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Softball Wrist Injury

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Has anyone have a preventive measure for tendonitis in your wrist for Softball? The tendonitis only comes when batting.

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taping shin splints

i am a level 1 sports trainer with a player who suffers from chronic ‘shin splints’…. What is the correct method for taping the shin????

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need advice. please help!

SHOULDER POPPING IN AND OUT PLEASE HELPHI, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POP MY SHOULDER IN AND OUT OF IT’S SOCKET FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEBER. NOT UNTIL ABOUT A YEAR AGO OR SO I HAVE NOT HAD PAIN. NOW EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS I HAVE PAIN IN THE JOINT AND ROTATOR CUFF AREA. IS THIS NORMAL? THE TIME I WENT TO THE DOC FOR IT HE JUST GAVE ME RICE AND PT. I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT TO BE TO MUCH OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAVE HAD KNEE PROBLEMS THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND 5 SURGERIES IN THE PAST THREE. BUT NOW AFTER THAT LAST SURGERY 3 WEEKS AGO MY SHOULDER HAS BECOME MORE PAINFUL. I WORK AS A VETERINARY TECHNICIAN WITH LARGE AND SMALL ANIMALS. I’VE NOTICE IF I REACH UP OR OUT AND TURN IT POPS. I HAVE DAYS WERE THE I CAN ONLY GET RELIEF BY HOLDING MY SHOULDER AS IF IT WERE IN A SLING. IM GOING TO TALK TO MY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON IN THREE WEEKS WHEN I GO BACK FOR MY KNEE CHECK-UP. ANY SUGGESTIONS ARE APPRECIATED.

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posterior tibial tendon dysfunction

My daughter was diagnosed with above. Can she take walks and jump on a trampoline with this?

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seperated shoulder

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i separated my shoulder over a year ago and started physical therapy and then got into a fight and have not gone back since. do you think that I will need surgery on my shoulder?

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Bone rubbing bone in knee

I have sever pain in both of my knees. I injured them due to being in the millitary. They were suppose to get better and have only gotten worse. I could now be getting arthritis setting in along with the gap between my bones being smaller than they should be. Pain killers have not worked. I want a solution to the pain not a cover up. Is there any excersises I can do to strength the mussles and legiments that hold my knee in place?

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Lateral release surgery/post op therapy

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I just had a lateral release on my right knee.
How much physical therapy and how long might I expect?

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Sternoclavicular Popping

Yesterday I started noticing a popping in my sternoclavicular joint on my left side (I looked up the name of the joint…). It’s continued through to today and is happening just about every time I move my arm or shoulder forward (and every time I slouch) and then move my shoulder back to normal position. It’s starting to become mildly sore – but I’ve got full use of my arm and shoulder. Any ideas?

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help for painful ankle

my name is jenna last december I crashed on my leg at a christmas party and hurt my ankle so bad I had to be carried to my car my ankle was all bruised up and swelled up horribly and really painful even when I just moved my leg I went to the doctor and he said I just banged it up and it would heal itself but it is months now and I can’t even limp because I am in bad pain and I can’t use my ankle or it swells and my foot does too and feels shaky I’ve can’t get any answers I wrap my ankle so it wont hurt worse but I can only hop or hobble around and the pain is bad. please help me

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breast reduction exercise

Hi,i am surya. I want to know breast reduction exercise.Icanot wear T shirt,tops due to my heavy breast.Iam 34yrs old and had a son also.My height is 5.1 and weight 70 kg.My husband always tell me do something.Life becomes hell for me.My breast size is 40D.Please do the needful.

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