If you experience sudden, severe pain in any part of your body, call 999 or go to the emergency department. If the pain is ...

You should visit your GP if you keep getting pain, numbness, swelling, or have difficulty moving a part of your body when you ...

Surgery, for example, may be needed to treat compartment syndrome or entrapment syndrome. Peripheral artery disease is treated with a range of therapies that include: The anterior tibial artery ...

It turns out the standard advice to stay off a broken leg bone for at least six weeks is based less on scientific evidence and more on cultural caution—physicians like to play it safe.

(AP Photo/Alan Youngblood, File) Florida head coach Todd Golden kneels next to center Micah Handlogten (3) after he injured his leg during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against ...

President Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Kennedy's wife Cheryl Hines pose after Kennedy was sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: ...

CHRONIC IS A TERM you've probably heard used to describe certain medical conditions. But you might know what it really means or which types of illnesses it refers to. Chronic conditions are ...

The typical presentation of chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is that of an athlete with complaints of lower limb or forearm pain. This pain is not related to trauma, but often occurs ...

Our understanding of pain, and especially chronic pain, is far behind where it should be. We don’t know what causes a person with an injury to develop chronic pain, or why it happens in some ...

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is a common condition that impacts lives daily. Also called Willis-Ekbom disease, the neurological disorder is described as overwhelming sensations, mainly in the legs ...

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is often worse at nighttime. Some people may only have the symptoms at this time. Many with RLS also experience limb movements during sleep. As many as 80% of people ...