see for their problem. This is especially true for orthopedics and rheumatology, as both of these types of physicians treat joint pain. Orthopedists are surgeons who address bone and joint diseases and…
Kinesiology is an anatomical science that focuses on the treatment of connective tissue, joints, muscles, and tendons – the science of muscular and skeletal movement. The holistic technology of kinesiology tape was developed to balance bodily health, endurance, and energy, without the use of medications or surgery. Kinesiology views the body as machinery that is…
When one hears the word “tendonitis” (aka tendinitis), the first thing that usually comes to mind is tennis elbow. However, there are many different parts of the body that can be afflicted with this condition besides your elbow. After all, as its name implies, tendonitis is an irritation or inflammation of a tendon, the thick…
Tendonitis, put simply, is an inflammation of one of the body’s many tendons. Tendons are the strong, fibrous cords that attach muscle to bone. While made of similar material as ligaments, the difference between the two is ligaments connect bone to bone, while tendons connect bone to muscle. Tendonitis is considered to be a type…
